CollectionSpace service gains manager and technical lead

Submitted by Rick Jaffe on February 27, 2015

John Lowe has accepted the role of technical lead and manager for the CollectionSpace service at UC Berkeley. CollectionSpace is an open-source collections information management system used by five UC Berkeley museums, and other museums around the world.

In his new role, John oversees systems operations and maintenance, collaborates with museum staff to address their collections management needs, and designs and develops web applications, reports, and other software related to CollectionSpace.

Communication and Collaboration Summit: March 12, 2015

Submitted by Christopher R. HOFFMAN on February 25, 2015

OneIT teams from Educational Technology Services (ETS) and Information Technology Services (IST) invite the campus to a Town Hall on March 12th to discuss content collaboration tools on the UC Berkeley campus.

Feb 18: Digital Humanities at Berkeley launch event

Submitted by Quinn Dombrowski on February 2, 2015

Francesco Spagnolo at the Magnes Collection

Digital Humanities at Berkeley, a Mellon-funded program supported by Research IT, will be holding a launch event at the Magnes Collection on February 18 from 5-8 PM.

Berkeley Prosopography Services Receives Research Seminar Grant from Social Sciences Matrix

Submitted by Camille Villa on January 29, 2015

Research IT Associate Director Patrick Schmitz and Berkeley Prosopography Services co-director, Laurie Pearce (Near Eastern Studies), have been awarded a Resarch Seminar Grant by the Social Science Matrix. Building on last semester’s prospecting seminars, this series will continue to explore issues related to digital prosopography (historical social network analysis) more deeply.

Consulting Summit brings together campus units

Submitted by Rick Jaffe on January 27, 2015

On Monday, January 26, Research IT, the D-Lab and the Berkeley Institute for Data Sciences (BIDS) hosted a workshop to bring together groups who offer consultation services to campus researchers. The Consulting Summit’s goal was to share the nature and scope of efforts across nearly two dozen organizations on the campus, discuss the challenges they face, and explore opportunities for coordination across units.

Join our team - Research Data Management service design analyst

Submitted by Christopher R. HOFFMAN on January 20, 2015

The Library and Research IT are currently recruiting for a Research Data Management Service Design Analyst to help define and develop a UC Berkeley Research Data Management service.

Once hired, the new analyst will work with a team of data management and library professionals in the following activities and goals:

DiRT Directory presented at workshop on software sustainability at King's College London

Submitted by Quinn Dombrowski on January 15, 2015

In November, Camille Villa, Research IT's Digital Humanities Assistant, represented the DiRT Directory at a workshop on User Interface and Software Sustainability in the humanities and social sciences, hosted by the Center for e-Research (CeRch) at the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London.

Research IT participates in UC Libraries' Digital Humanities Common Knowledge Group

Submitted by Steve Masover on January 13, 2015

Research IT has recently joined the new UC Libraries' Digital Humanities Common Knowledge Group (CKG), hosted by the California Digital Library.

CollectionSpace 4.1 released

Submitted by Aron D. Roberts on January 9, 2015

On November 13, 2014, version 4.1 of CollectionSpace was released. CollectionSpace is an open source, web-based museums collections management and information system, now a part of LYRASIS (for background, see CollectionSpace Tech Team Formed at LYRASIS).

Research IT Digital Humanities Coordinator elected to executive council of national organization

Submitted by Steve Masover on January 8, 2015

Quinn Dombrowski, the Digital Humanities Coordinator in Research IT, has been elected to the Executive Council of the Association for Computers in the Humanities (ACH), the US-based professional organization for digital humanities.

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