From BLawlor at nfais.org Tue Nov 5 11:51:49 2013 From: BLawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:51:49 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Discount ending soon for NFAIS Workshop: Open Access to Published Research Message-ID: <009001ceda47$52256a40$f6703ec0$@nfais.org> NFAIS Workshop: Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions - Discounts End November 8th (Onsite and Virtual registrations available) Discounts are available until this coming Friday - November 8t h - for the one-day workshop, Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions. The meeting will take place on Friday, November 22, 2013, and will take a look at the current state of open access to published research and the significant social, financial, technical and legislative forces that are driving it. Both virtual and onsite registrations are available. Why attend? The workshop will attempt to answer the following questions: * What is the current status of Open Access to published research in the U.S.? * Why do researchers care about Open Access and what tools do they use? * What policies have been established by the U.S. Government to meet researchers' needs and how will those policies impact government agencies and publishers? * Where do new initiatives such as CHORUS and SHARE fit in? * What is the perspective of traditional publishers with regard to the open access movement and recent government mandates? * What role does Copyright play in an open access e4nvironment? * Why was the Public Library of Science established, how has it expanded, and what is its perspective on the future of open access to published research? * What is the future of open access to published research, how it is being adopted around the world, and what are the challenges still to be faced in order to meet the needs of both researchers and publishers? Click here to see the full agenda and confirmed speakers: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=534 Both onsite and virtual registrations are available for individuals and for groups of three or more from the same organization. Group registrations can be a mix of onsite and virtual attendees, with a small food charge added for those attending onsite. Members of Sister Societies (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP, NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) are eligible for discounts (see registration form at: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=534). For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BLawlor at nfais.org Wed Nov 6 10:18:57 2013 From: BLawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:18:57 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS/CENDI/FEDLINK Workshop on Open Science Message-ID: <001601cedb03$834c65d0$89e53170$@nfais.org> Register NOW!!! Open Science: Driving Forces and Practical Realities A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS Hosted by FEDLINK at the Library of Congress The Mumford Room, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 * 9:00 am - 4:30 pm * WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This one-day workshop is a must for anyone involved in managing the flow of scientific and scholarly communication. The Open Science movement has the potential to dramatically change that flow as well as the roles of all involved if the key emerging issues can be resolved. Open government, open data, and open access are all necessary but insufficient movements to make open science a reality. This workshop will explore the technical, financial, political, and social/cultural forces that are driving the movement; the key issues that may impact your organization - issues such as creator/author rights, attribution, information sharing and re-use, machine access and interoperability, preservation of the record of science, etc.; and the policies and tools that are being created to make open science a reality. Seating is limited and there is no virtual option. The agenda and registration form can be accessed at: http://cendievents.iiaweb.com/CENDI_NFAIS_FEDLINK_11122013/index.html. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jill O'Neill Kathryn Simon Director, Communication and Planning Administrative Coordinator, CENDI Secretariat NFAIS c/o Information International Associates, Inc. 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 104 Union Valley Road Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (215) 893-1561 Voice (865) 298-1234 Voice (215) 893-1564 Fax (865) 481-0390 Fax jilloneill at nfais.org ksimon at iiaweb.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 42513 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 14291 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Fri Nov 8 09:14:46 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:14:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Enotes, Number 6, 2013 Message-ID: <1383920086.497121882@webmail.nfais.org> NFAIS Enotes, Number 6, 2013 Written and compiled by Jill O?Neill Emerging Media: Just What Exactly Are We Looking At? Barbara Fister, Librarian at Gustavus Adolphus College and blogger at Inside Higher Ed, wrote a wonderful post in August of 2013 about how her professional community?s communication behaviors were shifting due to social media. Where listservs had once been the dominant channel, now she noticed that she was communicating more frequently via Twitter. The last sentence that she used in completing her brief essay was: It?s intriguing to me how dependent so many of us have become on relationships that live primarily in virtual space and on borrowed time (See [http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/practices-communities] http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/practices-communities). Two things struck me about that sentence -- the reference to virtual space (that is, a disembodied online presence) and the reference to borrowed time (a concern for speed and brevity). How can communication be made more efficient? Twitter?s success as it heads into its IPO depends upon conveying a message in 140 characters. That brevity has allowed it to become a fire hose for pumping content into other social venues such as Facebook and WordPress. As many of us read recently, Twitter is now equipped for pumping images (see: [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/technology/ahead-of-ipo-twitter-adds-photo-and-video-previews-to-timelines.html] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/technology/ahead-of-ipo-twitter-adds-photo-and-video-previews-to-timelines.html). According to the Times, because it was primarily a text-based tool, Twitter felt that it needed to be able to present images and video in order to attract advertising as part of its business model. Within our own information community, there are readily-accessible examples of scholarly content providers using Twitter to connect and interact with customers, researchers, and librarians. It?s a useful platform for communicating (primarily) through text ? 