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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792280103321
• Autore: Krier Laura
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Illinois : , : ALA TechSource, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-55570-977-X; 1-55570-975-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Collana: LITA guides Data management for libraries
• Disciplina: 025.042
• Soggetti: Academic libraries - Relations with faculty and curriculum; Academic libraries - Information technology; Information storage and retrieval systems; Data libraries; Database management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.