Guardienne of the Tomes

UC DLFx 2018: Keynote by Don Norman Broad experience. "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." ~ originally from Nobel Prizewinner, book published in the 1940s. Imposible - no matter what we invent it never turns out the way we want  it to. Easy to predict future, hard part is getting it right. What he does know about libraries. Rainbow's End , The Name of the Rose. Engelbart's Groundbreaking demonstration of what you can do. Read all sorts of reports, asked lists. Nothing he can tell us we haven't already heard, thought, or do. He should say what he does and how he works and what it is as a designer and what he needs. Design is a way of thinking, of approaching problems. Trying t teach this to all - democratizing design. Don't need to send in experts to tell you your needs and build something to solve needs, and convince you this is what you need. This is standard. Instead, show you how we learn and let you do it yourself with mentoring and ...

UC DLFx 2018 Demystifying Data Curation -  Vessela Ensberg (UCD),  Emily Lin (UCM),  Ho Jung Yoo (UCSD),  Amy Never (UCB) Purpose of data curation: FAIR data principles--Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. Qualities of data that make them valuable. Findable: DOI; Accessible: online, fixity-checked, backed-up---these are called Bit Curation (we depend on technology). Interoperability: file formats still active, can be open and read Reusability: metadata to put data in context for researchers to decide whether or not they can use it. This is curation for long term use. Curation for long term use: When: pre-ingest or post-ingest-- How: in depth (documentation happens down to each variable) or limited in scope. Tension between time, quality, and return on investment 4 models/case studies on how they approached curation in their experience, what skills are necessary, and what difficulty there is in providing those services. Case 1 Emily ...