E-Lert # 312 / Cyberavis no. 312
Friday February 6, 2009 / le vendredi
6 février 2009
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CARL COMMUNIQUÉ / COMMUNIQUÉ DE L’ABRC
On February 3, 2009, Leslie Weir, CARL President, and Brent Roe, CARL Executive Director, met with the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. The main topic of discussion was copyright legislation.
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Le 3 février 2009, Leslie Weir, présidente de l’ABRC,
et Brent Roe, directeur général de l’ABRC, se sont rencontrés
avec l’Honorable James Moore, ministre du Patrimoine canadien et des
Langues officielles. La matière principale de la discussion était
législation sur le droit d’auteur.
NEWS / NOUVELLES
The Conyers Bill is back
Peter Suber
Open Access News, February 5, 2009
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has re-introduced the [U.S.] Fair Copyright in
Research Works Act. This time it is co-sponsored by Steve Cohen (D-TN),
Trent Franks (R-AZ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Robert Wexler (D-FL).
No changes to the language of the bill have been made. If passed, the bill
would repeal the OA policy at the NIH and prevent similar OA policies at
any federal agency.*
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/02/conyers-bill-is-back.html
Le FRSQ adopte une politique de libre accès aux résultats
de recherche publiés
5 février 2009
Lors de sa réunion du 24 octobre 2008, le conseil d’administration
du FRSQ a adopté une politique de libre accès aux résultats
de recherche publiés. Cette nouvelle politique (qui touchera les
nouvelles bourses et subventions octroyées à partir du mois
de janvier 2009), s’applique à toute recherche financée,
en tout en partie, par le Fonds, et ce, qu’il s’agisse d’une
bourse, d’une subvention nominale ou d’une subvention collective
(pour un centre, un groupe, un réseau ou autre).*
http://www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/publications/frsq_actualites/fevrier_2009/libre_acces.shtml
[Press release in English: HTML]
Explorez les océans en un clic avec Google
Anne Beade
Agence France-Presse, 4 février 2009
«Google Earth se dote d'une nouvelle dimension : la profondeur», a expliqué lundi Jean-François Wassong, ingénieur au sein de la filiale française, lors d'une conférence de presse à Paris. Au lieu de survoler les villes de la planète, l'utilisateur peut s'aventurer dans les abysses en zoomant sur l'océan ou la mer de son choix, en attendant de découvrir les fleuves et les lacs qui seront ajoutés dans les prochaines versions.* HTML
CANARIE Inc. announces initiative to lay foundation for zero carbon
economy
February 3, 2009
CANARIE, Canada's advanced network organization, is investing $3 million
in a Green IT pilot program to demonstrate the technological feasibility
and business advantages of an internationally distributed zero carbon cyber-infrastructure
facility to be located in Canada. The main objective of the pilot program
is to develop and test possible business models that would measure and trade
the carbon credits generated by reduced use of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) producing
non-renewable energy for Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
activity. This pilot project will be a collaborative effort between academia
and industry.*
http://www.canarie.ca/press/releases/09_02_03.html
[Communiqué en français: http://www.canarie.ca/press_f/releases_f/09_02_03.html]
University of Alberta Libraries
First Canadian Member of CLOCKSS
February 2, 2009
The University of Alberta Libraries joins CLOCKSS
(Controlled LOCKSS) as its newest governing member. CLOCKSS is a joint venture
between the world’s leading scholarly publishers and research libraries
whose mission is to build a sustainable, geographically distributed dark
archive to ensure the long-term survival of Web-based scholarly publications
for the benefit of the greater global research community.*
http://blogs.library.ualberta.ca/libnews/?p=1105
[Press release from CLOCKSS: HTML]
Google Earth Fills Its Watery Gaps
Andrew C. Revkin
The New York Times, February 2, 2009
Two and a half years ago, the software engineers behind Google Earth were
poised to fill an enormous data gap - two-thirds of the globe that appeared
blue and blank online. However, all of the existing features on Google Earth
— mountains, valleys, cities, plains, ice sheets — were built
through programming from an elevation of zero up. That oversight needed
correcting before several months’ worth of new programming and data
collection could culminate in the creation of simulated oceans. The ocean
images are undergoing the most significant of several upgrades to Google
Earth.*
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/earth/03oceans.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Le budget ne prévoit aucun soutien financier pour les organismes
de financement de la recherche - Ottawa est accusé de laisser les
chercheurs sans le sou
Pauline Gravel
Le Devoir, 30 janvier 2009
L'absence de financement menacerait 2000 emplois et la réputation du Canada. Les agences de financement de la recherche médicale n'ont pas reçu le financement auquel elles s'attendaient, ce qui risque de compromettre de nombreux emplois et l'avance de nos chercheurs dans le domaine très compétitif de la génétique.*
Digitization of heritage collections comes closer
January 30, 2009
Dutch libraries, archives, and museums recently reached an agreement with
rights holders on the digitization and accessibility of their heritage collections.
