From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:00:15 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [108.31.211.217] (account diane@cni.org HELO cnidianembic25.fios-router.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.12) with ESMTPSA id 32911472 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:01:42 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7EC2E7DD-BA14-42FD-9442-450B107455E0" Subject: Herbert Van de Sompel to Receive Peters Award at December CNI Meeting X-Original-Message-Id: <755C641E-7090-489F-ACDA-0C7EDFB56AAC@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:00:38 -0400 X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) --Apple-Mail=_7EC2E7DD-BA14-42FD-9442-450B107455E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Information Scientist Herbert Van de Sompel to Receive Paul Evan Peters = Award The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of = Research Libraries, and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that Herbert = Van de Sompel, research scientist at the Research Library of the Los = Alamos National Laboratory, has been named the 2017 recipient of the = Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable, lasting = achievements in the creation and innovative use of network-based = information resources and services that advance scholarship and = intellectual productivity. Nominated by over a dozen highly respected members of the information = science community, Van de Sompel is widely recognized as having created = robust, scalable infrastructures that have had a profound and lasting = impact on scholarly communication. Adept at applying theory to practice, = nominating colleagues noted that the application of some of his = groundbreaking work has become an integral part of the core technology = infrastructure for thousands of libraries worldwide, helping to connect = information across the Internet, and constantly working to further his = dream of =E2=80=9Ca scholarly communication system that fully embraces = the Web.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CFor the last two decades Herbert, working with a range of = collaborators, has made a sustained series of key contributions that = have helped shape the current networked infrastructure to support = scholarship,=E2=80=9D noted CNI executive director Clifford Lynch. = =E2=80=9CWhile many people accomplish one really important thing in = their careers, I am struck by the breadth and scope of his = contributions.=E2=80=9D Lynch added, =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99ve had the = privilege of working with Herbert on several of these initiatives over = the years, and I was honored in 2000 to be invited to serve as a special = external member of the PhD committee at the University of Ghent, where = he received his doctorate.=E2=80=9D An accomplished researcher and information scientist, Van de Sompel is = perhaps best known for his role in the development of protocols designed = to expose data and make them accessible to other systems, forging links = that connect related information, thereby enhancing, facilitating, and = deepening the research process. These initiatives include the OpenURL = framework (stemming from his earlier work on the SFX link resolver), as = well as the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), which included the Protocol = for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and the Object Reuse and Exchange = (OAI-ORE)=20 scheme. Other notable contributions include the Memento protocol, which = enables browsers to access earlier versions of the Web easily, and = ResourceSync, which allows applications to remain synchronized with = evolving content collections. =E2=80=9CI applaud Van de Sompel's milestones in developing robust = scalable digital infrastructure for the world of research which is the = crucial underpinning for a future that could promote unfettered access = for all to the entire scholarly corpus,=E2=80=9D stated Elliott Shore, = Association of Research Libraries executive director. Van de Sompel was hired by his alma mater, Ghent University (Belgium), = in 1981 to begin library automation. Over time, the focus shifted to = providing access to a wide variety of scholarly information sources = leveraging the technologies of the day to reach the largest possible = end-user base, and by the late 1990s, the work of his team was = considered among the best in Europe. In 2000 he received a PhD from = Ghent University, working on context-sensitive linking, which led to the = OpenURL standard and library linking servers. Following stints at = Cornell University and at the British Library, in 2002 he joined the Los = Alamos National Laboratory as an information scientist, where he now = leads the Prototyping Team at the Research Library. He also serves as = visiting professor at the DANS data archive in the Netherlands. Known as a skilled communicator and generous colleague and mentor, Van = de Sompel is in high demand as a speaker and consultant. He is a visible = and active member of the information science community, appreciated for = his willingness to give of his time and expertise. He is especially = adept at building highly effective teams and, as noted in a letter of = nomination, his influence can be seen in the impressive careers of = former team members. =E2=80=9CDr. Van de Sompel is an exemplary member of and contributor to = our community,=E2=80=9C stated EDUCAUSE president and CEO John = O=E2=80=99Brien. =E2=80=9CHis unwavering commitment to quality research = and innovation, as well as leadership and advocacy for interoperability, = openness, and standardization, is remarkable, especially when balanced = with a tremendous generosity of spirit when it comes to mentoring, = collaboration, and collegiality.=E2=80=9C Widely sought after for advisory boards and panels, Van de Sompel served = as a member of the European Union High Level Expert Group on Scientific = Data, as well as the Core Experts Group for the Europeana Thematic = Network, charged with building a digital repository of European cultural = assets. He has won numerous awards, including the Los Alamos National = Laboratory Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research (2015) and the SPARC = Innovator Award (2006) by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic = Resources Coalition (SPARC), of which he was the first recipient. A four-member committee selected Van de Sompel for the award: Jeffrey = MacKie-Mason, university librarian and chief digital scholarship officer = at the University of California, Berkeley; Marilyn McMillan, (retired), = former vice president for IT and chief IT officer at New York = University; Winston Tabb, Sheridan dean of university libraries and = museums at Johns Hopkins University; and Joan Lippincott, associate = executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information. Named for CNI=E2=80=99s founding director, the award will be presented = during the CNI membership meeting in Washington, DC, to be held December = 11=E2=80=9312, 2017, where Van de Sompel will deliver the Paul Evan = Peters Memorial Lecture. The talk will be recorded and made available on = CNI=E2=80=99s YouTube and Vimeo channels after the meeting concludes. = Previous award recipients include Donald A.B. Lindberg (2014), Christine = L. Borgman (2011), Daniel Atkins (2008), Paul Ginsparg (2006), Brewster = Kahle (2004), Vinton Cerf (2002), and Tim Berners-Lee (2000). CNI, the Association of Research Libraries, and EDUCAUSE sponsor the = Paul Evan Peters Award, which was established with additional funding = from Microsoft and Xerox Corporations. The award honors the memory and = accomplishments of Paul Evan Peters (1947=E2=80=931996). Peters was a = visionary and a coalition builder in higher education and the world of = scholarly communication. He led CNI from its founding in 1990 with = informed insight, exuberant direction, eloquence, and awareness of the = needs of its varied constituencies of librarians, technologists, = publishers, and others in the digital world. CNI is a coalition of some 240 member institutions dedicated to = supporting the transformative promise of digital information technology = for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of = intellectual productivity. The Association of Research Libraries is a = nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in the US and Canada; = its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly = communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and = the diverse communities they serve. A higher education technology = association with more than 2,300 members, EDUCAUSE actively engages with = colleges, universities, corporations, and other organizations to further = the mission of higher education through the use of information = technology. For more information, visit the award website at = www.cni.org/go/pep-award/ , or contact = CNI communications coordinator Diane Goldenberg-Hart at diane@cni.org. __________________________________________________ Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20039 202.296.5098 | cni.org --Apple-Mail=_7EC2E7DD-BA14-42FD-9442-450B107455E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Information Scientist Herbert Van = de Sompel to Receive Paul Evan Peters Award