140 characters. But I don?t believe it will surprise anyone to hear that text is not necessarily the preferred mode in emerging media. The fastest growing social (or emerging) media platforms are Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. Pinterest is largely notable for its display of images which makes it suitable for attention-grabbing visuals (fashion, architecture, food, etc.). Instagram is an app that captures stills and very short videos. Tumblr, the oldest of the three, was launched in 2007 as a blogging platform supporting audio, video, text, animated gifs, and video. All are visually-oriented, all do well in a mobile environment, and all are popular with younger demographics, although Pinterest doesn?t have as strong a case in that particular regard (See: [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/chart-where-yahoos-tumblr-ranks-next-to-twitter-instagram-and-pinterest/276017/] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/chart-where-yahoos-tumblr-ranks-next-to-twitter-instagram-and-pinterest/276017/). It is the emphasis on visual media that is a harbinger of things to come. In fact, the tech media is already referring to it as the Visual Web (See: [http://readwrite.com/2013/10/24/pinterest-tumblr-instagram-visual-web#awesm=~olzeC2pz7iu14d] http://readwrite.com/2013/10/24/pinterest-tumblr-instagram-visual-web#awesm=~olzeC2pz7iu14d). It?s the marketing types who think of it as social or emerging media. In late September, Google-owned YouTube announced that the commenting capability on the site would be tied to the use of real identities as they appear on Google+ (See: [http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/24/youtube-announces-a-new-google-powered-commenting-system/] http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/24/youtube-announces-a-new-google-powered-commenting-system/). Why might this be significant? Because the most recent set of figures from the Global Web Index indicate that Facebook has 1.1 billion monthly active users, only barely putting it in front of YouTube with its 1 billion monthly active users. It seems clear that by linking commenting on YouTube to a registered account on Google+ (a network with only 540 million monthly active users), Google hopes to pull their social network up by its bootstraps to more closely match Facebook?s user base. Like Instagram and Tumblr, YouTube also has appeal for a younger demographic (See: [http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/05/06/21-awesome-social-media-facts-figures-and-statistics-for-2013/] http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/05/06/21-awesome-social-media-facts-figures-and-statistics-for-2013/). At the same time that Google announced its 540 million monthly active users on Google+, it also released new tools for editing visual images on the platform (See: [http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/google-hangouts-and-photos-save-some.html] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/google-hangouts-and-photos-save-some.html). They?ve been ramping-up their server capacity to more rapidly deliver video content and the cascade effect is having an impact on delivery of search results. (See USC Study: Google Search Serves Users From 600% More Locations than A Year Ago (See: [http://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-study-google-search-serves-users-from-600-more-locations-than-a-year-ago/] http://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-study-google-search-serves-users-from-600-more-locations-than-a-year-ago/). Google also has its own mobile app, Snapseed, competing with Instagram and Twitter. In a previous issue of ENotes, attention was drawn to the Twitter-owned Vine app launched earlier in 2013, which allows users to make and tweet 6 second loops of video. (You can see the descriptive blurb about Vine at Google Play here: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.vine.android] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.vine.android and in the iTunes store at [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vine/id592447445?mt=8] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vine/id592447445?mt=8.) The app reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Free Apps leaderboard in April and it was in the wake of that success that Facebook-owned Instagram made it possible to upload 15 second videos using their tool. Vine claims a user community of 40 million; by comparison Instagram claims a community of 150 million. The sense one is given is that living in virtual space and on borrowed time requires the use of images in equal proportions to text. Visuals -- whether moving or static photography -- are the key to success with the rising user populations when it comes to attracting interest in various forms of content. There are news organizations (admittedly not any the size of Fox news or MSNBC) who have been using both platforms to jumpstart interest in their stories (See: [http://allthingsd.com/20131011/all-the-news-that-fits-in-a-15-second-segment-nowthisnews-tries-instagram-and-the-results-are-pretty-interesting/] http://allthingsd.com/20131011/all-the-news-that-fits-in-a-15-second-segment-nowthisnews-tries-instagram-and-the-results-are-pretty-interesting/). Marketers are being urged to use Vine and Instagram for their product videos: [http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/63457-using-vine-and-instagram-for-product-video] http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/63457-using-vine-and-instagram-for-product-video. (Tide and Oreos actually did create some 6 second videos for their Halloween campaigns: [http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/halloween-poll-oreo-or-tides-shining-vine-best-153502] http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/halloween-poll-oreo-or-tides-shining-vine-best-153502). Perhaps even more indicative of the importance of video is the fact that the original founders of YouTube have now come up with a new start-up, Mixbit ([http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/youtubes-founders-challenge-vine-and-instagram-with-new-video-app/] http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/youtubes-founders-challenge-vine-and-instagram-with-new-video-app/), a video app with a heavy emphasis on mixing and editing. For those with greater levels of expertise in creating video, there is the software, Camtasia, at [http://discover.techsmith.com/green-screen/] http://discover.techsmith.com/green-screen/ And again, just within our own information community, Alexander Street Press recently announced that they would be hosting content for libraries who are streaming their own video content, with Tufts University being their first client (See: [http://alexanderstreet.com/press-room/press-releases/2013-10-31/1217] http://alexanderstreet.com/press-room/press-releases/2013-10-31/1217). I?m wondering if academic libraries aren?t grasping the criticality of video more rapidly than content providers. The combined influence of video gaming technology, mobile phone technology, and streaming media (particularly on those under 35 years of age) has meant that video is in many ways more important for purposes of communication than the text that frequently receives more attention in the context of scholarship and research. Looking just at consumer behavior, it?s clear that video is rising in importance in terms of content value. The rising population of youngsters (whose phones have *always* had cameras) are used to the format for communicating what they?re doing, where they are, and what?s happening around them. Is this an issue for the content providers who make up the membership of NFAIS? Early attempts at popularizing video abstracts for the scientific literature were not particularly successful (See: [http://www.universityaffairs.ca/video-abstracts-the-latest-trend-in-scientific-publishing.aspx] http://www.universityaffairs.ca/video-abstracts-the-latest-trend-in-scientific-publishing.aspx). At the same time, we know that video is part of many research projects, as in the project described in this Nature article, where video is taken (and preserved) of a knifefish swimming in a tank while data is gathered on the activity of the fish (See: [http://www.nature.com/news/publishing-frontiers-the-library-reboot-1.12664] http://www.nature.com/news/publishing-frontiers-the-library-reboot-1.12664). We know that images permeate the scientific literature. On