Libraries as Distributors of Geospatial Data: Data Management Policies as Tools for Managing Partnerships

Steinhart, Gail

doi:10.1353/lib.2006.0063

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“…Macdonald and Martinez (2005) trace the history of data librarianship in the United Kingdom, showing how practitioners have moved beyond supporting dataset discovery and desktop analysis to repository, reference, and education services. A special issue of Library Trends on geographic information systems (GIS) developments in the United States provides insights into formulating a data management and distribution policy for the Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (Steinhart, 2006), geospatial data collection building at Harvard University (Florance, 2006), and developing specialized support services, including GIS instruction, project consultation, and software training at the University of Kansas (Houser, 2006). At MIT, a data librarian position with a social sciences focus was established around 2004 and then progressed to working on open-data issues on campus (Duranceau, 2008).…”

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Bibliometrics and Research Data Management Services: Emerging Trends in Library Support for Research

Corrall¹,

Kennan²,

Afzal³

2013

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Developments in network technologies, scholarly communication, and national policy are challenging academic libraries to find new ways to engage with research communities in the economic downturn. Librarians are responding with service innovations in areas such as bibliometrics and research data management. Previous surveys have investigated research data support within North America and other research services globally with small samples. An online multiple-choice questionnaire was used to survey bibliometric and data support activities of 140 libraries in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, including current and planned services, target audiences, service constraints, and staff training needs. A majority of respondents offered or planned bibliometrics training, citation reports, and impact calculations but with significant differences between countries. Current levels of engagement in data management were lower than for bibliometrics, but a majority anticipated future involvement, especially in technology assistance, data deposit, and policy development. Initiatives were aimed at multiple constituencies, with university administrators being important clients and partners for bibliometric services. Gaps in knowledge, skills, and confidence were significant constraints, with near-universal support for including bibliometrics and particularly data management in professional education and continuing development programs. The study also found that librarians need a multilayered understanding of the research environment.

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Section: Research Data Managementmentioning

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Bibliometrics and Research Data Management Services: Emerging Trends in Library Support for Research

Corrall¹,

Kennan²,

Afzal³

2013

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“…This is also prioritized by the strategic policy for the European Research Area (ERA) (COM 2012 392 Final) highlighting on the one hand, more effective national research systems, and on the other hand, the need for optimal circulation, access and transfer of scientific knowledge. Better management of geospatial data from academic institutions could directly contribute to the ERA priorities and consequently impact the improvement of research infrastructures and the re-use of information (Steinhart, 2006). There is an urgent need to specifically treat geospatial data as a specific category of datasets by its own, given:…”

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“…Libraries can be effective in handling massive and heterogeneous geospatial datasets, thereby contributing actively to the development of geospatial (cyber)-infrastructures (Yang et al, 2010;Wright & Wang, 2011), as they possess expertise in areas like collection development, archival practices, cataloguing and indexing, development of platforms for discovery and distribution, education and user support (Steinhart, 2006). Given the increased pressure in the researcher´s community to make research (spatial) data available (Little, 2012), librarians and libraries as key stakeholders involved in boosting the access to scientific information, could substantially contribute to the process of opening geospatial data for making research data accessible and increase the rate of reuse of previous research results.…”

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“…The lack of "Data confidence" (Lewis, 2010, p. 145-68) Thus, important efforts have to be made if universities and academic institutions want to meet the European Commission's requirements for managing geospatial data and fostering its use. Libraries, as "effective institutions to serve as distributors of geospatial data within larger spatial data infrastructures (SDIs)" (Steinhart, 2006) could definitely contribute to universities' success in proper use and reuse of geographic information generated inside the university's walls.…”

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Geoskills Among Academic Librarians in Greece, Cyprus and Spain

Vardakosta

Aguilar-Moreno

Granell-Canut

et al. 2016

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Existing literature on Geographic Information (GI) and libraries points out that American and Canadian librarians have long been aware of the intimate relationship between geospatial data and libraries. In Europe, though, there is almost no literature to this regard, and academic libraries that offer GI services are the exception. Despite the fact that European and National institutions are putting lots of efforts forward for making open data freely available to society, and for supporting full programmes to generate business out of it, this paper examines why libraries and librarians are not perceived as key players in the (geo) data-driven economy.Starting with a survey addressed to academic librarians (in three European countries: Greece, Cyprus and Spain) about their GI knowledge and skills, the paper attempts to shed some light on the librarians' perception about their role in GI management, and to identify to what extent they are ready for providing GI services to their communities. The ultimate goal of this paper is to serve as a triggering factor to wake up European academic libraries, Librarianship programmers and librarians themselves, to encourage them to look for opportunities in geospatial data management.

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“…18 Data sharing may even, Gail Steinhart argues, enable researchers to address "errors in data in response to feedback from users." 19 Borgman contends, "If the rewards of the data deluge are to be reaped, then researchers who produce those data must share them." 20 Researchers, however, perceive and must negotiate a variety of barriers (technological, social, organizational, financial, and other) related to sharing their data.…”

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Data Curation: A Study of Researcher Practices and Needs

McLure¹,

Level²,

Cranston³

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Colorado State University librarians conducted five focus groups with thirty-one faculty, research scientists, and research associates. The groups explored: (1) The nature of data sets that these researchers create or maintain; (2) How participants manage their data; (3) Needs for support that the participants identify in relation to sharing, curating, and preserving their data; and (4) The feasibility of adapting the Purdue University Libraries' Data Curation Profiles Toolkit 1 interview protocol for use in focus groups with researchers. The authors report their review of related literature, themes that emerged from analysis of the focus groups, and implications for related library services.

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Libraries as Distributors of Geospatial Data: Data Management Policies as Tools for Managing Partnerships

Abstract: Libraries can bring substantial expertise to bear on the collection, curation, and distribution of digital geospatial information, making them trusted and competent partners for organizations that wish to distribute geospatial data.

Cited by 24 publications

References 7 publications

Bibliometrics and Research Data Management Services: Emerging Trends in Library Support for Research

Bibliometrics and Research Data Management Services: Emerging Trends in Library Support for Research

Geoskills Among Academic Librarians in Greece, Cyprus and Spain

Data Curation: A Study of Researcher Practices and Needs

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