Data Management

A Practical Guide for Librarians

By (author) Margaret E. Henderson

Publication date:

25 October 2016

Length of book:

214 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

278x215mm
8x11"

ISBN-13: 9781442264380

Libraries organize information and data is information, so it is natural that librarians should help people who need to find, organize, use, or store data. Organizations need evidence for decision making; data provides that evidence. Inventors and creators build upon data collected by others. All around us, people need data. Librarians can help increase the relevance of their library to the research and education mission of their institution by learning more about data and how to manage it.

Data Management will guide readers through:

Understanding data management basics and best practices.
Using the reference interview to help with data management
Writing data management plans for grants.
Starting and growing a data management service.
Finding collaborators inside and outside the library.
Collecting and using data in different disciplines.

Dedication
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. What is Data and Why Should Librarians be Involved?
Chapter 2. Understanding Research and the Role of Data
Chapter 3. Best Practices for Working with Research Data
Chapter 4. Data Interviews
Chapter 5. Storing, Curating, and Preserving Data
Chapter 6. Documentation and Metadata
Chapter 7. Publishing and Sharing Data
Chapter 8. Writing Data Management Plans
Chapter 9. Starting Data Management Services
Chapter 10. Leveraging Partnerships
Chapter 11. Expanding RDM Service
Chapter 12. Teaching Data
Chapter 13. Reusing Data
Chapter 14. Data Management Roles for Librarians

A Glossary of Data and Data Management Terms
Index
About the Author

Henderson does an excellent job of encapsulating and applying techniques from the growing body of RDM literature, as well as including her own perspective from her extensive experience at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her advice on how to approach researchers and librarian colleagues is very honest, and reminds us that those who are not in “our world” see things in different ways.... The book is strong.... [T]his inexpensive book is a great place to start for anyone not wholly familiar with RDM and its services who has had the “deer-in-headlights” experience of being tasked with learning more and developing a plan for RDM services in their library.