Welcome to the New England e-Science Portal for Librarians. A collaborative project devoted to educating science and medical librarians on e-Science, the portal was initiated at the University of Massachusetts Medical School through funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
The e-Science portal is divided into the following key focus areas:
- About e-Science: Overview of e-Science, definitions, data sharing practices of researchers, cyberinfrastructure, policy, open science advocacy
- e-Science and Libraries: ARL reports, library roles, competencies needed by e-Science librarians, librarian education programs, blogs that post about e-Science/open science issues
- Data Support Services: Data management planning guides and resources, funder requirements, data curation, data repositories, science data literacy instruction, and research information networks
- e-Science Community: e-Science Community Blog with news/events/opportunities and commentaries, projects in New England, national projects, links to regional and global organizations
- Science Primers: overviews and tutorials on life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering; Science Boot Camp presentations, research tools
- About the Portal: mission and scope of portal, organization of content, portal staff, advisory, and editorial boards, content contributors, and selection criteria for content
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