Open AccessRDAP15 Summit Report: Introduction
Author(s) -
Mannheimer Sara
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bulletin of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2373-9223
DOI - 10.1002/bult.2015.1720410607
Subject(s) - summit , outreach , mandate , documentation , library science , political science , public relations , state (computer science) , special section , engineering , computer science , physical geography , geography , engineering physics , algorithm , law , programming language
EDITOR'S SUMMARY The 2015 ASIS&T Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP) Summit presented an opportunity to explore the current state and challenges facing librarians providing research data services. From pre‐conference meetings and the opening keynote through lightning talks, posters and roundtable discussions, Summit attendees considered data education, outreach and networking and evaluation of progress, all of which are represented in the articles of this special section. Keynote speaker Claudia Neuhauser spoke of the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in research data services, equally challenging for big data and small. Special attention was paid to curating student research data and specialized documentation. A special panel examined the mandate in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo and responses to it.