E-Lert # 349 / Cyberavis no. 349

Friday October 30, 2009 / le vendredi 30 octobre 2009

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NEWS / NOUVELLES

International awareness week marks new beginning for enabling the Web and advancing research through Open Access
October 29, 2009

Great interest in Open Access was in evidence, as tens of thousands of individuals attended live events, logged onto Web casts, shared videos, and participated in contests calling on stakeholders to show their support for Open Access by creatively using digital resources. More than 300 higher education institutions, and other sites worldwide, held events illustrating the dramatic growth of the global network that has emerged in support of Open Access.*
http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-1029.shtml

Anianet Debuts, Aims to Expose Chinese Scholarship to Broader Audience
Josh Hadro
Library Journal, October 29, 2009

Technology barriers may inevitably fall, yet cultural and language barriers are more persistent. A good case in point is the divide that separates Western scholars from their Chinese counterparts, something Anianet is aimed at addressing. It's a site that gives Chinese scholars an English-language platform to describe themselves, their research interests, and connect with scholars outside China interested in their research or just seeking further information. As librarians take on the increasingly important role of facilitating scholarly communications, this tool will become increasingly valuable.*
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6704346.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=490036441

Columbia and Cornell Libraries Announce 'Radical' Partnership
Jennifer Howard
The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 28, 2009

Called 2CUL (pronounced "too cool") after the partners' acronyms, the project will focus on solutions to jointly transform their operations (and save money) in three areas: managing electronic resources and workflows, building global-collecting capabilities, and creating a digital-preservation infrastructure. Those "mass-production activities" will require developing a shared library-management system "in which we would both be able to see and work seamlessly," says James G. Neal, vice president for information services and university librarian at Columbia, who will work hand in glove with Anne R. Kenney, university librarian at Cornell. 2CUL has been given a $385,000 planning grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.*
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/ColumbiaCornell-Libraries/8627/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

University of Calgary Becomes Newest Member of ARL
October 27, 2009

The membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) voted to invite the Libraries and Cultural Resources of the University of Calgary to join as the 124th member. Located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the university is a member of the Canadian research-intensive “G-13” institutions based on sponsored research and number of PhDs. H. Thomas Hickerson, Vice Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources) and University Librarian, accepted the invitation.
http://www.arl.org/news/pr/calgary-oct09.shtml

iSci Finds Home at McMaster University Library
October 27, 2009

September 2009 marked the beginning of the Faculty of Science's new four-year Integrated Science (iSci) program. McMaster University’s H.G. Thode Library of Science & Engineering welcomes this program into its learning space. The third floor has undergone renovations, and has been transformed into the home base for the brand-new program.*
http://library.mcmaster.ca/news/5999

27 October Declared World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
October 27, 2009

A number of archives around the world commemorated this Day with a series of activities designed to raise awareness of the fragility and vulnerability of AV heritage. Film, television and radio are part of the canvas of modern life as they narrate some of the most indelible memories of our times - television coverage of the events that unfolded on 11 September 2001, or the harrowing devastation of the tsunami of 26 December 2004, and images of survivors of genocidal wars of the 20th century.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25525&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

DOE, IAEA Partner for Greater Access to Nuclear Energy R&D
October 27, 2009

the Department of Energy (DOE) is releasing and making searchable on the World Wide Web the findings from years of nuclear energy research, as a result of a collaborative project with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Added nuclear-related research to the online collections of both the DOE and the IAEA means access to this knowledge by researchers, academia and the public interested in the peaceful aspects of nuclear energy is greatly facilitated.*
http://www.osti.gov/news/pressreleases/2010/october/iaeapartner.shtml

Dr. Pierre Coulombe not seeking second term as NRC President
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 16, October 26, 2009

Dr Pierre Coulombe has announced that he will not seek a second five-year term as president of the National Research Council (NRC) and will be leaving the organization in February 2010. Coulombe announced his pending departure in an October 19th memo to staff, adding that he will assist with the transition team to select a successor once the federal government launches a competitive process to find a new president. Among the changes at NRC under Coulombe's leadership was a reorganization of its activities along horizontal, sectoral lines. During his tenure, however, NRC's budget fell from $824 million in FY05-06 to $780 million in FY09-10, according to the latest Statistics Canada data.

CIHR seeks 76% budget boost to realize long-standing target for health research
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 16, October 26, 2009

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is seeking a major boost to its current budget to implement a new strategic plan that runs from 2010 to 2015. CIHR president Dr Alain Beaudet says the health research agency's budget needs to grow to $1.7 billion over the next five years— a 76% increase equivalent to 1% of the current $170-billion tab for health care in Canada. The plan is slated for release this week. Such an increase would allow a greater emphasis on fundamental and translational research, international collaboration, new programs targeting post-doctoral students and new investigators and areas requiring special attention (chronic diseases, Aboriginal health, dementia).

Genome Canada head abruptly resigns
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 16, October 26, 2009

Dr Martin Godbout has resigned as president and CEO of Genome Canada after 10 years in the position, effective immediately. Godbout's departure was announced in a statement from Genome Canada board chair Dr Thomas Caskey, which said he was returning to the private sector "and pursue other opportunities in the genomics field". Calls to Godbout for comment were not returned.

