"US National Science Foundation DataNet Program and Feasibility Study of an Open Access Repository" Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center Sheridan Libraries Director of Operations, Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Sciences (IDIES) Johns Hopkins University G. Sayeed Choudhury is the Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University. He is also the Director of Operations for the Institute of Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES) based at Johns Hopkins. He is also a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins, a Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Senior Presidential Fellow with the Council on Library and Information Resources. Choudhury serves as principal investigator for projects funded through the National Science Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He is the Principal Investigator for the Data Conservancy, one of the awards through US Nation Science Foundation’s (NSF) DataNet program. He is also Principal Investigator for an NSF funded feasibility study for an open-access repository of publications related to NSF funded research. Both awards focus on the building sustainable infrastructure to support access to data and publications in a persistent manner that advances scientific research and public outreach. He has oversight for the digital library activities and services provided by the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University. Choudhury has published articles in journals such as the International Journal of Digital Curation, D-Lib, the Journal of Digital Information, First Monday, and Library Trends. He has served on committees for the Digital Curation Conference, Open Repositories, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, and Web-Wise. He has presented at various conferences including Educause, CNI, DLF, ALA, ACRL, and international venues including IFLA, the Kanazawa Information Technology Roundtable and eResearch Australasia.
