E-Science and Data Support Services
A Study of ARL Member Institutions
August 2010
Catherine Soehner, University of Michigan
Catherine Steeves, University of Guelph
Jennifer Ward, University of Washington
E-Science and Data Support Services:
A Study of ARL Member Institutions
August 2010
Catherine Soehner, University of Michigan
Catherine Steeves, University of Guelph
Jennifer Ward, University of Washington
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to a wide variety of individuals who willingly shared their expertise with them. In particular, James
L. Mullins, Dean of Libraries, and D. Scott Brandt, Associate Dean for Research at Purdue Libraries; Luc Declerck, Associate
University Librarian, Technology Services and Ardys Kozbial, Technology Outreach Librarian, in the UCSD Libraries, and David
Minor, Head of Curation Services, San Diego Supercomputer Center; Gail Steinhart, Research Data & Environmental Sciences
Librarian, Medha Devare, Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian, Dianne Dietrich, Research Data & Metadata Librarian, and
Dean Krafft, Chief Technology Strategist, at Cornell University; Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Pro-
grams, at Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Robert J. Sandusky, Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, at the
University of Illinois at Chicago; and MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology, and Katherine McNeill, Data Services
and Economics Librarian, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Cover Image: Cyber-enabled Chemistry
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
Chemistry meets computer, data and networking technologies in the National Science Foundation’s first Cyber-enabled Chem-
istry Program awards. NSF’s chemistry division developed the program to explore how researchers and educators in that field
can fully exploit the potential of cyberinfrastructure.
Courtesy: National Science Foundation
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