The ARL/DLF E-Science Institute will be a set of designed learning experiences that take small teams of individuals chosen by research libraries though a process that strengthens and advances their e-science support role. The experiences begin mid-year in 2011 with assignments each team will work on at their institution (coordinated through the program) and culminate in a capstone, face-to-face, 2.5 day event where the teams produce strategic agendas for e-science/e-research support for their institutions.
Sponsor and Supporter institutions from the membership of ARL and CLIR/DLF are funding design of the Institute’s program of experiences (see the list of current sponsors here). Teams from sponsoring institutions will form a first cohort of teams to engage in the Institute experience. While teams do the local assignments simultaneously, each team will attend one of three offerings of the capstone event that will be scheduled during two months in late 2011 (to allow richer group interaction). A second cohort of institutions will be formed to iterate the institute experience in 2012. The second cohort will be opened to the broader library community through a selective application process.
E-Science is a large and complex topic that has developed over many years and touches every branch of science—both natural and social sciences. While the ARL E-Science Institute will not be an education or training forum on e-science in general, it will provide participants with a designed learning experience for developing a sound strategic approach to exploring and supporting e-science research within their organizations.
Overall Goals for the Institute
To advance research libraries’ capacity to support e-science/e-research by:
- Promoting program development among ARL and CLIR/DLF members
- Enabling development of a community of professionals engaged in this work
- Fostering collaboration between member institutions and also ARL and CLIR/DLF
Outcomes for Institutions that Participate
- Development of a local strategic agenda for e-science support that is near term and action-oriented
- Exchange of community emerging practice
- Connection with a community of staff engaged in program planning and deployment
Institute Leadership
Design leadership
- DeEtta Jones Young, DeEtta Jones and Associates
- MacKenzie Smith, MIT
Institute Coordinators
- Karla Strieb, ARL
- Rachel Frick, CLIR/DLF
