E-Lert # 328 / Cyberavis no. 328
Friday May 29, 2009 / le vendredi
29 mai 2009
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CARL COMMUNIQUÉ / COMMUNIQUÉ DE l’ABRC
Ingrid Parent Winner of the 2009 CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) recognized Ingrid Parent, Assistant Deputy Minister, Library and Archives Canada, as the winner of the 2009 CARL award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship. Ms. Parent has been an advocate for libraries for many years, and has played an active role in the development of policies and best practices both nationally and internationally, especially in matters of bibliographic control. ( PDF )
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Ingrid Parent, lauréate du prix en reconnaissance de services éminents à la recherche en sciences de l’information de l’ABRC pour 2009
L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) a rendu hommage à Ingrid Parent, sous-ministre adjointe, Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, à titre de lauréate de son Prix en reconnaissance de services éminents à la recherche en sciences de l’information pour 2009. Mme Parent plaide en faveur des bibliothèques depuis de nombreuses années et elle a joué un rôle actif dans l’élaboration des politiques et des pratiques exemplaires à la fois sur le plan national et sur le plan international, surtout en ce qui concerne le contrôle bibliographique. ( PDF )
Support for a growing trend towards research in librarianship
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) announced today that there are now two research grant opportunities available to librarians working in a research setting and to students of Library and Information Studies. The grants are the CARL Research in Librarianship Grant and the CARL E-Learning Research and Development Grant. ( PDF )
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Appui à une tendance croissante vers la recherche en bibliothéconomie
L'Association des bibliotheques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) annonce aujourd'hui qu'elle offre maintenant deux bourses de recherche aux biblioth6caires qui ceuvrent dans un contexte de recherche et aux 6tudiants en biblioth6conomie et en sciences de I'information. ll s'agit de la subyention de recherche en biblioth6conomie et de la subvention de recherche-developpement pour I'apprentissage en ligne. ( PDF )
NEWS / NOUVELLES
Conference Board recalls 3 reports due to plagiarismTom Spears
Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 2009
The Conference Board of Canada has recalled three major reports on online piracy, after discovering that a University of Ottawa professor's charges of plagiarism were true. Last Friday the board issued a report calling Canada "the file-swapping capital of the world." It called for strict new copyright legislation, saying Canada is doing little to combat online piracy of movies, music and software. The report, however, makes unattributed use of material published by entertainment industry lobbyists, the International Intellectual Property Alliance. Early this week, U of O professor Michael Geist blew the whistle on the unattributed copying of the lobbyists' work.*
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Conference+Board+recalls+reports+plagiarism/1640925/story.html
Google Books Copyright Policy May Face Probe in Europe
Paul Meller
PC World, May 28, 2009
Government ministers from the European Union's member countries are meeting
to call for an investigation into the way Google Books handles copyright.
The German government suspects that this business model is illegal in Europe.
It will propose that the European Commission, the E.U.'s executive body,
open an inquiry to see if Google Books conforms with Europe's copyright
laws. Opposition to the U.S. settlement is believed to be growing, which
adds to the sense of urgency in some parts of Europe to find a workable
solution.*
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165649/google_books_copyright_policy_may_face_probe_in_europe.html
Facebook gets cash boost, but is Web 2.0 on the wane?
Matt Hartley
Globe and Mail, May 27, 2009
A Russian businessman has amassed a fortune from investing in Internet
companies throughout Europe and Russia, and his firm, Digital Sky Technologies
(DST), is now the owner of 2 per cent of the popular social networking site.
The $200-million (U.S.) investment provides the Silicon Valley darling
with an injection of cash that will help it build for the future. But it's
also raising questions about Facebook’s long-term financial health
and whether, as one of the world's most popular websites with more than
200 million members, it is capable of crafting a lasting business model
that will turn it into the next Google or Yahoo.*
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/facebook-gets-cash-boost-but-is-web-20-on-the-wane/article1154160/
Research funds to flow again from Ottawa, scientists told
Daniel Leblanc
Globe and Mail, May 26, 2009
Science and Technology Minister Gary Goodyear brushed off attacks against specific funding cuts in the last budget and called on scientists to bring him their ideas for new investments next year. In a speech to social scientists at Carleton University, the minister of state said he is looking “onward to budget 2010.” “I am firmly committed to working with all of you to determine where future investments are most needed,” he said. Mr. Goodyear was speaking at the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Eight thousand delegates from across the country, including many researchers, are attending.*
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/research-funds-to-flow-again-from-ottawa-scientists-told/article1152683/
Les Archives nationales achètent des documents du début de la colonie
Jean-François Nadeau
Le Devoir, 28 mai 2009
Les archives nationales du Québec ont acquis mardi soir, à l'occasion d'une vente aux enchères de Iegor - Hôtel des encans, une série de lettres datées de 1686 qui décrivent, avec beaucoup de liberté, la vie en Nouvelle-France. Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec (BANQ) a mis la main sur ce lot de documents très rares pour la somme de 7500 $, plus les frais de vente, soit 9000 $.*
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/05/28/252442.html
Plaque Coup de coeur à l'Université Laval - L'information
est mise au service de l'Afrique francophone
Marie-Ève Maheu
Le Devoir, 27 mai 2009
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/05/27/252390.html
City of Vancouver embraces open data, standards and source
CBC News, May 22, 2009
Vancouver city council has endorsed the principles of making its data open and accessible to everyone where possible, adopting open standards for that data and considering open source software when replacing existing applications. Andrea Reimer, the city councilor who proposed the motion that passed remarked, "The local online community was all very, very happy, and now we just have to look forward on implementation and figuring sort of the order with which we do that." Reimer had argued that supporting the motion would allow the city to improve transparency, cut costs and enable people to use the data to create new useful products, including commercial ones. She had also noted that taxpayers paid for the data to be collected in the first place.*
