Zhiwu Xie

Librarian @ Virginia Tech

[VT Libraries @VTLibraries]

The 2022 summer funding round call for proposals is NOW OPEN for the University Libraries Collaborative Research Grant & is extended to all VT academic disciplines!
➡️$5K or $10K for ea. project
➡️Postdocs are now eligible
➡️Deadline: 5/5
➡️Awards: 5/11
➡️https://t.co/bwMiBX7Clv

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

As part of @jcdl20201 WADL2020 cfp now opens! 2-page proposal due June 6 for a virtual workshop on web archiving & digital libraries, to be held Aug 4-5. Details: https://t.co/nT0HW5DY1C

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

Anyone can share TBs of COVID-19 archives? We'll see if and how we can do much better re: reuse performance.

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

Not an April Fool's Day prank: achieve up to 2 orders of magnitude speedup by converting WARCs to more performant formats: postprint of our @jcdl20201 paper "The Case For Alternative Web Archival Formats To Expedite The Data-To-Insight Cycle". https://t.co/pYEK4mqCdb

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

For librarians & archivists: web archiving analytics workshop @ Washington, DC on Oct 28 open for registration. 15 travel grants available. Details at https://t.co/7YkohYNzn9

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

#NDPthree grand challenge exanples: lobbying policy changes on academic incentives?

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

#NDPthree grand challenge examples: low cost book scaning; libraries mass challenging fair use legal scare; ebook fair use clauses, etc.

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

#NDPthree A grand challenge does not have to be hardware to tech, but a clearly impactful outcome with doable means to achieve it.

[Trevor Owens @tjowens]

"we need to let go of an obsession with quick wins and shift to the grand challenges" - @mchris4duke #NDPthree

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

@tjowens I however hope libraries stay in the core of knowledge creation & management. Content is king, regardless of buts and ifs. #NDPthree

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

@kboughida @despens @jefferson_bail @US_IMLS @NSF Also the NIH High Risk High Reward Program: https://t.co/RxCKiRCedr We need to also focus on "High Reward" than merely the risk. #NDPthree

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

Would also want to applaud IMLS for making public all funded proposals. #NDPthree

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

A round of applaud for the IMLS 2-pager prelim proposal stage. #NDPthree

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

@US_IMLS How to carry on the torch of the Google Book project? I feel HathiTrust is not disruptive enough. How to get all libraries scan their books?

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

@US_IMLS We do the typical stuff, a bit education, consultation, storage, repository here and there, but not significant enough to disrupt.

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

@ashley247 @kboughida @jill_hw Makes it more important to focus the limited funds on strategic directions.

[Zhiwu Xie @zxie]

@ashley247 @jill_hw @kboughida I think the barrier to entry is lowering in terms of capacity, so opportunities do exist. #NDPthree