Lisa Johnston
I'm in my third year as a professional-track librarian and the liaison to the Physics, Astronomy, and Geology departments. My areas of focus are citation analysis, information-seeking behavior, e-science and web development of user-centered tools to access information. I completed my Masters of Library Science (MLS) in 2007 at Indiana University, Bloomington and my BS in Astrophysics in 2003 also at IU.
Phone: 612-624-4216
Address: 108 Walter Library
117 Pleasant St.
Minneapolis, MN
55105
Phone: 612-624-4216
Address: 108 Walter Library
117 Pleasant St.
Minneapolis, MN
55105
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Papers by Lisa Johnston
A key step for the RCA was to understand campus e-science needs and identify the challenges of engaging with relevant research computing resources and support. As a project of the 2009 President’s Emerging Leaders (PEL) program, our five member team of interdepartmental university staff was commissioned by the RCA to help lead this effort and recommend ways that the RCA university partners might respond.
In 2009 our team conducted an extensive user-needs assessment of 780 university faculty, research staff, and graduate students. The PEL survey assessed the current and future cyberinfrastructure needs in the following areas: data storage, data management, and networking infrastructure; collaboration with other researchers; tools and applications; high performance computing; and learning and workforce development.
The results of our PEL survey reflect a general need for e-science support and training that may affirm and further explain what other science and technology libraries are observing. Our formal recommendations and the resulting strategies toward implementing cyberinfrastructure for 21st century research will be described with emphasis on the opportunities and future roles that university libraries have in this campus-wide partnership.
• A Data Stewardship Report assessing requirements for support of e-science and data services, determining gaps in our capacity, and seeking out opportunities to develop necessary expertise including data curation, data preservation, data policies and virtual organizations.
• A staff education program assessing the needs of libraries staff related to e-science and data services to establish a position description framework that includes E-scholarship: a potential new model for library liaison roles across campus that supports interdisciplinary and data intensive research.
• In coordination with the University’s Research Cyberinfrastructure Alliance (members include the Libraries, Office of Information Technology, Office of the Vice President for Research, and Minnesota Super Computing Institute), a two-phased plan for a Web Development project that defines our core services and areas of expertise in “data services” in the context of other campus services and initiatives.
• Increasing campus awareness of data management issues through the creation of a library Web site and skills-based workshop for faculty, students and researchers about data management best practices and university policies, including those that support open data initiatives.
Talks by Lisa Johnston
A key step for the RCA was to understand campus e-science needs and identify the challenges of engaging with relevant research computing resources and support. As a project of the 2009 President’s Emerging Leaders (PEL) program, our five member team of interdepartmental university staff was commissioned by the RCA to help lead this effort and recommend ways that the RCA university partners might respond.
In 2009 our team conducted an extensive user-needs assessment of 780 university faculty, research staff, and graduate students. The PEL survey assessed the current and future cyberinfrastructure needs in the following areas: data storage, data management, and networking infrastructure; collaboration with other researchers; tools and applications; high performance computing; and learning and workforce development.
The results of our PEL survey reflect a general need for e-science support and training that may affirm and further explain what other science and technology libraries are observing. Our formal recommendations and the resulting strategies toward implementing cyberinfrastructure for 21st century research will be described with emphasis on the opportunities and future roles that university libraries have in this campus-wide partnership.
• A Data Stewardship Report assessing requirements for support of e-science and data services, determining gaps in our capacity, and seeking out opportunities to develop necessary expertise including data curation, data preservation, data policies and virtual organizations.
• A staff education program assessing the needs of libraries staff related to e-science and data services to establish a position description framework that includes E-scholarship: a potential new model for library liaison roles across campus that supports interdisciplinary and data intensive research.
• In coordination with the University’s Research Cyberinfrastructure Alliance (members include the Libraries, Office of Information Technology, Office of the Vice President for Research, and Minnesota Super Computing Institute), a two-phased plan for a Web Development project that defines our core services and areas of expertise in “data services” in the context of other campus services and initiatives.
• Increasing campus awareness of data management issues through the creation of a library Web site and skills-based workshop for faculty, students and researchers about data management best practices and university policies, including those that support open data initiatives.