Friday, March 4, 2011 from 8:00am – 5:00pm
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Charlottesville, VA

e-Science is dynamically re-shaping collaboration and workflows in science and creating unique and important opportunities  for librarianship. Bootcamp will build on your present knowledge of e-Science and position you to better understand and contribute to solutions for managing e-Science issues and trends. This program will provide you with a ground level view of scientists’ day-to-day challenges related to e-Science, and the language to engage in meaningful conversations at your institution.

We have designed this fast-paced Bootcamp to prepare you and fellow librarians to have more involvement with your institution’s e-Science activities. After this program you can expect to have increased knowledge of:

  • scientific investigation and methods
  • scientists’ data management requirements and needs
  • scientists’ information needs and resources


What Will I know When I Leave Bootcamp?
Attending Bootcamp will help you to better understand this complex, multi-faceted topic. Specific aspects include these areas:

Data Management

  • You will have an awareness of current initiatives in bioinformatics and collaboration at the University of Virginia in support of translational research.
  • You will be able to describe requirements and approaches to meet NSF’s data management plan .

Information Needs

  • You will recognize data use and information management requirements of a biomedical research lab.
  • You will be able to identify one use of a social networking tool to support scientific collaboration.
  • You will create an action plan to engage faculty at your own institution.

Scientific Investigation

  • You will be able to recognize roles and workflow of a representative biomedical research lab

Scholarships that cover travel and lodging are available to ten librarians based on their application essay.

Bootcamp participants will earn 7 MLA CE contact hours.

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e-Science Bootcamp was developed by the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library and supported in part by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NN/LM-SE/A).  Special thanks to our partner, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association.

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