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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu

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June 2, 2015 by NDSR 2014/15 Cohort for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Well folks, this marks the final post from the 2014-15 NDSR-NY cohort. Before we officially sign off we wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has followed our journeys via this blog, and offer some final thoughts on what the residency has meant to us.

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Shira: I’ve learned so much over the past 9 months that it’s hard to know where to begin. When I think back to when we began this residency I’m amazed at what we’ve managed to accomplish since September: between the 5 of us we’ve published over 50 blog posts, attended and/or presented at over 20 conferences, tweeted about our projects more or less continuously, and published 15 articles. And of course that’s not to mention all the project deliverables themselves! I’m so grateful that I had the opportunity to be a part of this residency. Working with my colleagues and mentors at the Carnegie Hall Archives has been an absolute pleasure. They were supportive and generous with their time and I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to learn from them. The same goes for my incredible cohort. Peggy, Vicky, Karl and Julia: you guys have taught me so much. I’m thankful for the wisdom, words of encouragement, and advice you have given to me over the course of this residency, and I’m truly sad to be saying goodbye.

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May 1, 2015 by NDSR 2014/15 Cohort for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Applications to the 2015-16 National Digital Stewardship Residencies in New York are open! The deadline to apply has been extended by two weeks, to Friday, May 22! Woo! As if you needed more good news than that, METRO also recently announced the host institutions for this round of residencies, and they’re very exciting (like we’d probably compete with you for them if we could!). You can learn all about them and their projects here.

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Project Update: DONE WITH ANALYSIS

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April 14, 2015 by Vicky Steeves for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Originally, I had my presentation scheduled for about 10 minutes but due to time constraints on the agenda, it was shortened to five. This meant I speed-talked my way through all the analyses I had finished the Friday before (April 3) while hoping to impress on everyone there that the risk of data loss is not only imminent, but inevitable. Given the questions and comments I received directly after my presentation and in the week to come, I can say this presentation was a definite success.

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For the Residency itself, all I have left to do is my final report--this is a compilation of my previous reports and analyses with recommendations for storage, management, and preservation of the Museum’s vast scientific collections and research data. These previous reports include: a plan for the length of retention for digital assets, an environmental scan to see what other similar institutions are doing for their data, and an overview of what federal agencies fund AMNH research, and whether those agencies require data management plans or not. All these previous reports will come together to form my recommendations as well as provide the Museum with the information it needs to understand and interpret my recommendations.

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NMNH, METRO, & Outsourcing, oh my!

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March 24, 2015 by Vicky Steeves for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Hi everyone!! So, like Karl, I was recently asked to write a post on another blog (The Smithsonian Field book Project blog!) and thought, instead of rewriting the whole post and publishing it here, I could just point our lovely readers in the right direction!

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code4Lib 2015!

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February 12, 2015 by Vicky Steeves for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Hi everyone, this is Vicky reporting from Portland, Oregon! I am here on the west coast for the first time attending code4Lib 2015, and since today is the last day of the conference, I thought I’d give everyone a bit of a report about what went on here.

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First, I want to talk about the format of presentations at code4Lib. It’s absolutely unlike any other conference I’ve ever been too. There are no multiple sessions going at once. Everything is streamlined into one room. Yes--we sat in a room from 9-5pm watching 20 minute presentations, with an hour for lunch and two to three half hour breaks. This sounds really daunting but I have to tell you--it was so refreshing! I’ll talk a little bit more about the actual presentations later on.

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January 14, 2015 by Vicky Steeves for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Everyone reading my posts must be saying, “Damn, this girl is obsessed with proving the value of the library! We get it already!” Blame Jim Matarazzo, my corporate libraries professor back at Simmons. He really drilled it into my head that if a library can’t prove that it’s worth having, it will be the first thing cut from a budget. And it scared me into constantly thinking about it. Thanks, Jim!

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Party on, AMNH!

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December 18, 2014 by Vicky Steevesfor the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Hello everyone! Vicky here to bring you some holiday cheer. I thought, since this is our last post before Hanukkah, Yule, Life Day, Festivus, Kwanzaa , Pancha Ganapati, Soyal, the Dongzhi Festival, Christmas, Newtonmas, Boxing Day, Omisoka, and New Years, I could wind down a busy few months by talking about the American Museum of Natural History party season!

