The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that this is the final week to register for the 2012 DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute programme. There are just a few openings still available for the programme, which runs from September 6 through December 13, 2012.
The E-Science Institute is designed to help academic and research libraries develop a strategic agenda for e-research support, with a particular focus on the sciences. The programme consists of a series of interactive modules that take small teams of individuals from an institution through a learning process to strengthen and advance their strategy for supporting computational scientific research.
The coursework begins with a series of exercises for teams to complete at their institutions, and culminates with an in-person workshop. Local institution assignments help staff establish a high-level understanding of research-support needs and issues.
Originally funded and developed by the sponsors and supporting institutions of ARL and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)/Digital Library Federation (DLF), the E-Science Institute was previously only available to ARL and CLIR/DLF members. Going forward it is managed by the DuraSpace organisation in partnership with ARL and CLIR/DLF, and the programme is open to all institutions.
