getting onboard the data training: how librarians fit in

Getting Onboard the Data Train

How Librarians Fit InDiane Clark, Staff Development &Training Librarian |Agriculture, Food & Nutritional Science Librarian, University of Alberta Libraries

“…data is the currency of science, even if publications are still the currency of tenure. To be able to exchange data, communicate it, mine it, reuse it, and review it is essential to scientific productivity, collaboration, and to discovery itself.” !

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Gold, A. Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 1. D-Lib Mag. 13(9/10): 2007. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september07/gold/09gold-pt1.html

What will we cover?

❖ data defined!

❖ where do librarians fit in?!

❖ how do we get there?

What is data?

Where do librarians fit in?

Source: Shannon RobalinoSource: Data Library University of Alberta Libraries

Research Data Lifecycle

Source: Chuck Humphrey, University of Alberta Libraries

How?

❖ new Chief Librarian and Vice Prost!

❖ institutional changes!

❖ evolving role of liaison librarians!

❖ asked what was needed

Skilling Up to Data Management

❖ understanding research data and research lifecycle!

❖ managing research data!

❖ sharing research data!

❖ preserving research data!

❖ ethics and security*

Tools

Services

ExpertiseSource: C. Humphrey, Data Library U of A Libraries Source: M. Law, International Relations, U of A Libraries

Source: M Law, International Relations, U of A Libraries

Tools, Services, Expertise❖ Tools !

❖ DMPOnline | Dataverse | ERA !

❖ Services!

❖ teach | consult & recommend |refer | store & preserve!

❖ Expertise!

❖ metadata |remedial data help | data cleansing | preservation |

DMPonline

DATAVERSE

Other Strategies

❖ partner!

❖ organize a symposium!

❖ use familiar tools !

❖ outreach initiatives!

❖ use social media

Research Data Management Week

98%

Research Data Management Week Summary. Report to Gerald Beasley on May 12, 2014

Suggestions for future library

sessions?

metadata!data preservation!

data cleaning!developing data plans!

ethics !data sharing!

targeted workshops

LibGuide

“When you are face to face with a difficulty you are up against a discovery.

Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) 1824 - 1907 !Mathematical physicist and engineer.

Thank you ❖ Trish Chatterly (Health Sciences Librarian)!

❖ Diane Clark (Staff Development & Training Librarian, AFNS Librarian)!

❖ Geoff Harder (Acting AUL Information Resources)!

❖ Chuck Humphrey (Data Guru)!

❖ Larry Laliberte (GIS Librarian)!

❖ Virginia Pow (Map Librarian)!

❖ Kendall Roarke (CLiR Post Doctoral Fellow, Digital Initiatives)!

❖ Weiwei Shi (Digital Initiatives Applications Librarian)!

❖ Allison Sivak (Education Librarian)!

❖ Dale Storey (Health Sciences Librarian)!

❖ Leah Vanderjagt (Institutional Repository Librarian)

References

1. University of Edinburgh. Defining Research Data. http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/xerte/play.php?template_id=9 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!