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- Educating the New Generation of E-Scientists through Developing a Data Information Literacy Curriculum
Cornell University Library is in partnership with Purdue University (lead), the University of Oregon, and the University of Minnesota and Stanford University in a two-year project to develop a model for designing and implementing a data information literacy (DIL) instruction program for graduate students in STEM disciplines. Five project teams composed of a data librarian, a subject librarian, and a faculty researcher from a science or engineering discipline are working to develop a DIL program with defined learning goals, educational interventions and metrics for assessment. The direct collaboration with researchers will ensure ensures that the resulting instruction will be is relevant to their students. Outcomes from the project teams' experiences will be used to draft a model for other academic librarians to develop data information literacy programs of their own. At Cornell, xxx is the participating faculty member.The Cornell team includes Cliff Kraft, Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources - Strengthening the Academic Library to Enhance Agriculture Education: Mann Mann Library and the Banaras Hindu University Library (BHU) in Varanasiin Varanasi, India are India are partnering to help support libraries of libraries of state agricultural universities in India and five land-grant universities involved in the U.S. involved in the Agricultural Agricultural Innovation Partnership (AIP) consortium. AIP was formed to strengthen the capacity of state agricultural universities. Mann and the BHU library will share expertise in managing digital information resources, an area of particular strength for Mann Library, in order to expand active cyber literacy skills widely in the research, extension and farming communities. Two Indian librarians will be at Cornell in July and August 2012 to 2012 to be immersed in information literacy and public computing training, and a larger group of Indian librarians will come for similar training in Summer summer 2013.
- Ahead of the Curve: Mentoring for Emerging Careers in eScience Librarianship
Cornell University Library (CUL) is partnering with the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (SU) to support its eScience Fellows Program by developing a mentorship program for enrolled students. The partnership provides students with opportunities to be exposed to world-class science libraries, as well as innovative eScience projects. The eScience Librarianship program, a specialized curriculum within SU's MS in Library and Information Science program, is designed to prepare students for professional roles supporting scientific practice and communication in eScience environments. Curriculum components include scientific data management, data and collaboration technologies, data services, workflows, and metadata for scientific data sets. The overarching goals of the mentorship program are to provide students with the opportunity to:
• gain exposure to the practice of science and eScience librarianship, and
• develop career skills and professional contacts. Wiki Markup +National Cooperative Collections for South Asian Libraries+ \\ Cooperative collecting at the US national level for South Asian Studies. It definitely does "enhance opportunities for researchers nationally and globally." \[Waiting for description from Bronwen Bledsoe\] \\
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- A Preservation Internship Program for the Staff of Chinese Academic Libraries
In collaboration Cornell University Library (CUL) has entered into partnerships with the four leading academic libraries in Beijing, China — Renmin University Library, Peking University Library, Tsinghua University Library, and the China Agricultural University Library — Cornell University Library requests support to . Cornell will offer a program of internship internships in preservation practice designed to be part of the building blocks that will ultimately create , an important building block in the creation of a preservation infrastructure within Chinese academic libraries throughout the country. The program's goal is to develop a cadre of eight qualified Chinese library staff who will establish, maintain, and remain dedicated to preservation programs at institutions in their regions. The program is an important education and training experience that requires specialized resources only Cornell can offer. In addition to Cornell University Library's broad experience with internship programs, its singular combination of traditional conservation expertise and innovative use of cutting-edge technology makes the Library uniquely well-suited to host this program. . Eight librarians from the partner institutions will come to Cornell to learn proper conservation techniques, shelving, care and handling, and housekeeping for collections, with a primary focus on western style bindings from the Chinese Republican era. Cornell and other western scholars often express concerns that their research is compromised by the loss of essential artifacts in many Chinese libraries. This program will establish preservation programs where none presently exist and, by doing so help assure the availability of materials that are in imminent danger of loss. At the same time, it will cement relations with people and institutions and lead to improved access to collections and other research resources for scholars throughout the world. With funding from the Luce Foundation. For additional information contact Barbara Eden beb1@cornell.edu.