Implementing Research Data Management Services in a Canadian Context
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5931/djim.v12i1.6458Keywords:
Research data management, Academic librariesAbstract
Research data management (RDM) has become an increasingly pressing issue for academic libraries as they strive to assist researchers in addressing new public funding requirements surrounding data dissemination and preservation. Briney, Goben, & Zilinski (2015) reviewed several characteristics of RDM service provision efforts by 206 American research universities. Following a similar methodology, the author reviewed RDM service development within Canadian research universities and compared the results to the American efforts. The main area requiring development in Canada is the provision of RDM services. Therefore, some current best practices for implementing RDM services were gathered through a literature review. The successful approaches highlighted in the literature include awareness of funder and institutional data policies, reaching out to data service providers on campus and beyond, understanding researcher data management needs and finding RDM champions, implementing research data services strategically, planning for growth in RDM services, marketing the RDM services, and creating incentives to create data management plans and utilize RDM services. Third Place DJIM Best Article Award.
References
Bishoff, C., & Johnston, L. (2015). Approaches to data sharing: An analysis of NSF data management plans from a large research university. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–27. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1231
Briney, K. (2014). Lightning talk summary. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(6), 35–37. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Briney, K., Goben, A., & Zilinski, L. (2015). Do you have an institutional data policy? A review of the current landscape of library data services and institutional data policies. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–25. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1232
Buys, C. M., & Shaw, P. L. (2015). Data management practices across an institution: Survey and report. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–24. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1225
Choudhury, S. (2012). ASERL webinar: Data conservancy & data management services at Johns Hopkins University Libraries. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/36050328
Christensen-Dalsgaard, B., van den Berg, M., Grim, R., Horstmann, W., Jansen, D., Pollard, T., & Roos, A. (2012). Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management: Final report of the LIBER working group on E-Science / Research Data Management. Retrieved November 13, 2015, from http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/The research data group 2012v7 final.pdf
Cox, A. M., & Corrall, S. (2013). Evolving academic library specialties. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 64(8), 1526–1542. doi: 10.1002/asi.22847
Creamer, A. (2015). Current issues and approaches to curating student research data. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 41(6), 22–25. doi:10.1002/bult.2015.1720410610
Davis, H. M., & Cross, W. M. (2015). Using a data management plan review service as a training ground for librarians. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–20. doi: 10.7710/21623309.1243
Doty, J., Herndon, J., Lyle, J., & Stephenson, L. (2014). Learning to curate. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(6), 31–34. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Doty, J., Kowalski, M. T., Nash, B. C., & O‘Riordan, S. F. (2015). Making student research data discoverable: A pilot program using Dataverse. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–25. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1234
Eaker, C. (2014). Educating researchers for effective data management. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(3), 45–46. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Fox, R. (2013). The art and science of data curation. OCLC Systems & Services, 29(4), 195–199. doi: 10.1108/OCLC-07-2013-0021
Giarlo, M. J. (2013). Academic libraries as data quality hubs. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 1(3), 1–10. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1059
Gordon, A. S., Millman, D. S., Steiger, L., Adolph, K. E., & Gilmore, R. O. (2015). Researcher-library collaborations: Data repositories as a service for researchers. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–17. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1238
Government of Canada. (2015). Draft Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management - Science.gc.ca. Retrieved from http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=83F7624E-1
Greenberg, J., White, H. C., Carrier, S., & Scherle, R. (2009). A metadata best practice for a scientific data repository. Journal of Library Metadata, 9(3/4), 194–212. doi: 10.1080/19386380903405090
Hayslett, M. (2015). Data world does not lack standards. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–5. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1245
Henderson, M. E., & Knott, T. L. (2015). Starting a research data management program based in a university library. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 34(1), 47–59. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2015.986783
Henderson, M., Raboin, R., Shorish, Y., & Van Tuyl, S. (2014). Research data management on a shoestring budget. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(6), 14–17. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Herold, P. (2015). Data sharing among ecology, evolution, and natural resources scientists: An analysis of selected publications. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–23. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1244
Huwe, T. K. (2013). Data discovery and data curation going hand in hand. Computers in Libraries, 33(3), 17–19. Retrieved from http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/
Johnston, L. R. (2014). Developing a data curation service: Step #1: Work with what you‘ve got. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(4), 45–47. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Joint Task Force on Librarian‘s Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication. (2015). Librarians‘ competencies profile for research data management. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Kqg6w6AFsdbbaxcRCx7DZ3OERnQk6E0UhQ4UeRu0Cc/edit
Knight, G. (2015). Building a research data management service for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems, 49(4), 424 - 439. doi: 10.1108/PROG-012015-0011
Knuth, S. L., Johnson, A. M., & Hauser, T. (2015). Research data services at the University of Colorado Boulder. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 41(6), 35–38. doi: 10.1002/bult.2015.1720410614
Kouper, I., Akers, K., & Lavin, M. (2013). Data curators at work: Focus on projects and experiences. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(1), 45–46. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Mannheimer, S. (2014). Ready, engage! Outreach for library data services. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 41(1), 42–44. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Mclure, M., Level, A. V, Cranston, C. L., Oehlerts, B., & Culbertson, M. (2014). Data curation: A study of researcher practices and needs. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14(2), 139–164.
