Data services and the librarian: Supporting early career researchers and online learners via the library
Abstract
Library aid in research data creation and usage is an important component in preparing researchers for ethical careers. Librarians as research guides, curators and advocates for open access information have been a long-established practice for some academic libraries, and while the topic of data in libraries is frequently discussed, libraries are often without guidance on how to launch these services. This paper explores data services available to online learners offered by R1 and R2 university libraries that academic libraries investigating the inclusion of data services may consider for their own research communities. While the investigator is unable to identify a common framework among these research institutions, study results demonstrate a higher proportion of services and information available in online formats by R1 institutions over R2 institutions.
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Author's Biography
Elizabeth Szkirpan is a library technical services and cultural heritage data researcher active in the academic library field since 2014. She currently serves as the Director of Bibliographic Services for the University of Tulsa McFarlin Library in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she oversees acquisitions, cataloguing, electronic resources, the Federal Depository Library and library data initiatives. Elizabeth is a double graduate of the University of Oklahoma, completing a Bachelor of Journalism with a focus on professional writing in 2014, and a Master’s of Library and Information Studies with a focus on academic librarianship and information theory in 2017.
Citation
Szkirpan, Elizabeth (2023, June 1). Data services and the librarian: Supporting early career researchers and online learners via the library. In the Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Volume 1, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.69554/LRWR4673.
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