E-Science Institute, Winter 2014

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 Institute consists of a series of interactive modules that take small teams of individuals from academic institutions through a dynamic learning process to strengthen and advance their strategy for supporting computational scientific research.

The Institute begins on December 5, 2013 and runs through April 3, 2014. The Institute will feature a series of webinars and exercises for teams to complete at their institutions, and culminates with an in-person workshop event:

Institute Webinars: 
Orientation Webinar: December 5, 2013 at 12:00-1:30pm Eastern
Module 1: Context: January 16, 2014 at 1:00-2:30pm Eastern
Module 2: Building Blocks: February 20, 2014 at 1:00-2:30pm Eastern 

2 to 3 Supplemental Webinars: Dates/times TBD

In-person capstone in St. Louis April 2 & 3 (following the CNI Spring meeting)  

The cost for the E-Science Institute is $2,750 per institution for a three person team. (participation is limited to 25 institutional teams and a minimum of 20).

To learn more about the E-Science Institute, including the full course description, schedule, cost, faculty biographies and more, please visit http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute prior to registering.