Invitation to Apply for DSPS Fellowship
We are getting ready to invite applications for the Digital Scholarship Fellowship position. Hosted by the DSPS unit the fellowship program aims to provide opportunities for CUL staff to expand their...
View ArticleProject Euclid Launches New Website
Project Euclid launched a new website in early January. Planning, design, and development of the site took place over 18 months, and included discussions with numerous researchers, publishers, and...
View ArticleRepoExec, or The CUL Repository Executive Group
The Cornell University Library’s Repository Executive Group, colloquially known as RepoExec, has been meeting since the beginning of the year to explore and address the issues surrounding digital...
View ArticleInvitation to Apply for Digital Scholarship Fellowships
We are pleased to invite applications for the Digital Scholarship Fellowship position. Hosted by the DSPS unit since 2012, the fellowship program aims to provide opportunities for CUL staff to expand...
View ArticleScholarly Communication Working Group Sprint to Develop Author Rights Resources
Outreach to promote effective author rights management was identified as a high priority project for members of the Scholarly Communication Working Group (SCWG), and the Library Directors Leadership...
View ArticleExciting Times for arXiv: Grants from the Sloan Foundation and the Allen...
We are pleased to receive a $450,000 grant from the Sloan Foundation and $200,000 from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to start establishing a new technical infrastructure for...
View ArticleResearch Sharing and Profiling Platforms
In the past year, I’ve spoken with a couple of faculty groups about research sharing and profiling platforms: what they do, and some issues and alternatives to consider. Since there is a steady stream...
View ArticleA Brief History of eCommons
A lot of eCommons history is ingrained in institutional memory, so I thought I would take a stab at documenting it a bit. Much of what follows was gleaned from a 2008 white paper by the CUL IR task...
View ArticleMeet the People Behind eCommons
We provided a short history of eCommons in a previous post. Now we’d like to introduce you to the staff who keep things running! I should note that we also get occasional help on special projects from...
View ArticleInvitation to Apply for CUL Fellowship (formerly Digital Scholarship Fellowship)
We are pleased to invite applications for the CUL Fellowship. This year’s program builds on the Digital Scholarship Fellowship, which was hosted by the DSPS unit since 2012, by expanding it to all...
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