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I know that libraries will be collaborating with labs and research centers on this NSF program for "Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners": <http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503141&org=NSF&sel_org= NSF> Perry Willett Head, Digital Library Production Service 300 Hatcher North University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109-1205 Ph: 734-764-8074 Fax: 734-647-6897 Email: [log in to unmask] Nathan Vack wrote: > OK, Code4Libbers, here's a question for y'all: > > I've taken a new job at a brain imaging lab on campus. The details > are still to be defined (they haven't had anyone in this position > before), but the problems they're trying to solve are things like > "Our researchers need to do a bunch of junk in Unix to process their > data; that's hard for them" and "Researchers are generating all kinds > of versions of data and it's filling the disk and five years later no > one knows which copies were used in this publication." > > In short, I'll be helping researchers collect, catalog, analyze, and > archive study data. It's not a 'library' position, but the more I > think about it, the more it seems like a place the libraries could > excel. Most labs can't afford someone to do this kind of work... but > from the grad students I've talked to, the need is HUGE. > > So, my question: Are research libraries out there doing this kind of > work? If not, do you have plans to start? Is Code4Lib still a good > place for me to hang out? > > Cheers, > -Nate > UW - Madison