Data Governance: Understanding the Issues and Rights Associated with Your Digital Data

Are you aware of how ownership of digital research data can impact how you use these data?

How other people use data you have collected? how the data rights are determined in collaborative research?

Copyright rules governing data vary from one country to another, making data ownership in international collaborations particularly difficult to understand.

Join us for a lecture on Understanding the Issues and Right with your Digital Data by Geneva Henry, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship at Rice University on April 25, 2012 from 12:99 - 1:00 at the BRC Library, 5100 Main, Room 202.

The lecture will be a casual brown bag session starting at noon in the BRC Library with plenty of time for Questions & Answers.  Bring your lunch and we will provide drinks and cookies.

Please RSVP at: digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu

Sponsored by: the Rice/TMC/UH Scholarly Communications Committee

Compliance: E-Science Mandates and Policies

Do you want to know the rules and regulations regarding data collected under federally funded research?

Want to learn more about the policies affecting what you can and cannot do with your data? who is responsible, and what role your institution plays?

Join us for a lecture on E-Science Mandates and Policies by Sarah White, Director of the Office of Sponsored Research at Rice University on April 4, 2012 from 12:00 - 1:00 at the BRC Library:  5100 Main, Room 202.


Lectures will be casual brown bag sessions starting at noon in the BRC Library with plenty of time for Q&A.  Bring your lunch and we’ll provide the drinks and cookies. 

Please RSVP at: digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu

Sponsored by: the Rice/TMC/UH Scholarly Communications Committee

March E-Science Lecture

Overview of Data Management Planning Tools on March 7, 2012  from 12:00-1:00, by Michelle Reilly, Head of Digital Services at the University of Houston.

This lecture will be held at Rice University’s Duncan Hall, Room 1070

The lecture will be a casual brown bag session with plenty of time for Q&A. Bring your lunch, drinks and cookies will be provided.

RSVP at:  digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu

Sponsored by: the Rice/TMC/UH Scholarly Communications Group

Spring Lecture Series on E-Science

Need to learn more about E-Science?  The Scholarly Communications Group is sponsoring a series of free lectures at the BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) Building, Room 202, located at 6500 Main Street and University Boulevard (just a few minutes’ walk from the TMC).

The E-Science series will focus on the following topics:

Data Management Policies and Issues with Life Science Data on February 21, from 12:00 - 1:00  by Michelle Malizia, Associate Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region.  

Overview of Data Management Planning Tools on March 7, 12:00-1:00 by Michelle Reilly, Head of Digital Services, University of Houston (* this lecture will be held at Rice University’s Duncan Hall, Room 1070).

Compliance:  E-Science Mandates and Policies on April 4, 12:00-1:00 by Sarah White, Director of the Office of Sponsored Research, Rice University.

Data Governance: Understanding the Issues and Rights Associated with your Digital Data April 25, 12:00-1:00 by Geneva Henry, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, Rice University

Lectures will be casual brown bag sessions with plenty of time for Q&A.  Bring your lunch, drinks and cookies will be provided.

RSVP at:  digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu

Sponsored by: the Rice/TMC/UH Scholarly Communications Group

Journal of Family Strengths: New TMC Library Publication

The TMC Library announces the publication of the Journal of Family Strengths (JFS) available at: http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/

JFS continues the Family Preservation Journal which was first published in 1995.  This current volume marks the Journal’s evolution from a traditional print to a fully online open-access format. JFS is a peer-reviewed online journal produced by the CHILDREN AT RISK Institute in partnership with the Center for Family Strengths at the University of Houston-Downtown and the Texas Medical Center Library. JFS is devoted to presenting theoretical, policy, practice, and evaluation articles on the strengths perspective in family-centered practice to improve services that promote and sustain family systems.

The current issue includes research on:

 ·       The enhancement of reunification outcomes for families in the child welfare system though the Parent Partner program

·       The impact of environmental factors on sexually abused adolescents’ reactions to abuse

·       The benefits of waivers of some funds under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act

·       The effects of kinship care on the child welfare system

·       The need for male-focused community resources for fathers

·       Child discipline and punishment methods

Are you interested in creating a new online journal? The Library provides software, training, publishing, and the editorial help you need. The software and service are FREE to members of the Texas Medical Center Library.

Contact Kate Krause at: kathryn.krause@exch.library.tmc.edu or 713.799.7126.

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TMC Library Annual Report 2009-2010

The Texas Medical Center Library Annual Report for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, is available in the Digital Commons.

http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/library_annualreports/14/