data needs & data services
DESCRIPTION
Presentation at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice, 23 June 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.TRANSCRIPT
Data Needs & Data Services: Librarians as Communicator, Conduit,
Consultant, Collaborator
Minglu Wang & Ka-Neng AuJohn Cotton Dana Library
Rutgers University LibrariesNewark, New Jersey, USA
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Objectives & Rationale• Extending library services beyond providing access to
data
• Addressing campus needs related to data– Retrieval– Management– Analysis– Presentation
• Developing different roles as librarians
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MethodologyNeeds assessment – Graduate students
Surveyed their usage of statistical software packages
Surveyed their training needs for
statistical software packages
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MethodologyNeeds assessment - Research Centers, Departments
• Attended group meetings• Held personal consultations• Exchanged email messages
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OutcomesGraduate Students
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COMMUNICATOR
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Workshops on software packages
Taught students how to conduct basic statistical analysis and generate graphs with SAS, SPSS, R, and STATA
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Library Research Guide on Popular Statistical Software
Created a guide to workshop material and online learning resources.
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OutcomesResearch Centers, Departments, & Schools
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CONDUIT
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Guide to International Trade Statistics
One in a series of online resource guides for the Rutgers Business School
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Event Data Resources Guide
Created a guide for locating and downloading various event datasets for the Division of Global Affairs
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CONSULTANT
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New Jersey Databank
Selected and located data sources for this project managed by the School of Public Affairs and Administration
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Online Data Resource Guide
Created a guide to online data resources for Newark Schools Research Collaborative
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Library Research Guide on Data Management
Created a guide to online resources, tutorials, and data management plans
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Student Placement Test Effectiveness Project
Conducted logistic regression analysis to determine the effectiveness of placement tests, based on data collected by the English Department.
SAT WRITING SCORE
PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IN CLASS 101
SAT WRITING SCORE
PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IN CLASS 101
1 0.011464152 41 0.7355565512 0.013125318 42 0.7613327153 0.015023532 43 0.7853296554 0.017191487 44 0.8075237975 0.01966604 45 0.8279261196 0.022488632 46 0.8465766957 0.025705716 47 0.8635389768 0.02936919 48 0.8788942029 0.033536796 49 0.89273620910 0.038272482 50 0.90516682811 0.043646689 51 0.91629195912 0.049736512 52 0.92621835313 0.05662571 53 0.93505107714 0.064404483 54 0.94289159415 0.07316896 55 0.94983639516 0.083020314 56 0.9559760917 0.094063426 57 0.96139486818 0.106405008 58 0.96617026719 0.120151107 59 0.9703731620 0.135403935 60 0.97406791421 0.152257986 61 0.9773126722 0.170795482 62 0.98015969423 0.191081211 63 0.98265578724 0.213156959 64 0.98484270525 0.237035787 65 0.98675759226 0.262696546 66 0.98843340427 0.290079082 67 0.98989931528 0.319080645 68 0.99118109929 0.349554051 69 0.99230148930 0.381308029 70 0.99328050431 0.414110102 71 0.99413575532 0.44769209 72 0.99488271133 0.4817581 73 0.99553495134 0.515994541 74 0.99610438335 0.550081502 75 0.99660144336 0.583704617 76 0.99703526937 0.616566505 77 0.99741386238 0.648396894 78 0.99774421739 0.678960765 79 0.99803245740 0.708064024 80 0.998283928
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COLLABORATOR
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Diversity of Rutgers-NewarkStudents
Assisted the Diversity Research Center with data visualization.
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Thematic maps
Mapped census data for multiple metropolitan areas to show the relationship between racial segregation and poverty, for Prof. David Troutt of the Law School - Newark.
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COMMUNICATORCONDUITCONSULTANTCOLLABORATOR
Conclusion
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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
Minglu Wang ([email protected])Ka-Neng Au ([email protected])