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Just about every day of the week, starting from the 10th of December to the 19th, there is a party at the AMNH. Each department has their own parties, some are small and attended mostly by people within the department; others are all staff events with food, drinks, and music.

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Prove Yourself: Needs Assessment Edition

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November 10, 2014 by Vicky Steevesfor the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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What I’ve come to love about the library science field (which after years of waiting tables you’d think I’d hate) is the service aspect to everything we do. Librarians are intensely user-focused in all of our work: through the use of needs assessment surveys, we mold our libraries to what users want, expect, and need. We use the results to design programs, buy technology, even create positions within a library (YA librarian is a thing because of that!). Some common ways to implement a library assessment include  focus groups, interviews, scorecards, comment cards, usage statistics from circulation and reference, and surveys sent to users via email or on paper.

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October 23, 2014 by Vicky Steeves for the NDSR-NY Residents' Blog. See original posting here.

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Science: the final frontier. These are the voyages of Vicky Steeves. Her nine-month mission: to explore how scientific data can be preserved more efficiently at the American Museum of Natural History, to boldly interview every member of science staff involved in data creation and management, to go into the depths of the Museum where none have gone before.

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Digital preservation, digital archiving, librarianship, systems engineering, database management, web development, software engineering and development, computational linguistics, social networking, programming for mobile devices, LGBTQA studies, gender studies, animal care, outdoorsmanship, music, and creative writing.

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  • Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA:
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      • Honours Thesis: Computational Linguistic Approach to Inflection in Human Speech and Difference in Meaning
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        • Celtic Studies, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Summer 2012
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          • Research completed. I provided software analysis using Gephi, a data visualization software, on researchers' social network analysis of historical relationships between literary figures.
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        • "A Computational Linguistics Approach to Inflection and Difference in Meaning"
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          • Research completed accompanying Dr. Nanette Veilleux, August 2012-August 2013.
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        • "No Place To Go: A Discussion on LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in Boston"
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          • Research completed as a part of the Simmons World Challenge, January 2011
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        • "The Harm (or lack thereof) of Marijuana"
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          • Research completed as a part of an introductory research methods course.
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        • Honours Program: Participant 2010-2013
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        • CS-Math Liaison: President 2012-2013; Treasurer 2011-2012
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        • Simmons College LGBTQA Alliance: President 2012-2013; Treasurer 2011-2012; Political Activism Chair 2010-2011
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        • Simmons College SciFi and Fantasy Club: Founder and Participant 2010-2013
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        • Simmons World Challenge: Participant January 2012
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        • College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Fellow Award; 2013-2014
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        • The Computer Science Award, given for academic excellence in comp sci; 2013
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        • Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates, $15,000 research grant, given to encourage women in the STEM fields to complete research studies in their field, 2012-2013
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        • Alumnae Endowed Scholarship; 2012-2013
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        • Simmons College Grant, given to aid in research costs for field research; 2012-2013
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        • Bowker Award for Travel, given to undergraduates who demonstrate academic excellence while completing studies abroad; Summer 2012
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        • Independant Order of Oddfellows Scholarship, 2010-2013
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        • President Merit Scholarship, given to students whose academic achievement and personal qualities indicate they will perform to the highest academic level, 2010-2013
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        • Simmons College 3-1 Program, where students complete an undergraduate degree in three years and a master's degree in one year, first participant; 2010-present
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        • Simmons College Dean's List, 2010-2013
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        • United Pilgrimage for Youth, sponsored participant; Summer 2009
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    • Provide instructional and consultation services in RDM and reproducibility to faculty and advanced students
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    • Advise researchers on how to meet the data management and open data requirements of publishers and federal funding agencies
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    • Moore/Sloan Data Science Environment team member; Reproducibility Working Group member and Libraries Working Group member
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    • Assist in efforts to design a data repository and storage infrastructure for researchers at the University.
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    • Day-to-day coordinator of METRO’s National Digital Stewardship Residency in New York (NDSR-NY) program
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    • Contribute to project planning, communications, documentation, evaluations, outreach, and help maintain the program’s web presence and online platforms.
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    • Survey the Science divisions to better understand their data storage, curation, and preservation needs.
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    • Identify existing practices and policies for integrated data storage, access, and management.
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