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18/04/13' Research Data Services: New Roles for Academic Libraries? Carol Tenopir University of Tennessee ctenopir@utk.edu Visiting Research Professor University of New South Wales (through April) Center for Information and Communication Studies Science is more collaborative, interdisciplinary, computational, and data-intensive Center for Information and Communication Studies 1'

18/04/13' Open Science Movement … … governments and funding agencies are requiring data management U.S. Office of the the President U.K. Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Center for Information and Communication Studies Data loss • Natural disaster • Facilities infrastructure failure • Storage failure • Server hardware/software failure • Application software failure • External dependencies • Format obsolescence • Legal encumbrance • Human error • Malicious attack by human or automated agents • Loss of staffing competencies • Loss of institutional commitment • Loss of financial stability • Changes in user expectations and requirements Center for Information and Communication Studies 2'

18/04/13' NSF Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners (DataNet) Will create exemplar partners to address “…one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop the new methods, management structures and technologies to manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams”. Center for Information and Communication Studies Need new types of organizations that will … • integrate library and archival sciences, cyberinfrastructure, computer & information sciences, and domain science expertise to: – provide reliable digital preservation, access, integration, and analysis capabilities for science and/or engineering data over a decades-long timeline Center for Information and Communication Studies 3'

18/04/13' Center for Information and Communication Studies The'DataONE'Vision'and'Approach:' Providing)universal)access)to)data)about)life)on)earth)and)the) environment)that)sustains)it,)as)well)as)the)tools)needed)by)researchers ' 1.''Building'community' 2.''Developing'sustainable' data'discovery'and' interoperability'soluFons' 3.'Enabling'science'through' tools'and'services' Plan' Analyze' Collect' Integrate' Assure' Discover' Describe ! Preserve' 8' 8' 4'

18/04/13' 9' 9' DataONE'is'Cyberinfrastructure' Three'major'components'for'a' Coordina)ng!Nodes! flexible,'scalable,'sustainable' • retain'complete'metadata' network' catalog'' • indexing'for'search' • networkUwide'services' • ensure'content'availability' (preservaFon)''' • replicaFon'services' 10' 10' 5'

18/04/13' DataONE'is'Cyberinfrastructure' Three'major'components'for'a' Coordina)ng!Nodes! flexible,'scalable,'sustainable' • retain'complete'metadata' Member!Nodes! network' catalog'' • diverse'insFtuFons' • indexing'for'search' • serve'local'community' • networkUwide'services' • provide'resources'for' • ensure'content'availability' managing'their'data' (preservaFon)''' • retain'copies'of'data' • replicaFon'services' 11' 11' DataONE'is'Cyberinfrastructure' Three'major'components'for'a' Coordina)ng!Nodes! flexible,'scalable,'sustainable' • retain'complete'metadata' Member!Nodes! network' catalog'' • diverse'insFtuFons' Inves)gator!Toolkit! • indexing'for'search' • serve'local'community' ! • networkUwide'services' • provide'resources'for' • ensure'content'availability' managing'their'data' (preservaFon)''' • retain'copies'of'data' • replicaFon'services' 12' 12' 6'

18/04/13' 13' DataONE'Principles' 1.'Data'should'be'part'of'the'permanent'scholarly'record' and'requires'longUterm'stewardship.' ' 2.'Sharing'and'reuse'maximize'the'value'of'data'to' environmental'science.'' ' 3.'Science'is'best'served'by'an'open'and'inclusive'global' community.' ' 4.'The'data'environment'is'dynamic'and'requires'evidenceU based'decisionUmaking'about'pracFce'and'governance.'' 14' 14' 7'

18/04/13' Alison'Specht,'ACEAS'Program'Manager,' Associate'Professor,'University'of'Queensland' Australian!Centre!for!Ecological! Analysis!and!Synthesis! 15' 15' Libraries … • facilitate interdisciplinary work, data access, and data knowledge through collections and services • Can take a leadership role in a variety of research data services Carol Tenopir Center for Information and Communication Studies 8'

