Data Librarian, the Steward

2. The Data Librarian: introducing the Data Librarian

This paper provides some initial considerations into the design and function of the Data Librarian. The first part (Liscouski, J., 1997, Journal of Automatic Chemistry, 19, 193-197) described the need for the Librarian.

1. The Data Librarian: laboratories today—the need for the Librarian

This first part of 'The Data Librarian' describes the current situation in analytical laboratories and the need for the Data Librarian. The second part of the paper (Liscouski, J., 1997, Journal of Automatic Chemistry, 19, 199-204) will examine the features of the Data Librarian.

Julian Steward

Foregrounding the Cyberinfrastructure Center as Cyberinfrastructure Steward

A recent uptick in studies of cyberinfrastructure-enabled research projects has advanced our limited understanding of the use, development and management of cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources. Conspicuously absent from most of these studies, though, is any consideration of the key roles played by supercomputer centers, or what we term „CI centers‟, in CI-enabled research networks. This position...

Pelendur: Steward of the Sysadmin

Here we describe Pelendur, a system for the management of common system operation tasks. Specifically, Pelendur focuses on the management of user accounts and related information (such as groups) across platforms and even for particular software packages (like databases) that require user authentication. Pelendur has reduced the massive process of deleting expired accounts and creating new acco...