Data management for libraries : a LITA guide / Laura Krier and Carly A. Strasser ; Hun Thomas, cover image.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krier, Laura, author.

Strasser, Carly A., author.

Contributor:

Thomas, Hun, cover designer.

Series:

LITA guides Data management for libraries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.

Academic libraries.

Academic libraries--Information technology.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Data centers.

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : ALA TechSource, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This guide offers a start-to-finish primer on understanding, building, and maintaining a data management service, showing another way the academic library can be invaluable to researchers.

Contents:

Data Management for Libraries; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What Is Data Management?; Types of Research Data; Sharing Data; What Is a Data Management Plan?; What Is Data Curation and the Data Lifecycle?; What Does This Have to Do with the Library?; What's in It for Faculty?; Notes; Chapter 2: Starting a New Service; Collaborating; Data Lifecycle; Training and Instruction; Staffing; Notes; Chapter 3: Data Management Plans: An Overview; Do Researchers Need Help with Data Management Plans?; The Role of Information Professionals; Motivating the Researcher to Create a Data Management Plan

General Advice about Data Management PlansThe Main Components of a Data Management Plan; Funder Requirements; Notes; Chapter 4: The Data Management Interview; So Where Do You Start?; Talking to Researchers; Notes; Chapter 5: Metadata; Descriptive Metadata; Administrative Metadata; Structural Metadata; Metadata Services; Notes; Chapter 6: Data Preservation; Storage versus Preservation and Archiving; Repository Types; Preservation Costs; Preservation behind the Scenes; Preservation Services; Notes; Chapter 7: Access; The Role of Identifiers; The Benefits of Access; Restricting Access

Open AccessSelecting a Repository and Submitting Data; Institutional Repositories; If a Researcher Does Not Want to Submit; Notes; Chapter 8: Data Governance Issues; Why Data Governance?; Stakeholders; Current Stat us of Data Governance; Privacy and Confidentiality Issues; Future Directions; Notes; Afterword; Appendixes; Appendix A: Resources for Institutional Repositories; Appendix B: Sample Data Librarian Job Descriptions; Appendix C: Sample Data Management Plans; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55570-977-X

1-55570-975-3

OCLC:

877770469