President's Message: The Year in Review--Everything Open

摘要

As I sit down to write my last president’s column a variety of topics are running through my mind. But as I focus on just one word to sum up the year, “open” rises to the top of the list. For truly it was a year of all things open. My presidential theme is open data/open science and I am looking forward to hearing Tony Hey and Clifford Lynch speak at the LITA President’s Program later this month on this topic. Dr. Lynch is also the recipient of this year’s LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology, cosponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. The prestigious Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology award, co-sponsored by OCLC, is being given to G. Sayeed Choudhury this year. Dr. Choudhury is a longtime proponent of open data and the award recognizes his leadership in the field of data curation through the National Science Foundation supported Data Conservancy project.