by Lencia Beltran, Open Science Program Coordinator
Immerse yourself in the intersection of open science and sustainability with our curated selection of books, offering insights into the dynamic relationship between scientific research and environmental stewardship. Explore how open science practices empower collaboration and innovation toward sustainable solutions and address topics of climate change through the lens of open science, making these reads essential!
Whether you're a student, faculty member, staff, or researcher, these books are bound to broaden your awareness and inspire impactful contributions toward a more sustainable and resilient world. Embark on a journey of discovery!
Feature image of "Students studying under a tree." (c.1985) Found in the Carnegie Mellon University Archives, available online via our Digital Collections.
Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics Managing Disruption, Big Data and Open Science
Bungartz, Hans-Joachim; Kranzlmüller, Dieter; Weinberg, Volker; Weismüller, Jens; Wohlgemuth, Volker (2018)
This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of environmental informatics. It addresses a wide range of cross-cutting activities, such as efficient computing, virtual reality, disruption management, big data, open science and the internet of things, and showcases how these green information & communication technologies (ICT) can be used to effectively address environmental and societal challenges. Presenting a selection of extended contributions to the 32nd edition of the International Conference EnviroInfo 2018, at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Garching near Munich, it is essential reading for anyone looking to expand their expertise in the area. - Publisher's Description
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Data Science in the Library: Tools and Strategies for Supporting Data-driven Research and Instruction
Herndon, Joel (2022)
In the last decade, data science has generated new fields of study and transformed existing disciplines. As data science reshapes academia, how can libraries and librarians engage with this rapidly evolving, dynamic form of research? Can libraries leverage their existing strengths in information management, instruction, and research support to advance data science?
"Data Science In the Library: Tools and Strategies for Supporting Data-Driven Research and Instruction" brings together an international group of librarians and faculty to consider the opportunities afforded by data science for research libraries. Using practical examples, each chapter focuses on data science instruction, reproducible research, establishing data science services and key data science partnerships.This book will be invaluable to library and information professionals interested in building or expanding data science services. It is a practical, useful tool for researchers, students, and instructors interested in implementing models for data science service that build community and advance the discipline. - Publisher's Description
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Oceanographic and Marine Cross-Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development
Diviacco, Paolo; Leadbetter, Adam; Glaves, Helen (2016)
This title is an IGI Global Core Reference for 2019 as it is one of the best-selling reference books within the Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences subject area since 2016, covering real-world solutions to the challenges in collecting and analyzing environmental data. Focusing on the various technological, scientific, semantic, and semiotic perspectives of sustainability initiatives, this resource has been contributed by over 75 industry-leading researchers from countries including but not limited to the U.S., UK, Italy, and Belgium.
"Oceanographic and Marine Cross-Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development" is a pivotal resource for the latest research on the collection of environmental data for sustainability initiatives and the associate challenges with this data acquisition. Highlighting various technological, scientific, semantic, and semiotic perspectives, this book is ideally designed for researchers, technology developers, practitioners, students, and professionals in the field of environmental science and technology. - Publisher's Description
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Development of Linguistic Linked Open Data Resources for Collaborative Data-Intensive Research in the Language Sciences
Lust, Barbara; Blume, Maria; Chiarcos, Christain; Pareja-Lora, Antonio (2019)
This book is the product of an international workshop dedicated to addressing data accessibility in the linguistics field. It is therefore vital to the book’s mission that its content be open access. Linguistics as a field remains behind many others as far as data management and accessibility strategies. The problem is particularly acute in the subfield of language acquisition, where international linguistic sound files are needed for reference.
Linguists' concerns are very much tied to amount of information accumulated by individual researchers over the years that remains fragmented and inaccessible to the larger community. These concerns are shared by other fields, but linguistics to date has seen few efforts at addressing them. This collection, undertaken by a range of leading experts in the field, represents a big step forward. Its international scope and interdisciplinary combination of scholars/librarians/data consultants will provide an important contribution to the field. - Publisher's Description
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New Trends in Database and Information Systems ADBIS 2023 Short Papers, Doctoral Consortium and Workshops
Abello, Alberto (2023)
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium and Workshops on New Trends in Database and Information Systems, ADBIS 2023, held in Barcelona, Spain, during September 4–7, 2023. The 29 full papers, 25 short papers and 7 doctoral consortium included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 148.
They were organized in topical sections as follows: ADBIS Short Papers: Index Management & Data Reconstruction, ADBIS Short Papers: Query Processing, ADBIS Short Papers: Advanced Querying Techniques, ADBIS Short Papers: Fairness in Data Management, ADBIS Short Papers: Data Science, ADBIS Short Papers: Temporal Graph Management, ADBIS Short Papers: Consistent Data Management, ADBIS Short Papers: Data Integration, ADBIS Short Papers: Data Quality, ADBIS Short Papers: Metadata Management, Contributions from ADBIS 2023 Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, AIDMA: 1st Workshop on Advanced AI Techniques for Data Management, Analytics, DOING: 4th Workshop on Intelligent Data - From Data to Knowledge, K-Gals: 2nd Workshop on Knowledge Graphs Analysis on a Large Scale, MADEISD: 5th Workshop on Modern Approaches in Data Engineering, Information System Design, PeRS: 2nd Workshop on Personalization, Recommender Systems, Doctoral Consortium. - Publisher's Description
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Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation
Mathieu, Pierre-Philippe; Aubrecht, Christoph (2018)
This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Over the past decades, rapid developments in digital and sensing technologies, such as the Cloud, Web and Internet of Things, have dramatically changed the way we live and work. The digital transformation is revolutionizing our ability to monitor our planet and transforming the way we access, process and exploit Earth Observation data from satellites.
This book reviews these megatrends and their implications for the Earth Observation community as well as the wider data economy. It provides insight into new paradigms of Open Science and Innovation applied to space data, which are characterized by openness, access to large volume of complex data, wide availability of new community tools, new techniques for big data analytics such as Artificial Intelligence, unprecedented level of computing power, and new types of collaboration among researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and citizen scientists. In addition, this book aims to provide readers with some reflections on the future of Earth Observation, highlighting through a series of use cases not just the new opportunities created by the New Space revolution, but also the new challenges that must be addressed in order to make the most of the large volume of complex and diverse data delivered by the new generation of satellites. - Publisher's Description
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Natural History Collections in the Science of the 21st Century: A Sustainable Resource for Open Science
Pellens, Roseli (2021)
Natural history collections have recently acquired an unprecedented place of importance in scientific research. Originally created in the context of systematics and taxonomy, they are now proving to be fundamental for answering various scientific and societal questions that are as significant as they are current.
"Natural History Collections in the Science of the 21st Century" presents a wide range of questions and answers raised by the study of collections. The billions of specimens that have been collected from all around the world over more than two centuries provide us with information that is vital in our quest for knowledge about the Earth, the universe, the diversity of life and the history of humankind.
These collections also provide valuable reference points from the past to help us understand the nature and dynamics of global change today. Their physical permanence is the best guarantee we have of a return to data and to information sources in the context of open science. - Publisher's Description
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