Open AccessDeveloping a data curation service: Step #1: Work with what you've got
Author(s) -
Johnston Lisa R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2373-9223
DOI - 10.1002/bult.2014.1720400416
Subject(s) - data curation , workflow , metadata , digital curation , world wide web , mandate , service (business) , reuse , work (physics) , computer science , data management plan , scholarly communication , research data , data management , data science , library science , knowledge management , database , engineering , business , political science , publishing , mechanical engineering , marketing , law , waste management
EDITOR'S SUMMARY The mandate by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to improve access to federally funded research makes responsible data curation by academic libraries more important than ever. Libraries should provide curation services covering not only deposit and access but also appraisal, description, metadata creation, format transformation, archiving and preservation. A data curation pilot project by the University of Minnesota Libraries demonstrated an effective workflow model to curate research data and facilitate its reuse. Five research datasets were selected for the pilot, each analyzed by a separate team of library, information and technology professionals. The pilot provided groundwork for more robust data curation services and identified necessary support infrastructure.