The presentation gives overview of Open Science policies and practices within the United States government, and how these relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, to date. While most of my examples will come from the Department of Transportation, discussion of government-wide activities and resources, including data.gov, is included.This record includes 3
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Nicole Strayhorn discusses using Tableau to create data visualizations of the National Transportation Library’s collections. The session includes a look at how the NTL is using visualization techniques for collection assessment, examples of uses for Tableau, and ideas for future applications.Introduction by Amanda J. Wilson.
The National Transportation Library (NTL) has been working on migrating to a new digital repository platform, aiming to improve functionality and features for both the front and back end. The journey to a new repository requires careful planning to ensure the community of stakeholders reaches the destination with minimal disruptions. This presentat
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Presentation slides for Data Management Plans (DMPs) for Research Proposals: Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 1 for Federal Aviation Administration. Supplemental files include a PDF handout of the slides with speakers' notes; a plaint text DMP template; and, a DMP template formatted in Microsoft Word.
This presentation goes into detail on what data curation is, and how the presenters believe the practices of data curation can make federal statistics more transparent, as well as accessible, interoperable, and preservable. This record includes the slide deck and a pdf handout. Both files include the speaker notes for easy reference.
In this month’s Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR), Cara Marcus and Mary Moulton provide an update from the Special Libraries Association Transportation Community (SLATRAN). The SLA Transportation Community was established in 1943 and has an active membership that participates in the SLA Annual Meeting.
In early 2019, USDOT sponsored a workshop titled: Building a National Transportation Data Preservation Network. The event brought together thirteen librarians, researchers, repository managers, and others involved in data management efforts to discuss feasibility, rewards, and challenges to building a network or consortium of trustworthy repositori
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To help commemorate the 10th anniversary of the debut of the Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR), Amanda Wilson serves as this TLR's speaker. Amanda Wilson played a vital role in planning and launching the TLR in 2007, and, for most of the past decade, served as its guiding light. The presentation discusses how the TLR came into existence an
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On April 1, 1967, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) opened and began operations in Washington, DC. This poster is a story map of that day. A story map is a visualization tool that organizes text, maps, photos, and multimedia content to tell a story. The authors look at USDOT’s opening day through multiple lenses. Historical resources av
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This webinar covers legacy data rescue and TIUS/VIUS data. Legacy data is data that's outdated due to its system, format, technology, and relevance. It could have historical, cultural, or other uses to researchers. The second half of the webinar is a demonstration of the ABBYY FineReader PDF software that helps with making digitized documents acces
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Legacy data—data collected or compiled in the past and stored in obsolete formats (e.g., paper and floppy disks)—can be made accessible via the process of data rescue, which may be as simple as scanning documents or, to achieve machine readability, as complex as developing artificial intelligence algorithms. Machine readability not only facilitates
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In this presentation to the Open Mobility Foundation’s (OMF) Privacy, Security, and Transparency Committee, NTL Data Curator, Leighton Christiansen, data retention planning, policies, and actions.
This Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR) introduces the National Transportation Library's new digital repository, the Repository and Open Science Access Portal (ROSA P). National Transportation Library (NTL) staff introduce ROSA P, and invite users to participate in testing the new software during a soft launch phase.
The Repository and Open Science Access Portal (ROSA P) is the designated institutional repository for research funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation under the USDOT Public Access Plan. Managed by the National Transportation Library (NTL), this repository plays a crucial role in the collection, management, and preservation of research outp
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This presentation was made to DOT researchers at the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. Hughes Technical Center and the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. NTL Data Curator, Leighton Christiansen, went into detail on the US DOT Public Access Plan, its context, and resources for implementation. This record includes the slide deck and a pdf
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Members of the transportation library community provide updates of their activities. We hear from the AASHTO RAC Collaboration and Coordination Task Force’s Transportation Knowledge Network Working Group, the SLA Division of Transportation, the Western Transportation Knowledge Network, the Midwestern Transportation Knowledge Network, the Eastern Tr
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Each December, the National Transportation Library traditionally provides an annual report at the Transportation Librarians Roundtable. For this 2021 report, Rosalyn Alleman, Mary Moulton, and Jesse Long share updates and projects completed during the year. They also share a preview of projects slated for the coming year.
This webinar reviews various aspects of the U.S. DOT Public Access Plan, including: Opening U.S. Government-Funded Research Data; U.S. DOT Public Access Review; Submitting Final Reports and Final Datasets; Benefits of Data Management; Writing Data Management Plans; and, Implementing Data Management Plans. [Recording length: 52 minutes]
Presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2019, Poster Session 1552: Making Transportation Research Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Through Libraries, Information, and Data. The National Transportation Library (NTL) was founded as an all-digital repository of US DOT research reports, technical publications and data produ
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