Twitter, The Lancet features both photographs and videos as part of their timeline ([https://twitter.com/TheLancet/media] https://twitter.com/TheLancet/media). Yet it is clear that video and images are still seen as merely complementary formats. Perhaps it?s because we lack the right types of tools to enhance the content? Based on the work being done at the Netherlands Institute of Sound and Vision, there is certainly room for improved tools. Johan Ooman, their head of R&D, offered an interesting discussion of the directions such tools might take (See: [http://www.slideshare.net/PaulaUdondek/fiatifta-2013-television-linked-to-the-web-the-case-for-audiovisual-archives] http://www.slideshare.net/PaulaUdondek/fiatifta-2013-television-linked-to-the-web-the-case-for-audiovisual-archives). We know of initiatives like JoVE (the Journal of Visualized Experiments at [http://www.jove.com/] http://www.jove.com/) which is actually publishing peer-reviewed scientific material. Yet, none of these instances of experimentation with video in the context of scholarly communication have surged ahead with any marked success. Why is that? Based on the work of one Austrian researcher, Dr. Lyndon Nixon, the issues for linking media are similar to those encountered in linking data (See: [http://www.slideshare.net/linkedtv/www-linked-media-keynote] http://www.slideshare.net/linkedtv/www-linked-media-keynote). There?s interest in working out the challenges associated with emerging media and the visual Web, but everyone is still in the process of building it. Part of the answer may lie in the traditions of time. Alan Cann, a social media savvy researcher and Instructor at the University of Leicester, (see last paragraph at: [http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com/2013/10/grokking-visual-web.html] http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com/2013/10/grokking-visual-web.html) notes he?s not leaping to join Buzzfeed, one of the rapidly growing UK social communities heavily oriented towards lists, visuals and brevity. As a practicing scientist, he has learned that he isn?t nearly as facile with images as he is with text. However, Alan points out that the community offers a particular approach to reporting scientific findings that is unique -- something in the style of a ?teen romance magazine photo story.? In this instance, the reporter on Buzzfeed boiled down the crux of a study recently published in the scholarly journal, Science. The science editor over on Buzzfeed has an extensive list of posts that she?s created reporting on serious scholarship, but not in a standard journal format (See: [http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes] http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes). It?s not necessarily how Alan might have communicated scientific findings, but it?s an engaging form of presentation. As one British think tank put it, there?s potential in the Dumbing Up of Buzzfeed (See: [http://www.rsablogs.org.uk/2013/enterprise/buzzfeed-dumbing/] http://www.rsablogs.org.uk/2013/enterprise/buzzfeed-dumbing/). Michael Ridley, librarian and formerly the Chief Information Officer of the University of Guelph, Ontario, spoke recently at an Information Today conference on the topic of post-literacy. The standard explanation of what that phrase entails is found in the opening paragraphs of his publicly-developed ebook, Beyond Literacy: Writes Ridley, ?Literacy or ?visible language? is a profound capability. The ability to read and write is a transformative skill that fundamentally changes the way we think, act, and engage with each other. The power of reading and writing is undeniable. And yet there are challenges to the human condition for which literacy seemingly fails...it is possible to conceive of a technology or a capacity that would replace literacy. ?Post-literacy? is defined here as the state in which reading and writing are no longer a dominant means of communication.? Don Hawkins gives more of Ridley?s thinking at: [http://www.libconf.com/2013/10/30/beyond-literacy-exploring-post-literate-future-wednesday-keynote/] http://www.libconf.com/2013/10/30/beyond-literacy-exploring-post-literate-future-wednesday-keynote/ I don?t know that I buy into Ridley?s thinking, but I am primarily and personally a text-based learner and in this instance, that may hamper my vision of the future. (No one likes to think that they are following in the path of the dinosaur). What if that text-oriented approach falls into disfavor? Not because we give up words, but because expressions in images are deemed to be more efficient and effective in saying what needs to be said? Transformation can take a long time. In this instance, however, what if this shift towards new forms of literacy, fueled by video gaming, mobile devices, and six second clips, is embraced by the rising user population in the next ten years. 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This workshop, Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions, will be held from 9:00am - 5:00pmpm EST in Philadelphia, PA and virtual attendance is an option. Discounts have been extended until Friday, November 8th, due to people being out of the office for the Charleston Conference last week. Onsite registrations are limited due to space so if you want to interact personally with the speakers during the breaks and at lunch please register as soon as possible! Why attend? The workshop will attempt to answer the following questions: * What is the current status of Open Access to published research in the U.S.? Richard Huffine, Senior Director, Federal Government Market, ProQuest * Why do researchers care about Open Access and what tools do they use? Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Drexel University * What policies have been established by the U.S. Government to meet researchers' needs and how will those policies impact government agencies and publishers? Amy Friedlander, Staff Associate, National Science Foundation and Alan Thornhill, Director of the Office of Science Quality and Integrity, U.S. Geological Survey * Where do new initiatives such as CHORUS and SHARE fit in? Judy Ruttenberg, Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries and Scott Delman, Director of Group Publishing, Association for Computing Machinery * What is the perspective of traditional publishers with regard to the open access movement and recent government mandates? Mark Cassar, Publisher, American Institute of Physics * Why was the Public Library of Science established, how has it expanded, and what is its perspective on the future of open access to published research? Helen Atkins, Director, Publishing Services, Public Library of Science * What role does copyright play in an open access environment? Chuck Hemenway, Director, Business Development, The Copyright Clearance Center * Open Access and Research Communication: The Perspective of Force11 Maryanne Martone, Executive Director, Force11 * What is the future of open access to published research, how it is being adopted around the world, and what are the challenges still to be faced in order to meet the needs of both researchers and publishers? Tony Hey, Vice President, Microsoft Corporation Click here to see the full agenda and confirmed speakers: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=534. Both onsite and virtual registrations are available for individuals and for groups of three or more from the same organization. Group registrations can be a mix of onsite and virtual attendees, with a small food charge added for those attending onsite. Members of Sister Societies (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP, NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) are eligible for discounts (see registration form at http://nfais.org/event?eventID=534). For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BLawlor at nfais.org Mon Nov 18 08:29:26 2013 From: BLawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:29:26 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Workshop Registrations Closing Message-ID: <00f601cee462$34060220$9c120660$@nfais.org> Registrations Close on November 21 for the NFAIS Workshop on Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions (Onsite and Virtual registrations available; Onsite registrations limited due to space restrictions) Onsite and virtual registrations will close at 12:00pm EST on Thursday, November 21, 2013 for the NFAIS workshop, Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions that is scheduled to take place on November 22nd from 9:00am - 5: EST. The meeting will take a look at the current state of open access to published research and the significant social, financial, technical and legislative forces that are driving it and includes a closing keynote on the future of open access by Tony Hey, Vice President, Microsoft Research Center. Onsite registrations are limited due to space so if you want to interact personally with the speakers during the breaks and at lunch please register as soon as possible! Why attend? The workshop will attempt to answer the following questions: * What is the current status of Open Access to published research in the U.S.? Richard Huffine, Senior Director, Federal Government Market, ProQuest * Why do researchers care about Open Access and what tools do they use? Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Drexel University * What policies have been established by the U.S. Government to meet researchers' needs and how will those policies impact government agencies and publishers? Amy Friedlander, Staff Associate, National Science Foundation and Alan Thornhill, Director of the Office of Science Quality and Integrity, U.S. Geological Survey * Where do new initiatives such as CHORUS and SHARE fit in? Judy Ruttenberg, Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries and Scott Delman, Director of Group Publishing, Association for Computing Machinery * What is the perspective of traditional publishers with regard to the open access movement and recent government mandates? Mark Cassar, Publisher, American Institute of Physics * Why was the Public Library of Science established, how has it expanded, and what is its perspective on the future of open access to published research? Helen Atkins, Director, Publishing Services, Public Library of Science * What role does copyright play in an open access environment? Chuck Hemenway, Director, Business Development, The Copyright Clearance Center * Open Access and Research Communication: The Perspective of Force11 Maryanne Martone, Executive Director, Force11 * What is the future of open access to published research, how it is being adopted around the world, and what are the challenges still to be faced in order to meet the needs of both researchers and publishers? Tony Hey, Vice President, Microsoft Corporation Click here to see the full agenda and confirmed speakers: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=534. Both onsite and virtual registrations are available for individuals and for groups of three or more from the same organization. Group registrations can be a mix of onsite and virtual attendees, with a small food charge added for those attending onsite. Members of Sister Societies (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP, NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) are eligible for discounts (see registration form at http://nfais.org/event?eventID=534). For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BLawlor at nfais.org Tue Nov 19 15:47:56 2013 From: BLawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:47:56 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar - US/UK Faculty Survey on Scholarly Communication Message-ID: <002801cee568$a02baf20$e0830d60$@nfais.org> NFAIS Webinar: Faculty Survey: Discovery, Scholarly Communication, and the Print to Electronic Transition - a report from Ithaka S+R During the last decade the academic landscape has changed significantly. Library holdings are digital rather than physical, campuses are networked, and technology has invaded the classroom. As a result, the attitudes and practices of faculty as they relate to information discovery, research, publishing, and teaching have changed and continued to evolve ? requiring that the information products and services created by publishers and offered by librarians evolve in parallel. On December 5, 2013 NFAIS will hold a 90-minute webinar that will look at the results of a recent survey undertaken by Ithaka S+R to better understand how these faculty attitudes and practices have altered over time. Our expert speaker will be Roger C. Schonfeld?, Program Director for Libraries, Users, and Scholarly Practices, Ithaka S+R?. Since 2000, the Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey has triennially surveyed U.S. faculty members in their roles as researchers, authors, and teachers. In addition to its ability to track change among faculty members for such a long period of time, the survey also allows for analysis at the disciplinary level in many arts and sciences fields, as well as selected professions. Drawing from this dataset, and focusing especially on the most recent findings from fall 2012, this webinar will focus on three key areas of interest to libraries and content providers alike: * The discovery of scholarly information, * The audiences that faculty members wish to reach and the mechanisms they value to help them to do, and * The print to electronic transition for journals and scholarly monographs. In addition, some selected comparisons will be presented from a parallel survey of UK academics, which was fielded in partnership with JISC and Research Libraries UK (RLUK) in 2012. If you or your staff want to get to get up to speed on current faculty member research processes, teaching practices, publishing and scholarly dissemination, and their perceived role of the library register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $125, Sister Society members (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP, NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) pay $150, and non-members pay $195. Three or more staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $295. The group fee for three or more staff members from any Sister Society is $350, and from a non-member organization is $450. The registration form can be accessed at: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=536. For more information contact Jill O?Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Mon Nov 25 13:18:32 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:18:32 -0500 (EST) Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Enotes, 2013, No.7 Message-ID: <1385403512.558720284@webmail.nfais.org> NFAIS Enotes, 2013, No. 7, Written and compiled by Jill O?Neill Starbucks and the Slow Build Our local Starbucks is on the corner of 16th and Walnut in Philadelphia, PA, just a hop away from the NFAIS office. As you might expect, the constantly-shifting population inside that Starbucks has a fairly broad range of devices in hand as they sip their lattes. There are the business people with laptops and portable printers, settling in for several hours of off-site work. There are recent buyers from the Apple Store down the block, thrilled with newly-acquired iPad Minis. There are students, yoga moms, and corporate recruiters, each with their beverage and electronic device. What is a little bit surprising to me is that, amongst all the Apple, Samsung, and Dell devices in that Starbucks, I haven?t really seen that many Chromebooks. And yet, the Chromebook was devised for just such users -- a mobile, flexible, and ever-connected working population. Chromebooks were met at their initial launch in 2011 with significant skepticism. Why on earth would anyone want this device? Chromebooks seemed to look and function just like the pragmatic netbook (and very unlike the beautifully-designed iPad). Their functionality was tied to constant Web connectivity and constrained by the limits of a relatively-unknown web browser that had only been launched three years before. The Google marketing video used to introduce the Chromebook concept focused on the improvements this device represented over the standard desktop/laptop experience ([http://youtu.be/TVqe8ieqz10] http://youtu.be/TVqe8ieqz10). There were no operating system updates to be downloaded, installed, or patched. There were no viruses that could disrupt the workflow. It was running in the Cloud with seemingly unlimited storage; everything was synced across devices and backed-up in that Cloud. It was a highly-simplified computing experience. Google was saving the user both time and money by avoiding the common barriers to getting things done. Google was pretty sure it had hit all the magic buttons of better, faster, cheaper. Others weren?t so sure. There were plenty of reasons that many rejected the device: loss of control, the need for connectivity, the insecurity of the cloud, etc. ([http://www.technologyreview.com/view/423992/six-reasons-why-chromebooks-are-a-bad-idea/] http://www.technologyreview.com/view/423992/six-reasons-why-chromebooks-are-a-bad-idea/). Even in July of 2013 - several iterations of the device in - there were complaints about what still needed to be fixed in the Chromebook environment ([http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/laptops/10-things-google-should-fix-on-the-chromebook-1165837] http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/laptops/10-things-google-should-fix-on-the-chromebook-1165837). Yet as Bloomberg reported that same month, Chromebooks were the only device in the U.S. market for laptops that was showing any growth ([http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-10/google-chromebook-under-300-defies-pc-market-with-growth.html] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-10/google-chromebook-under-300-defies-pc-market-with-growth.html). Even more surprising, Forrester Research this year reversed itself from its initial 2011 assessment of the Chromebook as ?corporate idiocy? ([http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2011/110530-forrester-slams-chromebook.html] http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2011/110530-forrester-slams-chromebook.html), and instead counseled the enterprise market to reconsider the Chromebook ([http://blogs.forrester.com/jp_gownder/13-07-29-its_time_for_enterprises_to_consider_chromebooks] http://blogs.forrester.com/jp_gownder/13-07-29-its_time_for_enterprises_to_consider_chromebooks). Forrester recognized that the Chromebook wouldn?t do for every enterprise; one sentence from their 2013 research report captures the issue: ?There remain areas of the business - particularly finance - where Windows PCs remain important, particularly for Microsoft Excel use.? However, Forrester did see value in the use of Chromebooks in larger educational or public settings. Overhead costs of deploying and maintaining desktop computers (estimated in 2011 as ranging between $3,300 and $5,800 over the life of the PC) can make the Chromebook attractive to those responsible for internal infrastructure and operations. As the report notes, the value of the Chromebook for large enterprises is that it aids in lowering IT support costs, simplifies machine deployment, ensures uptime, and minimizes the disruption caused by constant upgrading of software for functional and security purposes. Educators for the most part seem to be accepting the device ([http://jennyluca.com/2013/10/03/gearing-up-chromebook-classroom-gafe-summit-presentation/] http://jennyluca.com/2013/10/03/gearing-up-chromebook-classroom-gafe-summit-presentation/. And while this high-school student?s primary computer is a Macbook, he would really prefer that his school use Chromebooks for support of collaborative learning rather than Microsoft tools ([https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-07-02-how-i-study-reflections-of-a-digital-native] https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-07-02-how-i-study-reflections-of-a-digital-native). A faculty member at Dartmouth saw the Chromebook as the answer to his need for a secondary device for travel, conferences, and emergency back-up ([http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/new-chromebook-ipad-or-air-travel] http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/new-chromebook-ipad-or-air-travel). He notes ?A Chromebook could never be my only machine, but a lightweight web-centric laptop with a decent keyboard and screen and the availability to get online by cellular broadband when out of Wi-Fi range is very appealing.? Research firm IDC blessed the Chromebook in mid-2013 for use in K-12 classrooms, saying ?The educational vision of one-to-one environments ? all students, connected, with their own device ? requires a low initial cost, low ongoing maintenance, and an easily-scalable and highly-manageable solution...The Chromebook, with its Web-centric operating system, secure computing capability, simple deployment and management, Chrome browser-based applications, and cloud data storage, is one device that meets those requirements.? ([http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en/us/intl/en/chrome/assets/education/pdf/IDC-WP-Quantifying.the.Economic.Value.of.Chromebooks.for.K-12.Education-042013.pdf] http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en/us/intl/en/chrome/assets/education/pdf/IDC-WP-Quantifying.the.Economic.Value.of.Chromebooks.for.K-12.Education-042013.pdf). Unlike Bloomberg however, IDC didn?t believe that Chromebook sales were sufficiently impressive. ([http://www.zdnet.com/latest-idc-figures-show-chromebooks-continue-to-struggle-7000023000/] http://www.zdnet.com/latest-idc-figures-show-chromebooks-continue-to-struggle-7000023000/). Others immediately countered that position ([http://blogs.techworld.com/war-on-error/2013/11/chromebooks-is-googles-computer-a-sales-flop-or-misunderstoood-gem/index.htm] http://blogs.techworld.com/war-on-error/2013/11/chromebooks-is-googles-computer-a-sales-flop-or-misunderstoood-gem/index.htm), noting that the device wasn?t yet globally available and that IDC was not recognizing the differing use cases for touch-screen and keyboard input devices, an aspect that the previously-referenced Forrester Research report does address. Let me note that the 2013 Chromebook models from Samsung, Acer, and HP do include a touchpad. That touchpad supports swiping to scroll vertically (paging up and down) as well as horizontally (between open tabs), but the manufacturers? assumption is that users still require a keyboard for purposes of Gmail responses and status updates to Google+ or Facebook. While there is excitement regarding gesture-based interfaces, current multi-touch systems still ?overwhelmingly emphasize look over feel, sight over touch.? ([http://stet.editorially.com/articles/on-gestures/] http://stet.editorially.com/articles/on-gestures/). Also on the topic of screens and interfaces, a hard-boiled Chromebook supporter wrote ?? if the direction we are headed with technology is a true "multiscreen experience," then traditional computers and laptops are going to have to evolve to match the functionality of the smartphone and tablet. To do that, everything must be web-based. The Chromebook Pixel is a step in that direction.? ([http://allthingschromebook.