2. Why Purdue University Libraries?
• Study Visit to Purdue University Libraries (3 days) and University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in early Mar 2014 (2 days)
3. • Source: Purdue University Libraries, Press, and Copyright Office Strategic Plan
2011-2016 https://www.lib.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/admin/plan2016.pdf
Purdue University Libraries, Press, and
Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2011-2016
3 Key Goals:
• Learning
• Scholarly Communication
• Global Challenges
4. • Source: Purdue University Libraries, Press, and Copyright Office Strategic Plan
2011-2016 https://www.lib.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/admin/plan2016.pdf
Purdue University Libraries, Press, and
Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2011-2016
Learning:
“Our learning goal focuses on information
literacy* and learning spaces.”
*Includes:
• digital information literacy
• science literacy
• data literacy
• health literacy, etc.
5. • Source: Purdue University Libraries, Press, and Copyright Office Strategic Plan
2011-2016 https://www.lib.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/admin/plan2016.pdf
Purdue University Libraries, Press, and
Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2011-2016
Scholarly Communication:
“Objective #3: Lead in data related scholarship
and initiatives.”
6. • Source: Purdue University Libraries, Press, and Copyright Office Strategic Plan
2011-2016 https://www.lib.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/admin/plan2016.pdf
Purdue University Libraries, Press, and
Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2011-2016
Global Challenges :
Objective #1: “Contribute to international
information literacy, learning spaces, data
management, and scholarly communication
initiatives. ”
7. For the case of Purdue, did data
management work begin with or without
a data management team first?
1 2
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1. With
2. Without
8. Purdue University Libraries – How it
began
• Dean of Libraries (James Mullins) talked to 79 departments when
he joined in 2004
• He asked liaison librarians to start talking to researchers about data
management not as a service yet but as research project first
• Re-appointed an existing librarian as the Interdisciplinary Research
Librarian
• Aligning librarian job titles with key university functions eg. IRL
‘renamed’ as Associate Dean for Research; Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs instead of ‘user services’
• Volunteer working group formed soon after
• Data and Management Specialists (‘DAM Group’) formalised in
early 2014
• Associate Dean of Research in the Library (Scott) seconded (half of
his pay from Research Office) half-time to Research Office
9. Partners for Purdue’s Case
Library
Research
office
IT
department
Sponsored
Programs
Pre-award
Services
10. Purdue University Libraries – How a liaison
librarian got involved in data management –
Case 1
• Megan (English major)
• Liaison librarian for physical earth sciences, civil
engineering, building construction
• Takes care of 500 faculty members
11. Purdue University Libraries – How a liaison
librarian got involved in data management –
Case 2
• Megan (English major)
• Liaison librarian for physical earth sciences, civil
engineering, building construction
• Takes care of 500 faculty members
12. Dean of
Libraries
Associate Dean
for Research &
Assessment
Instruction & Digital
Programs Services
Digital Collection
Services
Digital User Experience
Specialist
Distributed Data
Curation Centre
Director, Purdue
University Press;
Head, Scholarly
Publishing Services
Associate
Dean for
Planning &
Administrati
on
Director of
University
Copyright
Office
Associate Dean
for Academic
Affairs
Collection Mgt
Info Literacy
Resource Services
1st Yr & Emerging
Technologies
Licensing
Archives & Special
Collections
Health & Life Sciences
Humanities, Social Sciences,
Education, Business
Physical Sciences,
Engineering, Technology
Data & Metadata Specialists
W. W.
Booker
Chair in Info
Literacy
University
Archivist
Director,
Strategic
Communic
ation
13. Purdue University Libraries – Data &
Metadata Group 2014
• The ‘DAM’ Group provides leadership, coordination
and expertise in areas of data management and data
education. We do this by:
– Exploring, planning and designing applications,
methodologies, tools and techniques to improve data
management planning
– Working closely with liaison librarians to promote and
deliver data services, such as using Data Curation Profiles
to assess data workflow
– Coordinating data-related outreach efforts, such as using
PURR for data publishing, with subject liaisons
– Developing courses and instruction related to data
information literacy
14. Purdue University Libraries
“Research and Data Services provide
support and guidance for:
• description,
• workflow,
• management,
• discovery,
• dissemination and
• preservation of data
throughout the research lifecycle.”
Look at: https://www.lib.purdue.edu/research
15. At which stage(s) of research are Purdue’s
data management services provided?
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1. Preparing
2. During
3. End
4. All of the above
16. Purdue University Libraries – PURR
• PURR – Purdue University Research
Repository
• Research collaboration and data
management solution for Purdue
researchers and their collaborators
Watch Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0IJj7FqA8
17. Purdue University Libraries - PURR
Preparing
• Preparing
for
research
proposals
During
• During a
research
project
End
• At the
end of a
research
project
18. Purdue University Libraries – PURR
“Sharing the data that supports
your research enables other
scholars to reuse and cite your
data as well as to reproduce your
research.”
19. Purdue University Libraries – Data
Curation Profile Toolkit
Composed of four documents:
• The User Guide
• The Interviewer’s Manual
• The Interview Worksheet
• The Template
