Bertot, John Carlo [ed. et al.]: Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and the Inclusive Future of Libraries. Emerald Publishing Group 2015 (Advances in Librarianship 40) [Review]

Review of the book "Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and the Inclusive Future of Libraries", edited by John Carlo Bertot et al., 2015

e-Infrastructures Austria – Fortbildungsseminar für Forschungsdaten und e-Infrastrukturen (Wien, 6.–9. Juni 2016)

e-infrastructures Austria hosted a four-day training seminar for Research data stewardship and e-infrastructures in order to aid representatives from libraries, research services and IT services in the establishment of institutional repositories and research support services. The lectures offered covered technical, organizational and legal themes. They acted as a supplement to existing educational opportunities and encouraged the exchange of knowledge in the areas of research data management, data stewardship and workflows of research processes and digital archiving

e-Infrastructures Austria – Training seminar for research data stewardship and e-infrastructures (Vienna, June 6–9, 2016)

e-Infrastructures Austria veranstaltete im Juni 2016 ein 4-tägiges Fortbildungsseminar für Forschungsdaten und e-Infrastrukturen zur Unterstützung von VertreterInnen aus Bibliotheken, Forschungs- und IT-Services beim Aufbau von institutionellen Repositorien und forschungsunterstützenden Services. Die angebotenen Vorträge deckten technische, organisatorische und rechtliche Themen ab. Sie bildeten eine Ergänzung zu bestehenden Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und förderten den Wissensaustausch in den Bereichen Forschungsdatenmanagement, Workflows von Forschungsprozessen und digitaler Archivierung.e-infrastructures Austria hosted a four-day training seminar for research data stewardship and e-infrastructures in order to aid representatives from libraries, research services and IT services in the establishment of institutional repositories and research support services. The lectures offered covered technical, organizational and legal themes. They acted as a supplement to existing educational opportunities and encouraged the exchange of knowledge in the areas of research data management, data stewardship and workflows of research processes and digital archiving

e-Infrastructures Austria – Fortbildungsseminar für Forschungsdaten und e-Infrastrukturen (Wien, 6.–9. Juni 2016)

e-infrastructures Austria hosted a four-day training seminar for Research data stewardship and e-infrastructures in order to aid representatives from libraries, research services and IT services in the establishment of institutional repositories and research support services. The lectures offered covered technical, organizational and legal themes. They acted as a supplement to existing educational opportunities and encouraged the exchange of knowledge in the areas of research data management, data stewardship and workflows of research processes and digital archiving

e-Infrastructures Austria – Training seminar for research data stewardship and e-infrastructures (Vienna, June 6–9, 2016)

e-infrastructures Austria hosted a four-day training seminar for research data stewardship and e-infrastructures in order to aid representatives from libraries, research services and IT services in the establishment of institutional repositories and research support services. The lectures offered covered technical, organizational and legal themes. They acted as a supplement to existing educational opportunities and encouraged the exchange of knowledge in the areas of research data management, data stewardship and workflows of research processes and digital archiving

Report "Training seminar for research data stewardship and e-infrastructures"

The four-day “Training seminar for research data stewardship and e-infrastructures" was designed and performed as part of the project e-Infrastructures Austria for the last year of the project and targeted at representatives from libraries, research services and IT services that build repositories and research support services at their institutes. The aim of the event was to provide knowledge sharing in research data management and workflows for research processes and digital archiving

Assembly of the eukaryotic PLP-synthase complex from plasmodium and activation of the Pdx1 enzyme

Biosynthesis of vitamins is fundamental to malaria parasites. Plasmodia synthesize the active form of vitamin B6 (pyridoxal 5-phosphate, PLP) using a PLP synthase complex. The EM analysis shown here reveals a random association pattern of up to 12 Pdx2 glutaminase subunits to the dodecameric Pdx1 core complex. Interestingly, Plasmodium falciparum PLP synthase organizes in fibers. The crystal structure shows differences in complex formation to bacterial orthologs as interface variations. Alternative positioning of an a helix distinguishes an open conformation from a closed state when the enzyme binds substrate. The pentose substrate is covalently attached through its C1 and forms a Schiff base with Lys84. Ammonia transfer between Pdx2 glutaminase and Pdx1 active sites is regulated by a transient tunnel. The mutagenesis analysis allows defining the requirement for conservation of critical methionines, whereas there is also plasticity in ammonia tunnel construction as seen from comparison across different species.<br/

Precisely and Persistently Identifying and Citing Arbitrary Subsets of Dynamic Data

International audiencePrecisely identifying arbitrary subsets of data so that these can be reproduced is a daunting challenge in data-driven science, the more so if the underlying data source is dynamically evolving. Yet an increasing number of settings exhibit exactly those characteristics. Larger amounts of data are being continuously ingested from a range of sources (be it sensor values, online questionnaires, documents, etc.), with error correction and quality improvement processes adding to the dynamics. Yet, for studies to be reproducible, for decision-making to be transparent, and for meta studies to be performed conveniently, having a precise identification mechanism to reference, retrieve, and work with such data is essential. The Research Data Alliance (RDA) Working Group on Dynamic Data Citation has published 14 recommendations that are centered around time-stamping and versioning evolving data sources and identifying subsets dynamically via persistent identifiers that are assigned to the queries selecting the respective subsets. These principles are generic and work for virtually any kind of data. In the past few years numerous repositories around the globe have implemented these recommendations and deployed solutions. We provide an overview of the recommendations, reference implementations, and pilot systems deployed and then analyze lessons learned from these implementations. This article provides a basis for institutions and data stewards considering adding this functionality to their data systems