The agreement is a major breakthrough in the discussion regarding the copyright
issues around the digitizing of collections held by libraries and archives.*
http://sitegenerator.bibliotheek.nl/fobid/overig29/overig50.asp
Nouvelle version de Gallica 2
21 janvier 2009
La BnF annonce la mise en place d'une nouvelle version de Gallica 2 offrant
de nouveaux services et contenus. Elle remplacera définitivement
la version actuelle de Gallica mi-février. C'est à présent
une nouvelle page qui s'écrit, avec d'autres défis : toujours
plus de documents mis en ligne, de nouveaux services et une recherche constante
de qualité.*
http://gallica2.bnf.fr/?&lang=FR
Leading Research Agencies Announce New International Competition:
“The Digging into Data Challenge”
January 16, 2009
Four leading research agencies - the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC) from the United Kingdom, the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) from the United States,
and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada
announced a new international competition. The Digging into Data Challenge
encourages humanities and social science scholars using large-scale data
analysis to develop international partnerships and explore vast digital
resources, including electronic repositories of books, newspapers, and photographs
to identify new opportunities for scholarship.*
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/web/whatsnew/press_releases/2009/digging_into_data_e.asp
[Communiqué en français : HTML]
ARTICLES
Web Services As Public Services: Are We Supporting Our Busiest
Service Point?
Debra A. Riley-Huff
The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 35, Issue 1, 2009
In this article, the author analyses academic library organizational culture, patterns, and processes as they relate to Web services. Data gathered in a research survey were examined in an attempt to reveal current departmental and administrative attitudes, practices, and support for Web services in the library research environment.*
New For-Profit Web Site Repackages Free Lecture Videos From Colleges
Jeffrey R. Young
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 2, 2009
A new company called Academic Earth [see below, Resources] offers free
online videos of lectures from some of the world’s most renowned scholars
teaching at leading universities. The company has uploaded the videos from
the universities’ own Web sites. The project includes features
for students to comment on and grade the video lectures.*
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3591/new-for-profit-web-site-repackages-free-lecture-videos-from-colleges?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Valoriser le patrimoine sonore édité : un
atout face à la dématérialisation des supports
Gilles Pierret
Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France, Tome 53, Numéro 6, 2008
Les bibliothèques ont plus que jamais un devoir de préservation et de diffusion du patrimoine sonore édité qu’elles détiennent, qui, sans une numérisation à grande échelle, risque rapidement de devenir inaccessible. Malgré une législation peu favorable et une difficulté du disque à accéder au statut d’objet patrimonial, d’importants projets d’inventaire et de numérisation commencent à être entrepris en France et à l’étranger. Ces projets sont surtout portés par des grandes bibliothèques capables de mettre en œuvre une numérisation concertée et des plans de conservation partagée faisant appel à l’expertise des bibliothécaires, conditions nécessaires à une numérisation exigeante qui permette la valorisation auprès du public.* HTML / PDF
La Théorie sur la "voie verte" de l’Open
Access
Jocelyne Jerdelet et Sandrine Reyes
Revue électronique suisse de science de l'information, Numéro
8, décembre 2008
Le domaine de la physique des particules a toujours œuvré
pour la mise à disposition des résultats de recherche par
la diffusion des pré-tirages. Ceux-ci étaient déjà
distribués sous forme de document papier bien avant l’ère
d’Internet. Etudiée de façon rétrospective, cette
littérature grise aujourd’hui stockée sur le serveur
du CERN, est mise en ligne et devient ainsi librement accessible à
toute la communauté scientifique. On parle de « voie verte
» de l’Open Access.*
http://campus.hesge.ch/ressi/Numero_8_decembre2008/articles/HTML/RESSI_052_Jerdelet.htm
Quels services d’information documentaire aujourd’hui
? Pistes de réflexion issues d’une Journée
d’étude organisée récemment par le département
d’Information documentaire de la HEG Genève
Florence Muet
Revue électronique suisse de science de l'information, Numéro
8, décembre 2008
Comment évoluent les services d’information aujourd’hui,
dans un environnement complètement renouvelé ? C’est
à cette question majeure que le département Information documentaire
de la Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève a tenté de chercher
des réponses en organisant le 25 septembre dernier à Lausanne
une journée d’étude professionnelle intitulée
« Services d’information documentaire : adaptations, innovations,
nouveaux concepts ». L’objectif était de recueillir le
témoignage de responsables de bibliothèques et de services
documentaires représentatifs de nouvelles approches de la fonction
documentaire, et ce dans trois domaines : la lecture publique, les bibliothèques
académiques et les services documentation professionnels.*
http://campus.hesge.ch/ressi/Numero_8_decembre2008/articles/HTML/RESSI_055_Muet.htm
RESOURCES / RESSOURCES
CACUL Innovation Achievement Award
February 4, 2009
The Innovation Achievement Award is intended to recognize academic libraries
which, through innovation in ongoing programs/services or in a special event/project,
have contributed to the advancement of academic librarianship and library
development. The Award consists of a framed acknowledgement and $1000,
sponsored by Sirsi Dynix. Nominations are due by February 28, 2009.
http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Innovation_Achievement_Award
Census of Canada, 1891
Library and Archives Canada, February 3, 2009
The 1891 Census offers a rich source of information about Canada and Canadians.
