Research data services

IFLA Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 266-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Lassi ◽  
Maria Johnsson ◽  
Koraljka Golub
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Curation ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Ongoing Development

The paper reports on an exploratory study of researchers’ needs for effective research data management at two Swedish universities, conducted in order to inform the ongoing development of research data services. Twelve researchers from diverse fields have been interviewed, including biology, cultural studies, economics, environmental studies, geography, history, linguistics, media and psychology. The interviews were structured, guided by the Data Curation Profiles Toolkit developed at Purdue University, with added questions regarding subject metadata. The preliminary analysis indicates that the research data management practices vary greatly among the respondents, and therefore so do the implications for research data services. The added questions on subject metadata indicate needs of services guiding researchers in describing their datasets with adequate metadata.

scholarly journals Disciplinary differences in faculty research data management practices and perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine G. Akers ◽  
Jennifer Doty
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Research University ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Curation ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Disciplinary Differences ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Research Domains

Academic librarians are increasingly engaging in data curation by providing infrastructure (e.g., institutional repositories) and offering services (e.g., data management plan consultations) to support the management of research data on their campuses. Efforts to develop these resources may benefit from a greater understanding of disciplinary differences in research data management needs. After conducting a survey of data management practices and perspectives at our research university, we categorized faculty members into four research domains—arts and humanities, social sciences, medical sciences, and basic sciences—and analyzed variations in their patterns of survey responses. We found statistically significant differences among the four research domains for nearly every survey item, revealing important disciplinary distinctions in data management actions, attitudes, and interest in support services. Serious consideration of both the similarities and dissimilarities among disciplines will help guide academic librarians and other data curation professionals in developing a range of data-management services that can be tailored to the unique needs of different scholarly researchers.

scholarly journals Building professional development opportunities in data services for academic librarians

IFLA Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanna Conrad ◽  
Yasmeen Shorish ◽  
Amanda L. Whitmire ◽  
Patricia Hswe
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Needs Assessment Survey ◽  
Insight Into

Research data management represents a significant professional development area for academic librarians – significant for its growing importance to the profession, since researchers are increasingly expected to comply with research data management requirements, and for the extent of competence needed by librarians to support researchers in research data management practices and plans. This article recounts how the Association of College and Research Libraries is fostering professional development opportunities in research data management. The authors describe two key endeavors: (1) the development and deployment of a needs assessment survey, which allowed insight into the types of librarians expressing the most need; and (2) planning and implementation of a pre-conference workshop for ACRL 2015, intended to prototype a future professional development offering. The article concludes by discussing additional assessment that was done following the workshop and how the pre-conference laid the foundation for proposing a “roadshow” for research data management, similar to what the Association of College and Research Libraries sponsors for scholarly communication.

Research Data Management Services in Tertiary Institutions in Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
pp. 419-437
Author(s):  
Josiline Phiri Chigwada
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Survey Monkey ◽  
Management Services

The chapter seeks to analyze how librarians in Zimbabwe are responding to increasing librarian roles in the provision of research data services. The study sought to ascertain librarians' awareness and preparedness to offer research data management services at their institutions and determine support required by librarians to effectively deliver research data services. Participants were invited to respond to the survey, and survey monkey was used to administer the online questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using content analysis, and it was thematically presented. Findings revealed that librarians in Zimbabwe are aware of their role in research data management, but the majority are not prepared to offer research data management services due to a lack of the required skills and resources. Challenges that were noted include lack of research data management policy at institutional levels and information technology issues such as obsolescence and security issues.

scholarly journals VARIABILITY IN CLINICAL RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: LESSONS FROM THE MALARIA COMMUNITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A19.1-A19
Author(s):  
Amélie Julé ◽  
Hazel Ashurst ◽  
Laura Merson ◽  
Piero Olliaro ◽  
Vicki Marsh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Research ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Clinical Research Data

scholarly journals Research Librarians’ Experiences of Research Data Management Activities at an Academic Library in a Developing Country

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnson Masinde ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
Daniel Wambiri ◽  
Angela Mumo
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Curation ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
And Training

Abstract University libraries have archaeologically augmented scientific research by collecting, organizing, maintaining, and availing research materials for access. Researchers reckon that with the expertise acquired from conventional cataloging, classification, and indexing coupled with that attained in the development, along with the maintenance of institutional repositories, it is only rational that libraries take a dominant and central role in research data management and further their capacity as curators. Accordingly, University libraries are expected to assemble capabilities, to manage and provide research data for sharing and reusing efficiently. This study examined research librarians’ experiences of RDM activities at the UON Library to recommend measures to enhance managing, sharing and reusing research data. The study was informed by the DCC Curation lifecycle model and the Community Capability Model Framework (CCMF) that enabled the Investigator to purposively capture qualitative data from a sample of 5 research librarians at the UON Library. The data was analysed thematically to generate themes that enabled the Investigator to address the research problem. Though the UON Library had policies on research data, quality assurance and intellectual property, study findings evidenced no explicit policies to guide each stage of data curation and capabilities. There were also inadequacies in skills and training capability, technological infrastructure and collaborative partnerships. Overall, RDM faced challenges in all the examined capabilities. These challenges limited the managing, sharing, and reusing of research data. The study recommends developing an RDM unit within the UON Library to oversee the implementation of RDM activities by assembling all the needed capabilities (policy guidelines, skills and training, technological infrastructure and collaborative partnerships) to support data curation activities and enable efficient managing, sharing and reusing research data.

scholarly journals Developing Data Curation Protocols for Digital Projects at Vanderbilt: Une Micro-Histoire

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica A Ikeshoji-Orlati ◽  
Clifford B Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Charles Baudelaire ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Object Description ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Holistic Research ◽  
Management Services

This paper examines the intersection of legacy digital humanities projects and the ongoing development of research data management services at Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Future directions for data management and curation protocols are explored through the lens of a case study: the (re)curation of data from an early 2000s e-edition of Raymond Poggenburg’s Charles Baudelaire: Une Micro-histoire. The vagaries of applying the Library of Congress Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) to the data and metadata of theMicro-histoirewill be addressed. In addition, the balance between curating data and metadata for preservation vs. curating it for (re)use by future researchers is considered in order to suggest future avenues for holistic research data management services at Vanderbilt.

scholarly journals Research Data Management within the 4TU Research Centres

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria J. Cruz ◽  
Alastair Dunning
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Research Centres

Survey of research data management practices and attitudes within the 4TU Research Centres based on qualitative interviews with the Centres' Scientific Directors.

scholarly journals Student Research Data Management Practices at UC Data Day 2017

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E Koshoffer ◽  
Keloni Parks
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Poster Session ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
The University

This article discusses increasing student engagement surrounding data management and how the University of Cincinnati Libraries tried to engage students with a poster session for its Data Day event in 2017.

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