Data Curation Education and Biological Information Specialists
Heidorn, P. Bryan; Palmer, Carole L.; Cragin, Melissa H.; Smith, Linda C.
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Data Curation Education and Biological Information Specialists
Author(s)
Heidorn, P. Bryan
Palmer, Carole L.
Cragin, Melissa H.
Smith, Linda C.
Issue Date
2007-04-20
Keyword(s)
data curation
education data curators
Abstract
Abstract
Scientific data problems do not stand in isolation but are part of a larger set of challenges
associated with the expansion of scientific information gathering capacity and changes in
scholarly communication in the digital environment. These problems require new kinds of
expertise in key areas, such as ontology development, data federation, and data visualization.
However, recent reports on cyberinfrastructure and e-science initiatives acknowledge a
shortage of qualified professionals to manage the increasing stores of data across the sciences
(NSB, 2005). To build this kind of professional capacity, we have developed two complementary
educational programs at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. One is the Biological Information Specialist
(BIS) Master of Science degree, and the other is a concentration in Data Curation within the
Master of Science in Library and Information Science. In this paper we discuss the key features
of our Data Curation Education Program (DCEP), our approach to curriculum development, and
the data curation program’s contribution to the BIS curriculum. To provide a foundation for
course development, we are identifying best practices in data curation, drawing from a variety
of resources, including 1) a research foundation of information science projects in the biological
sciences related to data curation; (2) a base of domain scientist collaborators; (3) active
participation in disciplinary international standards development; (4) an advisory group
representing bioinformatics, bench and field biosciences, and the information professions.
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