18/04/13' Research Data Services 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. Center for Information and Communication Studies Technical/Hands-On RDS • Providing tech support for RDS systems/data repositories • Deselecting datasets for removal from a repository • Preparing datasets for deposit • Creating or transforming metadata • Identifying datasets for deposit in repositories Center for Information and Communication Studies 9'

18/04/13' Informational/Consulting RDS • Consulting on Data Management Plans • Consulting on data and metadata standards • Outreach/collaboration with other RDS providers on campus • Reference for finding and citing data • Creating web guides and finding aids for data Center for Information and Communication Studies More Informational/Consulting RDS • Directly participating with researchers on a project • Discussing RDS with others on campus on a (semi-) regular basis • Training co-workers on data issues Center for Information and Communication Studies 10'

18/04/13' Data Lifecycle Plan Analyze Collect Integrate Assure Discover Describe Preserve Center for Information and Communication Studies Researchers might … Collect Analyze Assure Integrate Describe Discover Deposit Preserve Center for Information and Communication Studies 11'

18/04/13' Researcher'Challenges' OrganizaFonal' Support'&' Services,' Training'?' Plan' Analyze' Collect' Integrate' Assure' Metadata'' Standards'?' Where?' Discover' Describe ! Data' Sharing'?' Preserve' 23' 23' Librarian & Libraries Level of my Are RDS knowledge & Plan priority? Level of skills ? participation Analyze with data? Collect Level of Role in involvement partnering with with researcher? metadata? Assure Integrate Is there an agency repository that Discover Describe accepts data? Role of librarian Stewardship discovering role (select & data? Preserve deselect)? Role of the librarian to help preservation? Center for Information and Communication Studies 12'

18/04/13' Assessment of Stakeholders Public Officials Publishers Data Managers Libraries Citizen- & Librarians Students scientists Scientists & Teachers Center for Information and Communication Studies Results of scientists survey shows opportunities for libraries… Center for Information and Communication Studies 13'

18/04/13' What metadata do you currently use to describe your data? 676 266 97 96 95 95 21 26 12 ISO My Lab NONE DIF DwC DC EML FGDC Open GIS Center for Information and Communication Studies Gap'Between'Willingness'to'Share'and'Accessibility' Place at least some of my data into a 78% central data repository I share my data 75% Place all of my data into a central data 41% repository 36% Others can access my data easily 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 28 Center for Information and Communication Studies 14'

18/04/13' Reasons'for'Not'Making'Data' 'Electronically'Available' Insufficient time 45% Lack of funding 34% No place to put data 20% Do not have rights to make data … 20% Lack of standards 17% Sponsor does not require 15% 13% Do not need data Should not be available 12% Other reasons for data not available 12% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 29 Center for Information and Communication Studies Academic Librarians • Unit of analysis = individual librarian • 302 librarians at 111 ARL libraries who were most likely to be involved in RDS • Opinion about personal preparation and opportunities for continuing education Center for Information and Communication Studies 15'

18/04/13' Academic Libraries • Unit of analysis = library • 223 ACRL libraries • From stratified panel of directors from all types of academic libraries • Current RDS and educational offerings • Plans for next 24 months Center for Information and Communication Studies librarians (in academic research libraries)… Center for Information and Communication Studies 16'

18/04/13' Current Overall Engagement with RDS Do you interact with faculty, students, or staff in support of their research data services (RDS) as part of your regular job responsibilities? (n = 223) 100 90 Frequency of Responses 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Integral to job (27.9%) Occasionally (40.5%) No (31.5%) Center for Information and Communication Studies ARL librarians strongly or somewhat agree … • RDS are as important as other services (82% of integral; 68% of occasional; 32% of no) • RDS are a priority at my library (67% integral; 40% of occasional; 19% of no) Center for Information and Communication Studies 17'