Discussing “eScience and the Evolution of Library Services”

Embedded Data Librarianship: A Case Study of Providing Data Management Support for a Science Department

“…Although academic librarians may be leveraging their traditional technical skills in metadata, information/data organization, and curation for these projects, they are viewed by the researchers as trusted partners and are approached for collaboration beginning with the early stages of research projects, sometimes even invited to apply for grants together with the researchers (Carpenter et al 2011). When examining the librarians' potential roles at each stage of the research life cycle-from generating ideas, writing proposals, finding interdisciplinary partners, and performing research, to publishing and preserving research results-a group of health science librarians easily identified unique contributions that librarians are able to bring to the table, such as helping researchers identify existing data resources, demonstrating impact of their research, performing effective data management, and using metadata to facilitate research results discovery (Hamasu, Jones, and Kelly 2012). Successful research data services can broaden the range of interactions between librarians and researchers and thus create additional niches for practicing embedded librarianship.…”

Analyzing Data Management Plans: Where Librarians Can Make a Difference

“…Hamasu et al report that at a discussion of twentytwo librarians, the consensus was that "training will be essential to apply their traditional knowledge and abilities in new ways" 34 and a useful training method is to have handson experience. Examining the contents of DMPs provided the authors the opportunity to better understand how faculty consider and approach planning for managing their data, and to identify areas of need where librarians could provide assistance.…”