Center for Information and Communication Studies

Research Data Services in European

Libraries: Current Offerings and Plans

for the Future Carol Tenopir

University of Tennessee

Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki

and

Wolfram Horstmann

University of Gottingen

LIBER Survey Builds on Previous

DataONE Library Surveys

Library Baseline (2010)

Follow-up for comparison (2014)

Citations: 66

838 downloads

(published Dec 2015)

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LIBER Survey Responding Libraries

Survey Respondents

North: 19%

East: 17%West: 51%

South: 13%

LIBER Academic Library Membership

West: 53%

East: 16%

South: 17%

North: 15%

Key Findings

1. LIBER academic libraries offer and are

planning a range of Research Data

Services, but…

…Consultative RDS are most common

…Fewer libraries offer technical RDS

2. There are some regional differences

3. Libraries use a variety of strategies for

developing staff skills

1. LIBER academic libraries offer and are

planning a range of Research Data

Services

RDS offered by most libraries currently

43%

44%

46%

54%

66%

77%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Outreach/collaboration with otherRDS providers

Consulting on data and metadatastandards

Consulting on data mgt plans

Training colleagues on RDS

Involved in policydevelopment/planning

Discussing RDS with others Consultative

Consultative

Consultative

Consultative

Consultative

Consultative

RDS offered continued

26%

32%

35%

37%

38%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

ID datasets

Direct participation with researchers

Creating webguides

Providing ref. support for finding/citingdata

Providing tech. support for RDS

Consultative

Consultative

Consultative

Technical

Technical

Currently offered and future plans for

consultative-type services

77%66%

54% 46% 44% 43% 35% 37% 32%

15%25%

34% 43% 42% 41% 49% 49%

32%

8% 8% 13% 11% 14% 16% 16% 15%

36%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Yes No, but plan to No, and no plans

Currently offered and future plans for technical-

type services

38%26% 25% 26%

7%

42%48% 44% 43%

30%

21% 26% 31% 30%

63%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Yes No, but plan to No, and no plans

2) There are some regional differences

Regional differences in consultative RDS

availability

60%

29%

65%

36%

86%

50%

90%

46% 47%

29%20%

27%

30%

43%

25%

55%

10%

21%

5%

46% 43%

41% 60%

64%

10%

29%

10% 9% 4%

29%

5% 9% 9%

29%20%

9%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

West East NorthSouth West East NorthSouth West East NorthSouth

Training colleagues on RDS Discussing RDS with others Provide suppport forfinding/citing data

Yes Plan to No, no plans

Regional differences in technical RDS

availability

33%22%

5%

46%37%

19%5%

18%

36%

17% 14% 18%

44%

39%67%

55%

40%

25%60%

64%40%

39% 48%

64%

22%

39%29% 23%

56%

35%

18% 25%

44%38%

18%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

West East North South West East North South West East North South

ID Datasets Prepare data Create/transformdata/metadata

Yes Plan to No, no plans

3) Libraries have a variety of strategies for

developing staff skills

Have you hired staff for RDS in the last 12

months?

38,80%

61,20%

Yes

No

Has your library provided opportunities for

library staff to develop skills related to RDS?

83,9%

16,1%

Yes

No

Which of the following opportunities has your

library provided for library staff to develop skills

related to RDS?

9%

47%

59%

60%

78%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Collaboration with others withskills related to RDS

In-house staff workshops

Support for staff to join workinggroups related to RDS

Support for staff to take coursesrelated to RDS

Support for staff to attendconferences & workshops

Staff Skills Development

Strategies

Collaborated with another institution to develop a skills-

based MOOC

Hired staff for projects (not permanent)

Moved staff from other support

unit [ITS]

Refocused an existing role

Dramatically increase the workload of

some poor individual librarian

Tools for RDS Education and Assistance

https://www.dataone.org/education-modules

DataONE Education Modules

1. Why Data Management

2. Data Sharing

3. Data Management Planning

4. Data Entry and Manipulation

5. Data Quality Control and Assurance

6. Data Protection and Backups

7. Metadata

8. How to Write Quality Metadata

9. Data Citation

10.Analysis and Workflows

11.Legal and Policy Issues

Thank You!

Carol Tenopir-University of Tennessee

Sanna Talja-University of Tampere

Wolfram Horstmann-University of Gottingen

Birgit Schmidt-University of Gottingen

Elina Late-University of Tampere

Lynn Baird- University of Idaho

Robert Sandusky- University of Illinois-Chicago

Suzie Allard-University of Tennessee

Dane Hughes-University of Tennessee

Danielle Pollock-University of Tennessee