The Coalition for = Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries, and = EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that Herbert Van de Sompel, research = scientist at the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, = has been named the 2017 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The = award recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the creation and = innovative use of network-based information resources and services that = advance scholarship and intellectual productivity.

Nominated by over a = dozen highly respected members of the information science community, Van = de Sompel is widely recognized as having created robust, scalable = infrastructures that have had a profound and lasting impact on scholarly = communication. Adept at applying theory to practice, nominating = colleagues noted that the application of some of his groundbreaking work = has become an integral part of the core technology infrastructure for = thousands of libraries worldwide, helping to connect information across = the Internet, and constantly working to further his dream of =E2=80=9Ca = scholarly communication system that fully embraces the Web.=E2=80=9D
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=E2=80=9CFor the = last two decades Herbert, working with a range of collaborators, has = made a sustained series of key contributions that have helped shape the = current networked infrastructure to support scholarship,=E2=80=9D noted = CNI executive director Clifford Lynch. =E2=80=9CWhile many people = accomplish one really important thing in their careers, I am struck by = the breadth and scope of his contributions.=E2=80=9D Lynch added, = =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99ve had the privilege of working with Herbert on = several of these initiatives over the years, and I was honored in 2000 = to be invited to serve as a special external member of the PhD committee = at the University of Ghent, where he received his = doctorate.=E2=80=9D

An accomplished researcher and information scientist, Van de = Sompel is perhaps best known for his role in the development of = protocols designed to expose data and make them accessible to other = systems, forging links that connect related information, thereby = enhancing, facilitating, and deepening the research process. These = initiatives include the OpenURL framework (stemming from his earlier = work on the SFX link resolver), as well as the Open Archives Initiative = (OAI), which included the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and = the Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) 
scheme.= Other notable contributions include the Memento protocol, which enables = browsers to access earlier versions of the Web easily, and ResourceSync, = which allows applications to remain synchronized with evolving content = collections.

