ABSTRACT In the era of the data deluge librarians are staking their claim to be involved in research data support and curation, and new roles are emerging. In 2011 Edith Cowan University Library completed a Seeding the Commons project funded by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) that sought to identify and describe a selection of data sets produced by researchers at the university. A goal of the project was the collection and description of twelve data sets that could be shared. We were very successful in that ours was the first ANDS project to be completed in Western Australia, with a total of sixteen data sets collected. As part of the project, the librarians involved learned new skills, including conducting data interviews, describing data using the RIF-CS schema, and understanding the many issues surrounding the management of research data. As a result of the project, researchers' data management requirements were identified, and gaps in the services and infrastructure available to meet these needs started to become clear. Librarians' skills in assisting researchers with data management have also become obvious, and library services to support researchers are now being developed, as a secondary outcome of this project

1. Managing Research Data:
New Roles for Librarians
Constance Wiebrands & Julia Gross

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6. What researchers
want

7. Do librarians have the
skills needed?
Re-skilling for Research
(Auckland, 2012)

8. 9 skills gaps
1. Ability to advise on preserving
research outputs
2. Knowledge to advise on data
management and curation
3. Knowledge on complying with
funder mandates, incl open
access
(Auckland, 2012)

9. 4. Knowledge to advise on
potential data manipulation tools
5. Knowledge to advise on data
mining
6. Knowledge to advocate, and
advise on, the use of metadata
(Auckland, 2012)

10. 7. Ability to advise on the
preservation of project records
8. Knowledge of sources of
research funding
9. Skills to develop metadata
schema
(Auckland, 2012)

11. Formal training?

12. Informal learning?

13. Questions?

14. References
Auckland, M (2012), Re-skilling for Research, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) report http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/re-
skilling-research
Corrall, S (2012), Skills Which Librarians Need, presentation at “Clarifying The Roles Of Libraries In Research Data
Management: A Discussion Day To Find Creative Solutions”, RL UK http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/clarifying-roles-
libraries-research-data-management-discussion-day-find-creative-solutions
Institute for the Future (2011), Future Work Skills 2020 report http://apolloresearchinstitute.com/node/52
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