This is a copy of my presentation I did while interviewing for the position of Data Research Librarian at Florida State University.

1. Current Trends in
Data Librarianship
and Ideas for
Application in
Research Libraries
Renaine Julian
March 13, 2014

2. Overview
• Defining research data
• Current trends in data
librarianship
• Data management and the data
lifecycle
• Issues in data librarianship
• Applications for FSU Libraries

3. Research data defined
• “Data are outputs of research,
inputs to scholarly publications
and inputs to subsequent
research and learning” (Borgman 2007)
• Data’s double role:
– Product
– Source

4. Trends in Data Librarianship
• Data curation
• Data management planning
• Data collection and aggregation
• Imbedded Librarianship

5. Data Curation
• Data Types
– Digital content from libraries
– Administrative
– Primary research data
(Neubaer (2011)
• Preserving primary data
– Unique observations
– Enhancing future research

6. Data management defined
“the development and execution of
architectures, policies, practices and
procedures that properly manage the
full data lifecycle needs of an
enterprise.“ (Mosley 2007)

7. Data Lifecycle
Block and Kramer (2010)

8. Data Management Plan
• Basic Elements:
1. Types of data produced
2. Data and metadata standards
3. Policies for access and sharing
4. Policies for re-use and distribution
Source: California Digital Library Data Management Planning Tool
(https://dmp.cdlib.org/)
• Funding Requirements
– National Science Foundation
– National Institute of Health

9. Data Wranglers
• Small Data vs. Big Data
• Aggregating project and
discipline specific resources
• Finding the hard to find

10. An “Informationist”
• Part of active research team
• Combination of LIS and subject
matter expertise
• Roles
– Advice on DM and Curation
– Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
– Biliometric and network analysis
Federer (2013)
Image source: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/

11. Access and Collaboration
• Faculty Engagement
– FSU Faculty
– Other institutions
• Open Access/Open Analysis
• Data’s potential value
Image Source: http://fclaweb.fcla.edu/FDA_documentation

12. Issues in Data Librarianship
• Making faculty aware of data
research services
• Lack of expertise in LIS field
• Librarians in competition
• Possible pushback

13. Government Data
• US Census
– American Fact Finder
– TIGER
• Federal Government
• State Agencies
• Local Government
Image Source: Florida Historic Capitol Museum: http://www.flhistoriccapitol.gov/
Photo Source: https://www.bebr.ufl.edu/
Photo Source: http://www.floridajobs.org/Photo source: http://www.bea.gov/
Photo Source: https://explore.data.gov/catalog/next-gen

14. GIS and Spatial Data
• Interdisciplinary
• From data to spatial data
• Thematic and interactive
mapping
• FSU Spatial Data Repository
Image Source: Tallahassee Leon County GIS (http://www.tlcgis.org/)Image Source: www.fgdl.org

15. The Libraries’ Data Expert
• Subject librarians
• Research Consultations
• Library planning and
programming

17. Instruction
• Data Management
• Research methods and statistics
courses
• Interdisciplinary GIS and spatial
data consultation and instruction

18. Questions?

19. Works Cited
Borgman, C.L. (2007) Scholarship in the Digital Age : Information, infrastructure, and the
Internet. Cambridge, MA. : MIT Press
Neubaer, W. (2011) Long-term Preservation of Research Data: Challenge and
Opportunity for Academic Libraries in the future. International Conference on Library
and Information Science
Data Management Plan: Sample Plan Created at the DataONE Best Practices
Workshop - Santa Fe NM 7/2011 Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations, Mauna
Loa Observatory, Hawaii, 2011-2013 from:
https://dmp.cdlib.org/documents/Sample_Plan_DataOne.pdf
Mosley, M. (2007) DAMA-Data Management Body of Knowledge Introduction and Project
Status. Retrieved from:
http://www.dama.org/files/public/di_dama_dmbok_guide_presentation_2007.pdf.
Block, W.C. & Kramer, S. (2010) The Lifecycle of Social Science Research Data:
Enabling Discovery through Metadata and Search Tools (PowerPoint slides).
Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/17472.
Federer, L. (2013) The Librarian as a Research Informationist: A case study. Journal of
the Medical Librarianship Association. 101(4)