Abstract
This report shares the results of a Spring 2018 survey of 35 academic libraries in the United States in regard to the research data services (RDS) they offer. An executive summary presents key findings while the results section provides detailed information on the answers to specific survey questions related to data repositories, metadata, workshops, and polices.
Highlights
The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) is a consortium of 39*1 academic research libraries located across the United States
Enrollment numbers were provided from GWLA; land grant status and research rankings were obtained from 2017 IPEDS 2017 data U.S Department of Education (2017)
The results presented here can be used by GWLA members and other academic libraries as a baseline snapshot of the research data services (RDS) offered by U.S academic libraries at the time of the survey deployment
Summary
Key findings from the survey are presented here These include library instruction, data repositories, digital preservation, metadata, polices and plans, campus research data services beyond the library, and library organization. All of the GWLA institutions who answered the survey (35 of 38), offer Research Data instruction services in the form -related instruction, workshops, and/ or consultations. The most common RDS (research data services) offered by groups on campus unaffiliated with the library are:. The least common RDS offered by groups on campus unaffiliated with the library:. The most common groups offering RDS on campus beyond the library are:. This section asks respondents to provide their contact information and demographic information about the size of their institution. This section asks respondents to provide information on their institution’s RDM teaching activities and services offered, as well as information on other campus groups that offer RDM services
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