=E2=80=9CI applaud Van de Sompel's milestones in developing = robust scalable digital infrastructure for the world of research which = is the crucial underpinning for a future that could promote unfettered = access for all to the entire scholarly corpus,=E2=80=9D stated Elliott = Shore, Association of Research Libraries executive director.

Van de Sompel was hired = by his alma mater, Ghent University (Belgium), in 1981 to begin library = automation. Over time, the focus shifted to providing access to a wide = variety of scholarly information sources leveraging the technologies of = the day to reach the largest possible end-user base, and by the late = 1990s, the work of his team was considered among the best in Europe. In = 2000 he received a PhD from Ghent University, working on = context-sensitive linking, which led to the OpenURL standard and library = linking servers. Following stints at Cornell University and at the = British Library, in 2002 he joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory as = an information scientist, where he now leads the Prototyping Team at the = Research Library. He also serves as visiting professor at the DANS data = archive in the Netherlands.

Known as a skilled communicator and generous colleague and = mentor, Van de Sompel is in high demand as a speaker and consultant. He = is a visible and active member of the information science community, = appreciated for his willingness to give of his time and expertise. He is = especially adept at building highly effective teams and, as noted in a = letter of nomination, his influence can be seen in the impressive = careers of former team members.

=E2=80=9CDr. Van de Sompel is an = exemplary member of and contributor to our community,=E2=80=9C stated = EDUCAUSE president and CEO John O=E2=80=99Brien. =E2=80=9CHis unwavering = commitment to quality research and innovation, as well as leadership and = advocacy for interoperability, openness, and standardization, is = remarkable, especially when balanced with a tremendous generosity of = spirit when it comes to mentoring, collaboration, and = collegiality.=E2=80=9C

Widely sought after for advisory boards and panels, Van de = Sompel served as a member of the European Union High Level Expert Group = on Scientific Data, as well as the Core Experts Group for the Europeana = Thematic Network, charged with building a digital repository of European = cultural assets. He has won numerous awards, including the Los Alamos = National Laboratory Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research (2015) and = the SPARC Innovator Award (2006) by the Scholarly Publishing and = Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), of which he was the first = recipient.
A four-member committee selected Van de = Sompel for the award: Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, university librarian and = chief digital scholarship officer at the University of California, = Berkeley; Marilyn McMillan, (retired), former vice president for IT and = chief IT officer at New York University; Winston Tabb, Sheridan dean of = university libraries and museums at Johns Hopkins University; and Joan = Lippincott, associate executive director of the Coalition for Networked = Information.

Named for CNI=E2=80=99s founding director, the award will be = presented during the CNI membership meeting in Washington, DC, to be = held December 11=E2=80=9312, 2017, where Van de Sompel will deliver the = Paul Evan Peters Memorial Lecture. The talk will be recorded and made = available on CNI=E2=80=99s YouTube and Vimeo channels after the meeting = concludes. Previous award recipients include Donald A.B. Lindberg = (2014), Christine L. Borgman (2011), Daniel Atkins (2008), Paul Ginsparg = (2006), Brewster Kahle (2004), Vinton Cerf (2002), and Tim Berners-Lee = (2000).

CNI, = the Association of Research Libraries, and EDUCAUSE sponsor the Paul = Evan Peters Award, which was established with additional funding from = Microsoft and Xerox Corporations. The award honors the memory and = accomplishments of Paul Evan Peters (1947=E2=80=931996). Peters was a = visionary and a coalition builder in higher education and the world of = scholarly communication. He led CNI from its founding in 1990 with = informed insight, exuberant direction, eloquence, and awareness of the = needs of its varied constituencies of librarians, technologists, = publishers, and others in the digital world.

CNI is a coalition of some 240 member = institutions dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of = digital information technology for the advancement of scholarly = communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. The = Association of Research Libraries is a nonprofit organization of 123 = research libraries in the US and Canada; its mission is to influence the = changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies = that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. A = higher education technology association with more than 2,300 members, = EDUCAUSE actively engages with colleges, universities, corporations, and = other organizations to further the mission of higher education through = the use of information technology.

For more information, visit the award = website at www.cni.org/go/pep-award/, or contact CNI communications = coordinator Diane Goldenberg-Hart at diane@cni.org.




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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications Coordinator
Coalition for = Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, = DC 20039
202.296.5098 | cni.org

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