data services awareness and use survey
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Data Services Awareness and Use Survey. What We Learned about Promoting Data Services Eleanor Read [email protected]. Agenda. Background Results on awareness and promotion Promotion and outreach activities Other ideas? What works for you?. Background. Hired Data Services Librarian in 2000 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Data Services Awareness and Use Survey
What We Learned about Promoting Data Services
Eleanor [email protected]
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Agenda Background Results on awareness and
promotion Promotion and outreach activities Other ideas? What works for you?
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Background Hired Data Services Librarian in
2000 Proactive outreach and promotion Survey in 2003 re data users and
awareness of services www.lib.utk.edu/refs/data/survey.pdf
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Awareness Results 43% were aware of Data Services
Faculty 36%, Doctoral 44%, Masters 47% 19% knew about ICPSR
Faculty 31%, Doctoral 23%, Masters 11% Comments
“I believe this will aid my research tremendously now that I know this service is available.”
“…e-mails about services would be helpful to busy graduate students. There is so little time to adjust at the beginning, that reminders would be helpful.”
“You need to do a better job of increasing awareness of these services… I’ve never heard of these services.”
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Promotion/Outreach: New E-mail network
Faculty and graduate students 14 departments Introduction to services Announcements of workshops and
ICPSR summer program Very effective!
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Promotion/Outreach: Expanded
Data workshops Increased from one per semester to 2-
3 ICPSR, AFF, Census from ICPSR, GSS ICPSR every fall, spring, and summer
First summer workshop in 2005, largest attendance ever
Will expand to include new international databases
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Promotion/Outreach: Ongoing Teaching classes Social science newsletter Data/GIS users forum Statistical Consulting Center
partnership Data Services website Word of mouth
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What Works for You?