MLA Webinar: Connecting E-science and Team Science: The Changing Nature of Research

When:		Friday, November 18, 2011 (12:30 PM - 3:30 PM)
Where:		ISL Computer Lab (Web conference)
Cost:		Free

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This MLA webinar is a follow-up to the last MLA webcast, "Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon" and will further discuss new opportunities for partnerships, collaboration, and support. The sponsorship of this webcast site has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00005C with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The webinar will include a wraparound discussion session starting at 12:30 pm followed by the Connecting E-science and Team Science Webinar starting at 1:00 pm.

Issues to be addressed during the webinar include:
Part I: Intro and Review of eScience
-Brief Intro to eScience
-Review of last 6 months of advances in eScience

Part II: Understanding Research & Researchers
-The Spectrum of Research
-Laboratory (Bench) Research
-Clinical Research
-Outcomes/Community Engagement Research
-The concept of Translational Research
-Question and Answer Period

Part III: Collaborative Science
-The "Science of Team Science"
-A primer on interdisciplinary collaboration, team science, and the science of team science
-How research teams work: facilitators & challenges
-Translational science and the necessity of teams
-Funding support for collaborative, team science
-Librarian roles in facilitating and promoting team science
-Question and Answer Period

Part IV: What’s Next and Conclusion
-Librarians as connectors/facilitators
-Librarian involvement in researcher networking.
-Conclusion from each speaker

At the conclusion of the program there will be an opportunity for wraparound discussion.

Presenters: Layne Johnson, Jennifer Lyon, AHIP and Holly Falk-Krzesinski, PhD

For more information on program content, contact Debra Cavanaugh, mlapd3@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094