Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
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The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) at Columbia University
partners with researchers and scholars at Columbia to share their research broadly with the world. Using innovative new media
and digital technologies
, CDRS empowers the Columbia research community with online tools and services to enable them to make the most of scholarly communication
, collaboration
, data sharing
, and preservation
.
CDRS is part of Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
(CUL/IS).
, Libraries Digital Program Division, Library Information Technology Office, and the Preservation and Digital Conversion Division) and that also including the establishing of the Copyright Advisory Office. Its founding director is Rebecca Kennison.
. Academic Commons guarantees long-term preservation of files. As an open-access repository, Academic Commons’ contents are universally accessible.
Storing work in Academic Commons help researchers meet deposit, archiving, and dissemination stipulations for federal and private funding requirements, such as those by the National Institutes of Health
or the National Science Foundation
— and also provides participants with secure, long-term preservation for many digital file types.
Academic Commons supports the deposit of a variety of types of content: articles, conference papers, datasets, dissertations, monographs, multimedia creations, pre- and post-prints, technical reports, theses, videos, working papers, etc.
and Open Journal Systems
as their primary platforms. Most of their journals are law reviews, including the Columbia Business Law Review
.
professor Neni Panourgiá developed jointly with Fordham University Press
.
.
. Among other activities, the program presents a speaker series called Research Without Borders.
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
partners with researchers and scholars at Columbia to share their research broadly with the world. Using innovative new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
and digital technologies
Digital technologies in education
Digital technology is a term that is being increasingly used in education in place of the now dated terms like ICT, educational technology, computer based education and Technology-Enhanced Learning....
, CDRS empowers the Columbia research community with online tools and services to enable them to make the most of scholarly communication
Scholarly communication
Scholarly communication is an umbrella term used to describe the process of academics, scholars and researchers sharing and publishing their research findings so that they are available to the wider academic community and beyond....
, collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
, data sharing
Data sharing
Data sharing is the practice of making data used for scholarly research available to other investigators. Replication has a long history in science...
, and preservation
Preservation
Preservation may refer to:* Heritage preservation:** Historic preservation, of buildings, monuments, etc.** Preservation , of books, recordings, etc.** Conservation , of the natural environment...
.
CDRS is part of Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
Columbia University Library System
The Columbia University Libraries is the library system of Columbia University. With over 10.4 million volumes, is the sixth largest academic library in the United States; it is the third largest library — and the largest academic library — in the State of New York...
(CUL/IS).
History
CDRS was created by James G. Neal in 2007 as part of the reorganization of the Columbia libraries that consolidated the technology-focused divisions (the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and LearningColumbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning
The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning was established in March 1999 under the Provost Office at Columbia University. The mission of the Center is to enhancing teaching and learning through the purposeful use of technology and new media...
, Libraries Digital Program Division, Library Information Technology Office, and the Preservation and Digital Conversion Division) and that also including the establishing of the Copyright Advisory Office. Its founding director is Rebecca Kennison.
Academic Commons
Columbia University’s digital repository, called Academic Commons, showcases the research output of Columbia University and enhances the visibility of this work through indexing by search engines, including Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest...
. Academic Commons guarantees long-term preservation of files. As an open-access repository, Academic Commons’ contents are universally accessible.
Storing work in Academic Commons help researchers meet deposit, archiving, and dissemination stipulations for federal and private funding requirements, such as those by the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
or the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
— and also provides participants with secure, long-term preservation for many digital file types.
Academic Commons supports the deposit of a variety of types of content: articles, conference papers, datasets, dissertations, monographs, multimedia creations, pre- and post-prints, technical reports, theses, videos, working papers, etc.
Conference Services
CDRS offers hosting and Web site support for Columbia-based scholarly events by installing and training conference organizers on Open Conference Systems platform. An in-house video team captures many of Columbia’s academic events on digital video, shoots interviews, digitizes offline audio and video resources, and creates training videos and mini-documentaries.Columbia-Based Journals
CDRS provides journal hosting support services to Columbia faculty and students who are involved in publishing an online journal. Services offered by CDRS include advice on the digitization of print back issues; platform software hosting, updates, and enhancements; integration of interactive elements such as blogs and wikis; and copyright consulting. CDRS uses WordPressWordPress
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...
and Open Journal Systems
Open Journal Systems
Open Journal Systems is an open-source software for the management of peer-reviewer academic journals, created by the Public Knowledge Project, released under the GNU General Public License.-Design:...
as their primary platforms. Most of their journals are law reviews, including the Columbia Business Law Review
Columbia Business Law Review
Columbia Business Law Review is a law journal published by students at Columbia Law School. It is the second most-cited student-edited business law journal and the sixth most-cited business law journal. CBLR publishes three issues each year and includes leading articles in business law and...
.
Monographs and Publishing Partnerships
CDRS provides support for traditional and new publishing models by working with Columbia-based authors and their editors at university presses and academic publishers to create enhanced digital publications of their print books. One prize-winning project is Dangerous Citizens Online, a book by anthropologyAnthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
professor Neni Panourgiá developed jointly with Fordham University Press
Fordham University Press
The Fordham University Press is a publishing house, a division of Fordham University, that publishes primarily in the humanities and the social sciences...
.
Wikischolars
CDRS also support research collaboration by managing a wiki platform called Wikischolars, hosted by WikispacesWikispaces
Wikispaces is a hosting service based in San Francisco, California. Launched in March 2005, Wikispaces is owned by Tangient LLC and is among the largest wiki hosts, competing with PBworks, Wetpaint, Wikia, and Google Sites .Private wikis with advanced features for businesses, non-profits and...
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Scholarly Communication Program
Columbia’s Scholarly Communication Program is operated by CDRS’ staff. Founded in 2008, the program’s aim is to provide education about issues of importance within scholarly communicationScholarly communication
Scholarly communication is an umbrella term used to describe the process of academics, scholars and researchers sharing and publishing their research findings so that they are available to the wider academic community and beyond....
. Among other activities, the program presents a speaker series called Research Without Borders.