This research tool provides access to digitized images of original census
returns that list the name, age, country or province of birth, nationality,
religion, and occupation of Canada's residents at the time of the 1891 Census.*
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html
Stewardship of Research Data in Canada: Gap Analysis
Research Data Strategy Working Group, October 2008
This report provides a statement of the ideal state of research data stewardship
in Canada and a description of the current state, as determined by examining
a number of indicators. The purpose is to provide evidence of gaps between
current and ideal state in order to begin filling in
the gaps.*
http://data-donnees.gc.ca/docs/GapAnalysis.pdf
[Français : http://data-donnees.gc.ca/docs/AnalyseEcarts.pdf]
The Research Library’s Role in Digital Repository Services
Final Report of the ARL Digital Repository Issues Task Force, January 2009
Digital repositories are quickly becoming a crucial part of research cyberinfrastructure.
Even as research institutions grapple with difficult budget decisions in
the current economic environment, they need a strategy for providing repository
services. Libraries are making numerous and diverse contributions
to the development of several types of digital repositories, particularly
those that house locally created digital content — including new digital
objects or digitized versions of locally held works.*
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/repository-services-report.pdf
Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment: Themes
from the Literature and Implications for Library Service Development
Carole L. Palmer et al
OCLC Research, January 2009
Research libraries exist to support scholarly work. The literature on scholarly
practices and information use has grown significantly, and research libraries
should prosper from this increased knowledge base. However, the profession
lacks an effective means of systematically monitoring or synthesizing the
published results. The authors begin to address the problem by reviewing
the state of knowledge on scholarly communication, focusing on the information
activities involved in the research process while analyzing differences
among disciplines. This report provides an empirical basis for identifying
promising directions and setting priorities for digital information services
development to support and advance scholarship.*
http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2009-02.pdf
Faculty of Information Quarterly
F/IQ is an editor-reviewed, open-access e-journal committed to the critical
exploration of information. The journal seeks to provide an environment
for the voices of emerging and established scholars and practitioners in
diverse Information fields. It is edited by graduate students at the University
of Toronto's Faculty of Information, and welcomes broad interdisciplinary
engagement and fresh critical perspectives that will enrich the conversation
within and beyond the field.*
http://fiq.ischool.utoronto.ca/index.php/fiq/index
Academic Earth: thousands of video lectures from the world’s top scholars
Academic Earth is building an educational ecosystem that will provide internet
users around the world full video courses and lectures from the world’s
leading scholars. The vision of the project, currently in beta, is
to bring the best content together in one place, and to create an environment
where content is user-friendly and in which user contributions make existing
content increasingly valuable.*
http://www.academicearth.org/
EVENTS / ÉVÉNEMENTS
CLA Conference 2009
Montréal, Quebec, May 29
- June 1, 2009
CLA’s conference for 2009 will be "theme less" to provide
a broader scope for program selection. The program includes 63 concurrent
sessions, 9 pre-conference sessions on Friday, May 29, and the largest tradeshow
in CLA's history. Joseph Janes, Associate Professor at the Information
School of the University of Washington and writer of the Internet Librarian
column for American Libraries magazine, and Helene Blowers,
Director of Digital Strategy for the Columbus Metropolitan Library and creator
of Learning 2.0: 23 Things, are this year’s keynote speakers.*
http://www.cla.ca/conference/2009/
ICSTI 2009 Conference: Managing Data for Science / Conférence
2009 ICSTI: La gestion de données pour la science
Ottawa, Ontario, June 9-10, 2009 / Ottawa (Ontario), les 9 et 10 juin 2009
This event is organized by the National Research Council Canada Institute
for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI). This conference will
be of interest to researchers, scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishers,
IM/IT professionals, chief information officers, and librarians in the academic,
public and private sectors.
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La conférence est organisée par l'Institut canadien de l'information
scientifique et technique du Conseil national de recherches du Canada (CNRC-ICIST).
Cette conférence saura intéresser les chercheurs, les éditeurs
scientifiques, techniques et médicaux (STM), les professionnels de
la GI/TI, les dirigeants principaux de l'information et les bibliothécaires
des secteurs universitaire, public et privé.
http://www.icsti2009.org/
* Text adapted from source / Texte adapté de la source