The Closing of an Open-Access Journal
Ben Terris
The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 23, 2009

The open-access journal Innovate, published by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University, is ceasing publication. The peer-reviewed online journal focused on how information technology enhances academic, governmental, and business settings. Innovate was started in 2004 by James L. Morrison, professor emeritus of educational leadership at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and had 76,282 subscribers from 271 countries.*
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/The-Closing-of-an-Open-Access/8583/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

ALA: FCC’s consideration of net neutrality principles key to preserving free Internet
October 22, 2009

The American Library Association (ALA) strongly supported Chairman Julius Genachowski’s efforts to move the [U.S.] Federal Communications Commission (FCC) forward in consideration of principles to protect the free and open nature of the Internet. The FCC voted unanimously to proceed with issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking, which would add two principles of non-discrimination and transparency to the existing four network neutrality principles, and to allow for a period of public commentary.*
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/freeinternet_wo.cfm

NRC to eliminate jobs
Dave Rogers
Ottawa Citizen, October 9, 2009

The National Research Council confirmed that it will eliminate an unspecified number of jobs in the national capital region so the organization can transform itself to “serve the needs of Canadian knowledge workers.” Some sources suggested that 70 jobs would be lost. The Citizen reported in February that the NRC plans to eliminate three research groups, downsize another and affect up to 300 employees, including research scientists.*
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/eliminate+jobs/2087897/story.html

CANARIE working to increase visibility as it begins preparations for next funding cycle
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 15, October 8, 2009

The CANARIE research and education network may be close to 20 years old but in many respects it's still at the ground floor of a revolution in R&D that is radically altering the ways in which researchers of all persuasions conduct their work. As the arm's length organization approaches the mid-way point of its current five-year funding agreement with Industry Canada, its central challenge requires a combination of maintaining cutting-edge broadband services and old-fashioned evangelism to bring advanced networking to an ever expanding range of research activities.

NSERC boosts targeted research funding with nine new strategic networks
RE$EARCH MONEY, Volume 23, Number 15, October 8, 2009

The Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has added an unprecedented nine new networks to its Strategic Research Networks (SRN) program with $45 million in funding over five years. The networks were selected as part of the program's 2008 competition and bring the program's network total to 24. A smaller targeted competition is being held for 2009 with a decision on three new networks likely to be made in December.

ARTICLES
Le Web, nouvelle tour de Babel ?
Laurent Checola
Le Monde, 30 octobre 2009

« Jusqu'alors exclusivement rédigées avec l'alphabet latin, les adresses Internet pourront s'écrire avec des caractères chinois, arabes, cyrilliques ou hébreux. Lors d'une réunion à Séoul, l'Icann, organisme américain chargé de la gestion mondiale des noms de domaine, a voté, vendredi 30 octobre, l'introduction de "noms de domaines internationalisés" (IDN). L'initiative, déjà entérinée en juin 2008, a fait l'objet de débats pendant de nombreuses années. »
http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2009/10/30/le-web-nouvelle-tour-de-babel_1260537_651865.html#ens_id=1259516

Google's Eric Schmidt sets out the search engine's future
Andrew Keen
Telegraph, Oct 29, 2009

According to Schmidt, in five years, the real-time, broadband intensive, video and app-centric web will be overrun by Chinese-language content. He argues further that user-generated networked information will increasingly replace professionally created content as the backbone of the online knowledge economy.*
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6459437/Googles-Eric-Schmidt-sets-out-the-search-engines-future.html

La génération C contre les dinosaures
Isabelle Porter
Le Devoir, 21 octobre 2009

« Une chercheuse américaine est convaincue que les enseignants ont tout intérêt à communiquer avec leurs élèves sur le Web. Le milieu de l'enseignement et le secteur privé se demandent comment s'adapter à la génération des 12-24 ans, dite «génération C», qui a grandi avec le Web et qui a développé sa propre culture des communications. Un colloque se penche sur la question à Québec. »
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/10/21/272684.html

Designing library services based on user needs: new opportunities to re-position the library
Yoo-Seong Song
Proceedings from World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Council, 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy

Providing proactive library services requires careful examination of current capabilities, user needs, and direction for the future. In an environment where users already seem satisfied with current services, libraries must develop an innovative and sometimes a radical approach to reach out to users with new services. To do so, libraries need mechanisms to monitor user needs which change continuously as well as an ability to network with other campus units to meet their needs and expectations.*
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/202-song-en.pdf

RESOURCES / RESSOURCES

JISC Podcast Interview with Robert Darnton About Harvard's Open Access Mandates
October 28, 2009

In October 2008 Harvard University in the US adopted an open access policy for all its research papers to be made available in their university repository, on an opt out basis. JISC’s Rebecca O’Brien speaks with Professor Robert Darnton, Director of Harvard University Library and trustee of New York Public Library and the Oxford University Press (USA), about the cultural change that is occurring at Harvard and how it came about.*
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/10/podcast91robertdarnton.aspx

PubMed Central Canada

PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada) provides free access to a stable and permanent online digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed health and life sciences research publications. It builds on PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature and is a member of the broader PMC International (PMCI) network of e-repositories.
http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/ppmc-localhtml/about.html

A Race Against Time: Preserving AV Media
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

This online tutorial was developed for curators, librarians, archivists, collections managers and other staff involved in managing machine-based media collections in cultural institutions. 8 streamed videos cover the basic principles and concepts for managing audiovisual collections as well as information and strategies for preservation, contracting for reformatting, and finding funding opportunities.*
http://www.ccaha.org/education/videos

EVENTS / ÉVÉNEMENTS

Subject Repositories: European collaboration in the international context
The British Library Conference Centre, London, January 28-29, 2010

This conference will look at the progress made with subject repositories so far. It will also see the launch of Economists Online, the key output of an EC-funded subject repository project managed by the Nereus consortium of top European economics libraries. Nereus members will showcase this subject repository in both plenary and parallel sessions, sharing lessons learned and engaging delegates in discussions of the main issues such as content recruitment, search and retrieval services, usage statistics and datasets.
http://www.neeoconference.eu/

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