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-real-motives-behind-googles.html] http://allthingschromebook.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-real-motives-behind-googles.html). The Chromebook Pixel was launched in April of this year, a more powerful machine and one possessed of a touchscreen. (For a review of its high-end specs, competitive with a MacBook Air, visit [http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/02/21/google-announces-its-chromebook-pixel/] http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/02/21/google-announces-its-chromebook-pixel/). The Wall Street Journal had leaked news of the device back in February, but suggested that Google would need to do something to strengthen its offering of apps in order to create more value in the product and justify the $1,300 dollar price for the Pixel. The Pixel was given to registrants attending the Google I/O developers? conference in the hope that this would create interest in doing just that. ([http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324048904578318334083850180] http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324048904578318334083850180). Six months later, Google announced on its Chrome blog that they were celebrating Chrome?s fifth birthday with a new generation of apps that would work equally well in both Windows as well as Chrome environments. ([http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/webstore/apps-gtd.html] http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/webstore/apps-gtd.html). That collection of apps included such well known entities as Wunderlist, Lucid Chart, Pocket, and more. The Wall Street Journal lauded the launch: ([http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/05/chrome-apps-are-going-native/] http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/05/chrome-apps-are-going-native/). Users don?t really know the difference between web apps and native apps and now they didn?t really have to think about it at all. Ultimately, the promise is that any Chrome app created by a developer will work across all computing environments, even Mac and Linux. Just as Amazon has developed a Kindle app for just about every platform available to mainstream users, so Google is rapidly creating a Chrome-branded environment that runs on every platform. There is tremendous eagerness in the tech community for Google?s two operating systems ? Android and Chrome ? to converge into a dramatically better computing experience. It?s not just about advertising revenue such as that generated via Gmail and Google Search. It?s about creating a new balance of revenue streams that leave the Internet Giant less vulnerable. A negative analysis of Chromebooks from CNET did make what I thought was an excellent point about the strategy Google might have in mind: Google and its deep coffers can throw money at Chromebooks for a long time, and perhaps that's the strategy: to keep Chromebooks going until the Web catches up to native code. It's also possible that Google's ideal laptop and the world's ideal laptop just don't match. ([http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57606607-93/earth-to-google-chromebooks-still-arent-mainstream/] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57606607-93/earth-to-google-chromebooks-still-arent-mainstream/) Fast Company factored in another aspect of Google?s thinking as it pertained to the Nexus devices: ??It showcases a different philosophy toward Internet accessibility. Apple prefers a deeply-personalized paradigm, where you cherish your One Device--going so far as to pick its color, in the case of the iPod Touch--and it remains locked to you and your data. Android devices seem to be moving toward a user-agnostic, kiosk-like model where anyone can sign into an Android device and have it become theirs. (The Chromebook Pixel works this way as well.)? ([http://www.fastcolabs.com/3014960/the-nexus-7-is-hiding-googles-stroke-of-genius] http://www.fastcolabs.com/3014960/the-nexus-7-is-hiding-googles-stroke-of-genius). There is yet another facet to this. Currently, Google Apps for Business claims more than 5 million adopters of its office suite. ([http://www.google.com/intx/en/enterprise/apps/business/] http://www.google.com/intx/en/enterprise/apps/business/). This month, Google announced a second number ? 120 million users of Google Drive. According to Liz Gannes, writing for AllThingsD, this particular figure is more reliable than other estimations of registered users of Google services because the system only counted those who were actively using the system. What Gannes points out is that Google Drive - a cloud storage service - and Gmail are now even more tightly- integrated. Users can preview attachments from emails and drag and drop to file those attachments away in Drive ([http://allthingsd.com/20131112/with-120m-users-google-drive-gets-tighter-integration-with-gmail/] http://allthingsd.com/20131112/with-120m-users-google-drive-gets-tighter-integration-with-gmail/). It would seem that the idea is to make Google Apps for Business work more tightly and successfully in exactly the type of device (the Chromebook) that Google believes makes sense as they navigate a highly-competitive market of devices, operating systems, and platforms. Google is offering an approach that can be useful to business in a variety of settings. Does a conference (such as those run by scholarly societies) want to offer attendees a relatively-inexpensive means for checking their email? Chromebooks could work in that setting. Does a library need to upgrade its computing options for patrons on a miniscule budget? Chromebooks could be an affordable option. What about the nomadic worker who is ever in danger of losing a laptop or having its contents examined by miscreants or foreign governments? Some reporter referred to Chromebooks as being priced to be disposable and consequently, a Samsung version might be that guy?s best option. Chromebooks are not perfect by a long shot. They do appear to be slower than competitive phones and tablets. The potential buyer must properly grasp the system?s constraints and the unwary aren?t well- supported by Google. Just review the Google Group Forums that are supposed to act as help desks for Chromebooks and you?ll see. So why would any of us give up our snazzy iPads or Kindle Fire HDX tablets in favor of using a Chromebook? A Chromebook doesn?t dazzle (which is why Apple fanboys and tech gurus mock it). A Chromebook is an ultimately utilitarian device and that?s as much its strength as its downfall. This brings me back to why I?m not seeing this device very often in the local Starbucks. This is a machine designed by a team of down-to-earth engineers focused on simplifying processes in order to prepare for the next phase of technology. Their minds are set on the ordinary workflow and formats, but they are factoring in workflows and formats yet to come. They know that users are busy and that busy people get irritated by all the idiocies that get in the way. These aren?t the folks with time to dally in Starbucks. They?re working, they?re busy, and they don?t choose to be weighed down. There are promises of great things coming. Wolfram Alpha is hinting at major and exciting breakthroughs to emerge from its laboratories ([http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2013/11/something-very-big-is-coming-our-most-important-technology-project-yet/] http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2013/11/something-very-big-is-coming-our-most-important-technology-project-yet/). Similarly, Google has a sense of how it believes