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-vancouver-open-source-standards-software-city.html
[See also “Toronto Announces Open Data Plan at Mesh09”: HTML]
ARTICLES
Geographer taps into climate change dataJoanne Laucius
Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 2009
University of Ottawa environmental geographer Robert McLeman stumbled upon
some “sweet” climate change data completely by accident. McLeman
had heard about a high school student who plotted weather patterns using
a log book kept by a Sharbot Lake-area farmer. The log included dates when
the farmer tapped his sugar maple trees and when he took out the taps. The
log book was a 50-year record of climate change. Maple syrup producers tap
their trees in the early spring as soon as the temperature climates creep
above freezing during the day, but still fall below zero at night. When
the log book's data was recorded and mapped, it showed that, while the length
of the syrup season didn't vary much from 30 days, the farmer is now tapping
his trees two weeks earlier than he did in the mid-1950s.*
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Geographer+taps+into+climate+change+data/1640941/story.html
The importance of data sharing within the Global Earth Observation System
of Systems- CODATA speaks to José Achache, Director Geo Secretariat
International Council for Science (ICSU) CODATA Newsletter, May 2009
José Achache, Director of the GEO Secretariat discusses the issue
of data sharing within the GEOSS context. GEOSS is a shared facility that
is intended to benefit the entire world, including the 190-plus member countries
of the UN, of which 77 are part of GEO today.
http://www.codata.org/resources/newsletters/newsltrspecialissueA4.pdf
The Future of Reading in a Digital World
Clive Thompson
Wired, May 22, 2009
Books are the last bastion of the old business model, and the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. Publishers and author advocates have generally refused to put books online fearing that readers will napsterize the content. Literary pundits are fretting: Can books survive in this Facebooked, ADD, multichannel universe? Thompson argues they can, but only if publishers adopt new ways for people to encounter the written word. We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading.*
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-06/st_thompson
Social value and global access emerge as new measures for technology transfer
Ann Silversides
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 8, May 19, 2009
University technology transfer offices are refocusing on creating social
value rather than making money, according to the director of McGill University's
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy. Tech transfer offices have suffered
from "unreasonable expectations" about the return on investment
derived from licences and spin offs, Dr Richard Gold told an April 20-21
workshop on Universities, Innovation and Global Medicine Access at the Munk
Centre for International Studies at the Univ of Toronto.*
Canada's performance "middle of the road": STIC report's benchmarking of Canadian STI calls for aggressive policy response
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 8, May 19, 2009
Canada's first comprehensive benchmarking of its S&T and innovation
(STI) system reveals serious gaps in the nation's performance and systemic
weaknesses that must be corrected before meaningful productivity gains can
be achieved. The report
by the Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) ranks Canada as
a "solid, middle-of-the-road performer" that must deal forcefully
with low business R&D spending, collaboration between sectors, supply
of talent and international partnerships or risk being overtaken by more
aggressive nations.*
RESOURCES / RESSOURCES
NRC-CISTI launches gateway to scientific data May 14, 2009
Scientific data generated during the research process is an important resource
for researchers, but only if it is accessible and usable. Thanks to a new
initiative of the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
(NRC-CISTI) researchers now have a central gateway for easier access to
Canadian scientific, technical and medical (STM) data sets and other important
data repositories. The Gateway
to Scientific Data will ensure that the valuable data generated
by Canadian researchers is more easily accessible so that it can be repurposed
to make new discoveries.*
http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/news/cisti/2009/gateway-launch.html
Safeguarding Collections at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Describing Roles
& Measuring Contemporary Preservation Activities in ARL Libraries
May 2009
Preservation is a core function of the research library and a critical element
of both the stewardship and access missions of research organizations. The
Association of Research Libraries affirmed this publicly in the statement
“Research Libraries’ Enduring Responsibility for Preservation
(August 2007).” ARL Visiting Program Officer, Lars Meyer, Emory University,
discusses recent shifts in libraries’ content management role. At
the dawn of the digital age, ARL member libraries confront a host of new
opportunities and challenges as they transform both collections and services.
A research library’s range of preservation activities now extends
far beyond the traditional locus of activity, the preservation department.*
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/safeguarding-collections.pdf
EVENTS / ÉVÉNEMENTS
ICSTI 2009 Conference: Managing Data for Science
/ Conférence 2009 ICSTI: La gestion de données pour la scienceOttawa, 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. The ICSTI 2009 conference will examine how researchers, librarians and publishers can work together to create structures for managing and communicating scientific data.
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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. À la conférence 2009 de l’ICSTI, on examinera la façon dont les chercheurs, les bibliothécaires et les éditeurs peuvent collaborer à la création de structures permettant la gestion et la communication des données scientifiques.*
http://www.icsti2009.org/
Second International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 8-10, 2009
This conference will provide opportunities for those involved in the organization, promotion, and study of scholarly communication to share and discuss innovative work in scholarly publishing. One of the main themes will be the contribution that open source publishing technologies (such as, but not restricted to, PKP’s OJS, OCS, OMP, Lemon8-XML, and OA Harvester) can make to improving access to research and scholarship on a global and public scale. The preliminary schedule is on the conference Web site*
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009/pkp2009
*Text adapted from source / Texte adapté de la source
