Abstract
While interest in research data management (RDM) services have grown, clarifying the path between traditional library responsibilities and RDM remains a challenge. While the literature has provided ideas about services and student-/researcher-focused data information literacy (DIL) competencies, nothing has yet brought these skill sets together to provide a pathway for librarians engaging in RDM. The Data Engagement Opportunities scaffold was developed to provide a strategic trajectory relating information science skills, the DIL competencies, the stages of the data life cycle, three levels of RDM engagement activities, and potential measurable outcomes. This scaffold provides direction for librarians looking to identify their current abilities and explore new opportunities.
Highlights
Research data management (RDM) services have emerged as an area of increasing importance at many academic libraries
Clarifying the interrelationship between traditional library services and RDM remains a challenge for both librarians and library administrators
The Data Engagement Opportunities scaffold was created in order to assist librarians in identifying research data management activities; affiliating those activities with the data information literacy competencies and similar information literacy competencies; locating themselves on a progressively deeper level of RDM engagement; and determining opportunities for growth and partnership
Summary
Research data management (RDM) services have emerged as an area of increasing importance at many academic libraries. When faced with overwhelming lists of possible services, skill sets, and ways to engage, it can be difficult for an individual librarian to identify where they currently have expertise, where they may wish to add new skills, and what steps might be when expanding a service or adding capacity with a new hire. This is complicated by the varying needs of institutions and the limitations of staffing and budget that any individual library can commit. The Data Engagement Opportunities scaffold was created in order to assist librarians in identifying research data management activities; affiliating those activities with the data information literacy competencies and similar information literacy competencies; locating themselves on a progressively deeper level of RDM engagement; and determining opportunities for growth and partnership
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