DLF Forum 2017

Presentations
 
Investigating Roles for Academic Libraries in Supporting Electronic Lab Notebooks
Melissa Ratajeski, Eleanor Mattern
University of Pittsburgh, United States of America
 
This presentation reports on a project that explores the role of academic libraries in supporting electronic lab notebook (ELN) usage. The presenters will share information gathered about user needs related to ELNs and data management, current ways libraries are supporting ELNs, and opportunities for further engagement in this service area.
 
 
Naming is Power: Omeka-S and Genealogical Data Models
Scout Calvert
Michigan State University, United States of America
 
Can Omeka-S provide a platform for developing, implementing, and experimenting with a vocabulary designed specifically to surface the tensions in kinship relations, diagnose historical discontinuities, resist dominant narratives, and encode fuller and messier histories than allowed by the time-worn pedigree chart and its digital heirs?
 
 
Tracking Digital Projects, Managing Digital Assets: Twin Challenges at Lafayette College Digital Scholarship Services
Charlotte Nunes
Skillman Library, Lafayette College, United States of America
 
Lafayette College Digital Scholarship Services is maturing from its “start-up” phase. In the name of scalability, our department is transitioning from ad hoc project ingestion to a more systematized process. This discussion is an opportunity for audience members to share strategies to manage and track collaborative projects in digital libraries.