Faculty Presentations, Publications, Awards, and Accomplishments – Jan/Feb 2019

Awards

Sarah Huber was awarded a Research and Scholarship Grant of $2,000 to travel to the CounterPlay 2019: Playing at the Edge conference (April 4-6) to present “Using Visual Literacy to Make Your Own Zine.”

Clarence Maybee received the ALA Library Instruction Round Table’s (LIRT) 2019 Librarian Recognition Award. For the honor, Dr. Maybee received a $1,000 cash award, a $500 travel stipend to attend the 2019 ALA Annual Conference; and a plaque, to be presented at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC., this June.

Grants

Michael Witt

  • FAIRsFAIR: Fostering FAIR Data Practices in Europe. European Union Horizon 2020 project call H2020-INFRAEOSC-2018-5-2018-2019 (c), grant agreement 831558. Role: Senior personnel on the grant (consultant through DataCite).
  • Shared BigData Gateway for Research Libraries. Institute of Museum and Library Services. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/10/iu/releases/18-shared-bigdata-gateway-for-research-networks.html. Role: PI for the Purdue part of the grant; senior personnel on the larger grant.
  • Library Capacity Assessment and Development for Big Data Curation. Institute of Museum and Library Services. https://bigdatacurationcapacity.com/. Role: Advisory Board.
  • Integrating Geospatial Capabilities into HUBzero. National Science Foundation. https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/news/1227 Role: Advisory Board.
  • Enabling FAIR Data: Connecting Researchers to Data Repositories in the Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences. Laura and John Arnold Foundation, through the American Geophysical Union. Role: PI.

Media, Events, Presentations

Bert Chapman presented “Enhancing Your Intelligence Agency Information Resources IQ: Part 6: Justice Department, Federal Courts and Congressional Committee Resources,” for the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s FDLP Academy.

Michael Flierl is one of the keynote panelists at the inaugural Library 2.019 mini-conference: “Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design” set for March 13.

Heather Howard appeared in the “Up and Comers of 2017 @ 2018 Charleston Conference Penthouse Suite Interview.” (see below)

Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies Assistant Professor Bethany McGowan, part of the Critical Data Studies Collective, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies Assistant Professor Bethany McGowan, part of the Critical Data Studies Collective, helped introduce Virginia Eubanks when she spoke at Purdue Feb. 13. Eubanks’ talk was part of the Critical Data Studies (CDS) Distinguished Lecture Series, as well as the University’s Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of the Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign.helped introduce Virginia Eubanks when she spoke at Purdue Feb. 13. Eubanks’ talk was part of the Critical Data Studies (CDS) Distinguished Lecture Series, as well as the University’s Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of the Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign.

Critical Data Studies Spring 2019 Events

  • Spring Kickoff Meet and Greet
    12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, Digital Humanities Studio, room 153 & Periodical Reading Room (first floor), Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE) Library
  • CDS Open Seminar — Power: Technology, Ethics, and Social Justice in the Classroom Roundtable
    2-3 p.m. Friday, March 29, Swaim Conference Room, fourth floor, HSSE Library
  • CDS Seminar Series — Power: Critical Political Ecologies Roundtable
    2-3 p.m. Friday, April 26, Swaim Conference Room, fourth floor, HSSE Library

The Critical Data Studies Collaborative at Purdue is a multidisciplinary community that seeks to create opportunities for dialogue about the ethical, legal, sociocultural, epistemological, and political aspects of data science, big data, and digital infrastructure by providing a space to share work and expertise; promote student, trainee, and faculty learning; and collaborate on new research and learning initiatives.

For more details or to sign-up for the mailing list visit at https://tinyurl.com/CritDataStudies.

Publications

Bert Chapman published, “The Implications of Expanding Chinese Global Access,” in Asia Dialogue from the University of Nottingham’s Asia Research Institute.

Lawrence J. Mykytiuk, “3 Martyrs, 3 Murderers, and a Righteous Rescuer,” American Oriental Society conference paper, Midwest Region Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Oriental Society, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, Feb. 9, 2019.

Phillips, Margaret (2019). Standards collections: Considerations for the future. Collection Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2018.1562396

Michael Witt

  • Michael Witt, Shelley Stall, Ruth Duerr, Raymond Plante, Martin Fenner, Robin Dasler, Patricia Cruse, Sophie Hou, Robert Ulrich & Danie Kinkade. (2019). Connecting Researchers to Data Repositories in the Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences. Digital Libraries: Supporting Open Science. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 806. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11226-4_7.
  • Shelley Stall, Lynn Rees Yarmey, Reid Boehm, Helena Cousijn, Patricia Cruse, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Robin Dasler, Anita de Waard, Ruth Duerr, Kirsten Elger, Martin Fenner, Helen Glaves, Brooks Hanson, Jessica Hausman, Joerg Heber, Denise J. Hills, Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Sophie Hou, Danie Kinkade, Rebecca Koskela, Raleigh Martin, Kerstin Lehnert, Fiona Murphy, Brian Nosek, Mark A. Parsons, Jonathan Petters, Raymond Plante, Erin Robinson, Robert Samors, Mark Servilla, Robert Ulrich, Michael Witt & Lesley Wyborn. (2018). Advancing FAIR Data in Earth, Space, and Environmental Science. Eos, 99. https://bit.ly/2Os1fFf.
  • Shelley Stall, Patricia Cruse, Helena Cousijn, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Anita de Waard, Brooks Hanson, Joerg Heber, Kerstin Lehnert, Mark Parsons, Erin Robinson, Michael Witt, Lesley Wyborn & Lynn Yarmey. (2018). Data Sharing and Citations: New Author Guidelines Promoting Open and FAIR Data in the Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences. Science Editor 41(3). https://bit.ly/2F0FTiX.