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Academic Librarians and Research Data Services: Preparation and Attitudes
Carol TenopirUniversity of Tennessee
IFLA 2012
Robert Sandusky, University of Illinois at ChicagoSuzie Allard and Ben Birch, University of Tennessee
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Research Data Services (RDS)are…
• …services that address the full data lifecycle, including the data management plan, digital curation (selection, preservation, maintenance, and archiving), and metadata creation and conversion.
• Services can be hands-on or consultative.
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Plan
Collect
Assure
Describe
Preserve
Discover
Integrate
Analyze
Data Lifecycle
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Assessment of Stakeholders Informs All DataONE Activities.
Scientists
Data Managers
Public Officials
Citizen-scientists
Libraries & LibrariansStudents
& Teachers
Publishers
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Librarian & Library Assessment
Plan
Collect
Assure
Describe
Preserve
Discover
Integrate
Analyze
The librarian ponders whether she has the background, skills, and education to provide RDS
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Academic Librarians Survey
• Distribution –948 librarians at 111 ARL libraries who
were most likely to be involved in RDS–Librarians at ACRL libraries (not covered
here)• Responses
–223 ARL librarians (23.5% response rate)
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Current Overall Engagement with RDS
Integral to job (27.9%)
Occasionally (40.5%)
No (31.5%)0
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Do you interact with faculty or students in support of their RDS as part
of your regular job responsibilities? (n = 223)
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I have the skills, knowledge, and training necessary to provide RDS (n=159)
Librarians’ Skills, Knowledge, and Training Necessary to Provide RDS
I have sufficient subject expertise to provide RDS to my patrons. (n = 159)
No
Occasional
Integral
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Agree StronglyAgree SomewhatNeither Agree Nor Disagree Disagree SomewhatDisagree Strongly
No
Occasional
Integral
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Agree StronglyAgree SomewhatNeither Agree Nor DisagreeDisagree SomewhatDisagree Strongly
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My library provides opportunities to develop skills related to RDS. (n = 159)
Librarians’ Skills, Knowledge, and Training Necessary to Provide RDS
My library supports me to attend conferences or workshops elsewhere related to RDS. (n = 156)
No
Occasional
Integral
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Agree StronglyAgree SomewhatNeither Agree Nor DisagreeDisagree SomewhatDisagree Strongly
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No
Occasional
Integral
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Agree StronglyAgree SomewhatNeither Agree Nor DisagreeDisagree SomewhatDisagree Strongly
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For Those Not Currently Involved in RDS, Potential Motivations for Involvement
No (n = 160)
Rank Motivation
#1 If my patrons request RDS
#2 If RDS became a responsibility in my job
#3 If my institution becomes more involved with RDS
#4 If my institution develops an IR that accepts data
#5 If external funding agencies require RDS
#6 If RDS becomes important to subject disciplines I support
#7 If I learn more about RDS
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Another survey of library directors shows, by type of institution…….
17%
83%
Associates Colleges
YesNo
16%
84%
YesNo
31%
69%
Research/Doctoral
YesNo
Has your library provided opportunities for staff to develop skills related to
RDS? (n = 215)
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Conclusions
• Most respondents do not yet do RDS• Some have the knowledge, skills, and
opportunities to provide RDS• They believe RDS are important and
consistent with library mission and role• Libraries are in transition to RDS—
requiring resetting priorities, realigning responsibilities, and developing skills
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Data Management services are part of transforming research libraries and librarians…
This is next-generation librarianship. The curation of research data is an activity that has gained traction in the wake of library and information science programs offering concentrations in data curation and institutes in digital curation, promising a cohort of librarians qualified to meet data management challenges.
http://www.arl.org/rtl/eresearch/escien/nsf/leadershiproles.shtml Authors: Patricia Hswe and Ann Holt. Part of ARL’s transforming research libraries series.
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Carol TenopirUniversity of Tennessee
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