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. 2019 Jul;107(3):432-441.
doi: 10.5195/jmla.2019.545. Epub 2019 Jul 1.

A model for initiating research data management services at academic libraries

Kevin B Read  1 , Jessica Koos  2 , Rebekah S Miller  3 , Cathryn F Miller  4 , Gesina A Phillips  5 , Laurel Scheinfeld  6 , Alisa Surkis  7
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A model for initiating research data management services at academic libraries

Kevin B Read et al. J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Jul.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Apr;108(2):352. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2020.947. Epub 2020 Apr 1. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020. PMID: 32256245 Free PMC article.

Abstract

Background: Librarians developed a pilot program to provide training, resources, strategies, and support for medical libraries seeking to establish research data management (RDM) services. Participants were required to complete eight educational modules to provide the necessary background in RDM. Each participating institution was then required to use two of the following three elements: (1) a template and strategies for data interviews, (2) the Teaching Toolkit to teach an introductory RDM class, or (3) strategies for hosting a data class series.

Case presentation: Six libraries participated in the pilot, with between two and eight librarians participating from each institution. Librarians from each institution completed the online training modules. Each institution conducted between six and fifteen data interviews, which helped build connections with researchers, and taught between one and five introductory RDM classes. All classes received very positive evaluations from attendees. Two libraries conducted a data series, with one bringing in instructors from outside the library.

Conclusion: The pilot program proved successful in helping participating librarians learn about and engage with their research communities, jump-start their teaching of RDM, and develop institutional partnerships around RDM services. The practical, hands-on approach of this pilot proved to be successful in helping libraries with different environments establish RDM services. The success of this pilot provides a proven path forward for libraries that are developing data services at their own institutions.

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(A) Percentage of attendees’ course recommendations to others; (B) percentage of attendees’ indications of using what they learned in their work; (C) percentage of attendees’ ratings of the difficulty of presented material; (D) percentage of attendees’ ratings of the effectiveness of the instructors’ presentations
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