MDLS 2018 Archive

Iowa State University Ames, Iowa October 8-9, 2018

Session materials are available on the OSF Meetings Archive.

MDLS 2018 Schedule

All times are in US Central Time

Monday, October 8, 2018

Registration and morning munchies

8:30 – 9:00 am

Welcome and announcements

9:00 – 9:15 am

Warm-up activity

9:15 - 9:30 am

Session 1.1: Mind the gaps: data, libraries, and ethics

9:30 - 10:30 am

Facilitated by Erin Thomas, Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian, Iowa State University

A World-café style event that explores how the professional ethics of librarianship interact and intersect with data and data work.

Break (with refreshments)

10:30 - 11:00 am

Session 1.2: Mind the gaps: data, libraries, and ethics

11:00 - 12:00 pm

Facilitated by Erin Thomas, Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian, Iowa State University

A World-café style event that explores how the professional ethics of librarianship interact and intersect with data and data work.

Lunch

12:00 - 1:15 pm

Announcements and reminders

1:15 - 1:30 pm

Session 2.1: Separating cutting edge science from old school record keeping

1:30 - 2:20 pm

Presented by Kay Bjornen, Research Data Initiatives Librarian, Oklahoma State University

Participants will consider the role of the library and librarians in encouraging robust data capture processes. Activities will include sharing case studies of bad record keeping and the problems that resulted, using a party game to explore the importance of record organization in research work flows and a group discussion of best practices and new technologies that can encourage librarians to take an active role in this often neglected step of the research data life-cycle.

Break (with refreshments)

2:20 - 2:50 pm

Session 2.2: Separating cutting edge science from old school record keeping

2:50 - 3:40 pm

Presented by Kay Bjornen, Research Data Initiatives Librarian, Oklahoma State University

Reflection 1

3:40 - 4:20 pm

Reminders and announcements

4:20 - 4:30 pm

Dine-arounds (optional)

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Enjoy a great evening meal with fellow Midwest data-folks around Ames.
This is a pay-your-own-way event.

Reception (optional)

7:00 - 10:00 pm

Join us for an evening of games, snacks, cake, and good company.
The reception is open to registered MDLS attendees and ISU Librarians.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Morning munchies and mingling

8:30 – 9:00 am

Announcements and reminders

9:00 – 9:15 am

Session 3: Data visualization support at universities

9:15 - 10:45 am

Presented by:

- Natalie Meyers, E-Research Librarian, University of Notre Dame.

- James Ng, , Social Science Data and Economics Librarian, University of Notre Dame.

- Matthew Sisk, GIS and Anthropology Librarian, University of Notre Dame.

- Julie Vecchio, Assistant Director, Navari Family CDS, University of Notre Dame.

Does your library have a data visualization lab, provide data visualization services, or is it considering how to support data visualization in new ways? Do you offer data visualization support and services, whether as an individual contributor or as part of a larger team? Or are you simply curious as to what data visualization is or how you can play a role in supporting your patrons in this sphere? This session will provide an opportunity to reflect on the value of data visualization services, and engage in conversation with others to ask questions and share ideas, failures, and best practices for supporting data visualization.

Eric Johnson (Miami University of Ohio) and Heather Shimon (University of Wisconsin-Madison) will highlight some of the ways in which data visualization is supported at their institutions in lightning talks.

Break (with refreshments)

10:45 - 11:00 am

Session 4: Guest Speaker

11:00 - 12:00 pm

John VanDyk, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University

What happens when you build a data-sharing community and tens of thousands of people come? John maintains BugGuide.net, a community-curated photographic online guide to arthropods of North America, which has been in operation since 2003 and contains 1.3 million images. John will share some of the hurdles to be overcome and how artificial intelligence may be assisting in the future. John assists ISU faculty and staff with building and organizing online information and helped developed Luggage, a taxonomy-based Drupal platform.

Lunch

12:00 - 1:15 pm

Announcements and reminders

1:15 - 1:30 pm

Session 5.1: Breakout sessions

1:30 - 2:15 pm

Breakout session topics will be proposed at lunch on Day 1 and are driven and organized by the passion and drive of MDLS attendees.

Break (with refreshments)

2:15 - 2:45 pm

Session 5.2: Breakout sessions

2:45 - 3:30 pm

Breakout session topics will be proposed at lunch on Day 1 and are driven and organized by the passion and drive of MDLS attendees.

Break

3:30 - 3:45 pm

Reflection 2 and wrap-up

3:45 - 4:30 pm

Presented by Jamene Brooks-Kieffer, Data Services Librarian & Coordinator of Digital Scholarship, University of Kansas

MDLS 2018 Planning Commitee

Chair: Megan O’Donnell, Data Services Librarian, Iowa State University

Perry Collins, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Manager, Ball State University
Thomas Gerrish, Science and Engineering Librarian, Miami University
Tina Griffin, Information Services and Liaison Librarian, University of Illinois, Library of Health Sciences [2019 Host Rep]
Allison Langham, Scholarly Communications and Engineering Liaison Librarian University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Erin Thomas, Science and Engineering Librarian, Iowa State University
Cameron Tuai, Data & Business Librarian, Drake University
Brian Westra, Data Services Manager, University of Iowa