Open AccessFinding the Connection: Research Data Management and the Office of Research
Author(s) -
Rinehart Amanda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bulletin of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2373-9223
DOI - 10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430107
Subject(s) - pooling , data management , research data , service (business) , work (physics) , knowledge management , public relations , value (mathematics) , data management plan , reuse , business , engineering management , computer science , data curation , world wide web , political science , engineering , marketing , database , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , machine learning , waste management
EDITOR'S SUMMARY Academic and research librarians can enhance the services they provide to researchers by collaborating with university offices of research. The requirement that projects have data management plans to qualify for federal funding has stimulated alignment, partnering and pooling of resources between service providers. The author's experiences in data librarian positions illustrate various routes and results of interaction, from demonstrating the value of reusing data for different purposes to promoting data ethics and best practices in data management. Librarians should seek out opportunities to collaborate with their campus research offices, understand commonalities in service to researchers and focus on data management as a complement to research professionals' work.