Newton, M. P., Miller, C. C., & Bracke, M. S. (2011). Librarian roles in institutional repository data set collecting: Outcomes of a research library task force. Collection Management, 36(1), 53–67. doi: 10.1080/01462679.2011.530546
Ogier, A., Hall, M., Bailey, A., & Stovall, C. (2014). Data management inside the library: Assessing electronic resources data using the data asset framework methodology. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 26(2), 101–113. doi: 10.1080/1941126X.2014.910406
Raboin, R. (2015, June 13). Testimony from “Teaching research data management with the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum”, SLA 2015 Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Read, K. B., Surkis, A., Larson, C., McCrillis, A., Graff, A., Nicholson, J., & Xu, J. (2015). Starting the data conversation: Informing data services at an academic health sciences library. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 103(3), 131–135. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.103.3.005
Saunders, L. (2015). Academic libraries‘ strategic plans: Top trends and under-recognized areas. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(3), 285–291. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2015.03.011
Shen, Y., & Varvel, V. E. (2013). Developing data management services at the Johns Hopkins University. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(6), 552-557. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2013.06.002
Toups, M., & Hughes, M. (2013). When data curation isn‘t: A redefinition for liberal arts universities. Journal of Library Administration, 53(4), 223–233. doi: 10.1080/01930826.2013.865386
Varvel, V. E., & Shen, Y. (2013). Data management consulting at the Johns Hopkins University. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 19(3), 224–245. doi: 10.1080/13614533.2013.768277
Vitale, C. R. H., Marshall, B., & Nurnberger, A. (2015). You‘re in good company: Unifying campus research data services. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 41(6), 26-28. doi: 10.1002/bult.2015.1720410611
Walker, W., & Keenan, T. (2015). Going beyond availability: Truly accessible research data. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–8. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1223
White, H. C. (2014). Descriptive metadata for scientific data repositories: A comparison of information scientist and scientist organizing behaviors. Journal of Library Metadata, 14(1), 24–51. doi: 10.1080/19386389.2014.891896
Whitmire, A. L. (2015). Implementing a graduate-level research data management course: Approach, outcomes, and lessons learned. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 3(2), 1–22. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.1246
Witt, M. (2012). Co-designing, co-developing, and co-implementing an institutional data repository service. Journal of Library Administration, 52(2), 172–188. doi: 10.1080/01930826.2012.655607
Wright, S., Whitmire, A., Zilinski, L., & Minor, D. (2014). Collaboration and tension between institutions and units providing data management support. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 40(6), 18–21. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9223
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Papers published in the Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management must be the original, unpublished work of the author. Contributors are responsible for obtaining any copyright clearances required in relation to their work.
Authors submitting a paper to the Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management automatically agree to grant a limited license to DJIM if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. This license gives permission for DJIM to publish the paper in a given issue and to maintain the work in the electronic journal archive. DJIM also submits issues to institutional repositories and Open Access repositories.
Contributors agree to each reader accessing, downloading, or printing one copy of their article for their own personal use or research. All other copyrights remain with the author, subject to the requirements that any republication of the work be accompanied by an acknowledgement that the work was first published in the Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management and that the DJIM Editorial Chair must be notified of any republication of a work first published in DJIM.
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management
c/o School of Information Management
Faculty of Management
Dalhousie University
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5
Canada
Email: djim@dal.ca
Authors should recognize that, because of the nature of the Internet, the publisher has no control over unauthorized copying or editing of protected works.