the networked world can ultimately be made better ? the Semantic Web, linked data, and the Internet of Things. It releases teasers that both serve as promotional events as well as technological demos. (See [http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/11/bringing-hobbits-dwarves-and-dragons-to.html] http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/11/bringing-hobbits-dwarves-and-dragons-to.html ? an instance of a Chrome app leveraging 3D graphics, WebGL and a WebAudio API, sending the user on a Google Maps tour of Tolkien?s fantastical realms. This sophisticated experiment operates across any of a potential user?s preferred platforms. Even that low-end Chromebook!) John Blossom, NFAIS? favorite Google expert, tells me that we should expect ?about three to five years before native apps begin to really fade in comparison to robust, cross-platform Web apps. Look for it to happen first in games, perhaps accelerated by Android TV settop boxes equipped with Chrome browsers and second-generation Chromecast sticks, as well as in high-end tablets and phones.? Getting to the future is taking time. In the meantime, perhaps as a sign to competitors, perhaps as an appeal to the slowest of lagging adopters, Google offers an option for eliminating the little barriers and exasperating elements that make electronic devices obsolete. You win the loyalty of users by making their life just a bit simpler. 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How to Apply Job Title:Director Office of Data and Informatics, Supervisory Indisciplinary, ZP-V (GS-15) Department:Department Of Commerce Agency:National Institute of Standards and Technology Job Announcement Number:NISTMML-2014-0009 SALARY RANGE: $123,758.00 to $155,500.00 / Per Year OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 to Thursday, December 12, 2013 SERIES & GRADE: ZP-0401/0806/1301-05 POSITION INFORMATION: Competitive Service: - Permanent, Full-time PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 05 DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy in the following location: Gaithersburg, MD View Map WHO MAY APPLY: All qualified U.S. citizens. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates. JOB SUMMARY: Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within Commerce. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. To learn more about working at NIST, please visit Careers at NIST. This position is Director for the Office of Data and Informatics (ODI) in the Material Measurement Laboratory. The ODI Director's role is part data steward for improving quality, part evangelist for data sharing, part technologist, and part developer and strategic visionary for creation of new data products. The Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) serves as the national reference laboratory for measurements in the chemical, biological and material sciences through activities ranging from fundamental and applied research, to the development and dissemination of certified reference materials, critically evaluated data, and other programs and tools to assure the quality of measurement results. MML is also responsible for coordinating the NIST-wide Standard Reference Material and Standard Reference Data programs. KEY REQUIREMENTS * You must be a U.S. citizen. * You must be registered for selective service (as applicable). * You must be suitable for Federal employment. * Relocation expenses are available _____ DUTIES: Back to top This position provides strategic vision and program direction for the new office of approximately eight staff members including Ph.D scientists with backgrounds in the information, physical and bio sciences. The office has significant potential for growth and the ODI Director will be expected to develop a vision for the staffing required to address the burgeoning data needs of MML and of NIST as a whole. The ODI director is responsible for the NIST Standard Reference Data Program including developing new products, utilizing a quality framework, strengthening marketing and providing effective business models for distribution, sales, and maintenance of data products, as well as guidance for navigating licensing, intellectual property and legal issues related to Standard Reference Data and MML research data. The Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) is seeking a highly experienced and self-motivated individual to plan, develop, & implement the programs and operations of the new Office of Data and Informatics (ODI), at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The ODI will be a premier, pioneering resource for researchers and institutions in the Materials, Chemical, and Biological sciences who need to leverage both large and information-rich data sets now common in many disciplines; who are faced with challenges of handling, archiving, storage, and analysis of such data; and who would transform such data into products that can be reliably and broadly shared and used for sophisticated scientific endeavors. The ODI will support National needs such as the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and biological and chemical data integration, as well as modernize current NIST reference data services for use in state-of-the-art computer paradigms (i.e., virtual computing, parallel analysis, interoperability, semantic web, etc.) and support the development of next generation NIST reference data services. The ODI will also facilitate MML's adherence to the government open-data policy by providing guidance and assistance in the best practices for archiving and annotating research and data outputs. A service-oriented organization, the ODI will add value to data activities by providing guidance, assistance and resources for optimizing the discoverability, usability, and interoperability of data products in ways that support NIST scientists and stakeholders. The Office is composed of two groups: (1) Data Services Group (2) Data Sciences Group. The ODI Director will lead, manage resources, conceive new programs, and develop complementary implementation strategies. Although there are elements of responsibility for data infrastructure, the role of the ODI Director is not to run a data center. In addition to subject matter expertise in a traditional field of scientific study, ideal candidates will have training and experience with data science and delivery, combined with experience managing and sponsoring IT projects emphasizing scientific data, for example, web based applications, digital repositories, external collaboration with large data sets and scientific database design and integration. _____ QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Back to top This is an interdisciplinary position; a position involving duties and responsibilities closely related to more than one professional occupation. This position could be classified in the Biologist, Engineering, or Physical Science occupational series. The nature of the work is such that persons with education and experience in any of these professions may be considered equally well qualified to do the work. BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR SUPERVISORY BIOLOGIST, ZP-0401-V: A. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position OR B. Combination of education and experience: coursed equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR SUPERVISORY MATERIALS ENGINEER, ZP-0806-V: A. Degree: professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: . Professional registration -- Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. . Written Test-- Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. 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Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A. . Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR SUPERVISORY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST, ZP-1301-V: A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, APPLICANTS MUST HAVE 1 YEAR OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE EQUIVALENT TO AT LEAST THE GS-14 (ZP-IV AT NIST). Specialized experience is defined as: experience in formulating, leading/managing/conducting or consulting on exceptionally difficult research programs or policy issues of major scope, complexity, importance, and impact. Knowledge of policies, theories, principles, practices, and methods of the biological, chemical, or materials scientific fields or research. Experience working at the intersection of data and informatics with the biological chemical, or materials sciences. Experience managing an organization performing full range of management/leadership functions including strategic planning, team building, problem solving, customer service, establishing alliances, human resources, financial management, and promoting diversity and communication. Applicants must have demonstrated experience in leading and managing data-centric research projects or organization as well as record or sustained scholarly accomplishments in biological, chemical, or materials sciences. Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.This position has an education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcripts to document that you have met the education requirement. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required prior to a final offer of employment. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visi tus-forrecog.html. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration. Applicants must meet requirements by the closing date of this announcement. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Qualified candidates will be considered in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Direct Hire Guidelines. Veterans' Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections made under this notice will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. You may not be considered for the position if any part of the application is incomplete. Your application may not receive appropriate consideration without the required supporting documentation. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or adverse action after hiring. To preview questions please click here. _____ BENEFITS: Back to top NIST offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employee Retirement System. NIST also offers a broad array of work-life flexibilities and services to employees such as flexible work schedules, teleworking transit subsidies, on-site child care, fitness center, credit union, employee assistance programs, and free parking. Learn more about NIST's work life programs by visiting www.nist.gov/hrmd/worklife.cfm. The following web site is provided for your reference to explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees www.nist.gov/hrmd/benefits/summarychart.cfm OTHER INFORMATION: A one year supervisory probationary period may be required. If selected by management, you may be required to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your suitability for federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. This position is covered by an Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS). This system replaces the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and grades with career paths and pay bands. For more information regarding on how our pay bands correspond to the General Schedule grade levels, visit: http://www.nist.gov/hrmd/compensation/upload/nistcareerpathchart.pdf. Payment of relocation expenses IS authorized. At NIST we are striving to make the application process as easy and efficient as possible. With that in mind, the resume and corresponding responses of successful candidates may be shared with other selecting officials at NIST with opportunities like the one you are applying to. Additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement. The Department of Commerce provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Specialist identified in this vacancy. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. TTY users can contact Office of Workforce Management via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339. _____ HOW TO APPLY: Back to top A complete application package includes the following: 1. Your resume AND 2. The supporting documentation required (click on Required Documents). You MUST apply on-line through WWW.USAJOBS.GOV. Your application must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement. Uploaded resumes must include the following: applicant contact information and educational and professional background information including dates of employment and education, salary (and Federal grade level, if appropriate), and work schedule (i.e., FT/PT). Please also include in your resume a list of all publications and patents/patent applications on which you are a named inventor and provide the title and patent/patent application number for each. Incomplete applications will not be considered and you will not be contacted to provide any missing information. If you do not have access to the internet: If you do not have internet access, please contact the HR Specialist identified for this vacancy for alternative application methods. Problems Completing Your Application: If you have problems completing your on-line application, including problems submitting your supporting documents, please contact the Help Desk by email at mgshelp at monster.com. The help desk is available Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: What documents do I need to submit? In addition to your resume, you must submit any documents needed to support your qualifications for this position (i.e., college/university transcript). How do I submit my documents: You may submit required and/or supplemental documents through any ONE of the following methods: 1. Upload your file(s); 2. Download from your USAJOBS account; 3. Fax using the on-line fax cover sheet; 4. Mail your documents, ONLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS; All required supporting documentation mentioned in this vacancy announcement, and all vacancy applications submitted electronically or via fax must be submitted and received by 11:59 pm ET on the closing date of this announcement. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient. Are you CTAP or ICTAP Eligible? If you are a Federal employee claiming special priority selection rights under DOC's Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or your Agency's Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must meet the threshold of "well qualified" for the position to receive priority consideration. DoC defines well qualified as receiving a overall score of "85". You must also submit proof that you meet the requirements of 5CFR 330.605 (a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of your agency's notice, a copy of your most recent Performance Rating and a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, noting current position, grade level, and the duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible. For more information about CTAP and ICTAP, please refer to the following web sites: CTAP ICTAP AGENCY CONTACT INFO: Susan C. Engle Phone: 301-975-3034 Fax: 571-258-4052 Email: susan.engle at nist.gov Agency Information: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US Fax: 571-258-4052 WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: If your application is referred to management for consideration, you may be contacted to interview for the position. 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