Cross-Functional Policy Development for a Data Repository

Abstract

Policy can articulate the scope of work. For repositories that house data, policy can help users manage expectations,especially for individuals who are new to data sharing, or where expectations for sharing data havechanged. We cover some of the current literature around the process for writing policy, specifically focusingon policy for data collections and repositories, factors that encouraged us to create a repository policy, ourcollaborative process for creating the policy, and lessons learned. We hope that others can use our processesto build their own policy that reflects the needs of their campuses and scholars and further moves the needletoward the “Library as Publisher” model.