Pub Date : 2018-12-20DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1154
Jennifer Zhao, William McShea
This paper explores the data challenges of a major collection method in the field of ecology: using infrared-activated cameras to detect wildlife. One such solution, eMammal, is now available to address these struggles. We delineate the key reason behind its success: a data curator who manages an established data standard and communicates with eMammal’s users and stakeholders. We outline the tasks of this data curator, mention how they can work with data librarians, and demonstrate that the data curator position is already applicable in several biological science fields with a few examples. We end by emphasizing the growth of such a position and how it contributes to the research field.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1158
Tina Griffin, Kristin Lee, Lora C. Leligdon
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Pub Date : 2018-11-30DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1157
R. Raboin
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Pub Date : 2018-10-19DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1140
Frank Sayre, C. Bakker, J. Kelly, Megan Kocher, M. Lafferty
Objective : Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) are widely used in industry but little is known about their use in academia or the extent to which they are licensed or supported by research institutions or academic libraries. Methods : This paper describes an environmental scan conducted to determine whether major research institutions in the United States are providing enterprise ELN licenses to their users, which products they are licensing, and what role of the institutional library is playing in licensing and supporting ELNs. Results : Of the 35 universities included in our scan, 8 (23%) had an enterprise-wide license for an ELN and 10 (28%) provided some kind of support for ELNs. Of the 10 institutions that offered support for ELNs, 9 involved the library. A literature review revealed a number of barriers to adoption—from costs to the diversity of needs—that may be limiting the adoption of ELNs within research institutions. Conclusions : This research provides evidence about the current landscape of ELN support within academic institutions and the role of libraries in these initiatives.
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Pub Date : 2018-09-06DOI: 10.7191/jeslib.2018.1147
Kristin A. Briney
Dates appear regularly in research data and metadata but are a problematic data type to normalize due to a variety of potential formats. This suggests an opportunity for data librarians to assist with formatting dates, yet there are frequent examples of data librarians using diverse strategies for this purpose. Instead, data librarians should adopt the international date standard ISO 8601. This standard provides needed consistency in date formatting, allows for inclusion of several types of date-time information
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Pub Date : 2018-07-30DOI: 10.7191/jeslib.2018.1143
Joanna Thielen
This commentary describes the thoughts and perceptions of a first-time attendee to the Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit in March 2018. The author describes her initial hesitations to attend this conference as a data librarian from a medium-sized institution. But after attending, she is convinced that the RDAP Summit is for anyone interested in data, including librarians that work at medium-and small-sized institutions. After describing the format of the Summit, the highlights of attending are described, including gathering ideas related to all aspects of research data management, access
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Pub Date : 2018-07-30DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1145
A. Krzton
Librarians champion the value of openness in scholarship and have been powerful advocates for the sharing of research data. College and university administrators have recently joined in the push for data sharing due to funding mandates. However, the researchers who create and control the data usually determine whether and how data is shared, so it is worthwhile to look at what they are incentivized to do. The current scholarly publishing landscape in addition to the promotion and tenure process creates a “prisoner’s dilemma” for researchers as they decide whether to share data. This is consistent with the observation that researchers in general are eager for others to share data, but reluctant to do so themselves. If librarians encourage researchers to share data and promote openness without simultaneously addressing the academic incentive structure, those who are intrinsically motivated to share data will be selected against via the promotion and tenure process. This will cause those who do not share to be disproportionately recruited into the senior ranks of academia. To mitigate the risk of this unintended consequence, librarians must advocate for a change in incentives alongside the call for greater openness. Highly cited datasets must be given similar weight to highly cited articles in promotion and tenure decisions in order for researchers to reap the rewards of their sharing. Librarians can help by facilitating data citation to track the impact of datasets and working to persuade administrators of the value of rewarding data sharing in tenure and promotion.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1134
Scott W. H. Young, Sara Mannheimer, Doralyn Rossmann, David Swedman, Justin D. Shanks
Objective : The objective of this article is to illustrate the application of service blueprinting—a design tool that comes from the service design tradition—for assessing and improving library technology services. Setting : A mid-sized library at a public university in the western United States. Methods : A service blueprint was co-created by library and IT staff in a design workshop in order to map the operational flow of a data visualization display wall. Results : Guided by the service blueprint, the project team identified points of improvement for the service of the data visualization display wall, and developed recommendations to aid further applications of service blueprinting. Conclusions : Ultimately, service blueprinting was found to be a useful tool that can be applied to assess and improve library technology services.
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Pub Date : 2018-03-19DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1153
Matthew Murray, A. Carson
As part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) “Top Tier Initiative,” the University Libraries contributes to the development of campus infrastructure and services to support research data management (RDM) and data preservation. Positioning the Libraries within the UNLV community as both partner and site for this development, we organized a faculty-oriented Research Data Management unConference during UNLV’s Research Week. The unConference attracted researchers and high-level administration from across campus and provided a forum for engagement: It was also a means for the Libraries to learn about researcher needs related to RDM, identifying potential partners, problems, and areas of support. Bridging disciplinary silos, invited speakers from academic and administrative units gave short presentations on different aspects of data management, which were followed by in-depth discussions of participant-selected topics relevant to RDM. The unConference succeeded in creating a space for meaningful interaction, with participants expressing interest in ongoing dialogue around RDM facilitated by the Libraries. Furthermore, the interactions we facilitated and the feedback we received helped inform the Libraries’ next steps as we move the RDM conversation forward. This paper outlines the process of organizing and facilitating an unconference, lessons learned regarding outreach and researcher engagement, and potential pitfalls to avoid for library staff seeking to diversify their information-gathering strategies. Correspondence: Matthew Murray: thematthewmurray@gmail.com
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Pub Date : 2018-03-16DOI: 10.7191/JESLIB.2018.1128
Abigail H. Goben, M. Nelson
While interest in research data management (RDM) services have grown, clarifying the path between traditional library responsibilities and RDM remains a challenge. While the literature has provided ideas about services and student-/researcher-focused data information literacy (DIL) competencies, nothing has yet brought these skill sets together to provide a pathway for librarians engaging in RDM. The Data Engagement Opportunities scaffold was developed to provide a strategic trajectory relating information science skills, the DIL competencies, the stages of the data life cycle, three levels of RDM engagement activities, and potential measurable outcomes. This scaffold provides direction for librarians looking to identify their current abilities and explore new opportunities.
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