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Better Together Partnering to Provide Data Services Karen Hogenboom, University Library Maryalice Wu, Director Applied Technologies in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
Better TogetherPartnering to Provide Data Services
Karen Hogenboom, University LibraryMaryalice Wu, Director Applied Technologies in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
Overview• Who we are• How we got started on data services,
even with limited resources• How we built our services• Our plans for the future• Challenges in providing data
services• Questions
Background of ATLAS
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Social Science Quantitative Lab (SSQL)
Data RepositoryInter Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
OCCSS and CRESS
Data Services, Statistics and GIS consulting, Telephone Surveys
Campus Collaboration with Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
Campus Restructuring and Termination of Campus Support for the Social Science
Support
Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences
•
Data Services, Statistics and GIS
consulting
Data Repository Data Archivist
Graduate Students
Survey ResearchResearch Coordinator
Graduate StudentsUndergraduate Interns
Services for LAS• Open lab• Drop in consulting• Workshops• Data preparation• Survey research
Library Context 2007-2008• Little funding for new positions• No in-house expertise available to
consult with users• Government Documents Library
slated for closure at the end of the academic year
• Scholarly Commons in early planning stages
Library’s Goals• Be more relevant to the researchers
on campus• Go beyond published statistics in
providing statistical reference service
• Help researchers to use the data in our federal depository collection
• Begin helping GIS users
Phase 1• Data Services Taskforce– Provide Electronic Data Assistance to
Campus–Making Data Sources Searchable– Sharing Resources
• Personnel and Budget– Cross Training One consultant sitting at a Reading Room computer one afternoon per week
Phase 2: Training Librarians
• 300-level geography course for GIS• Shadow ATLAS consultant
Workshops on using ICPSR and Roper data, taught by ATLASMove to more private consulting space
Phase 3: Increase Visibility• Dedicated service space• Flyers • Data Purchase Program• Dedicated librarian
GIS workshop taught by library school studentService offered 4-5 afternoons weekly
Phase 4: Expand Services• Add Survey Research Lab as a partner• Permanent committee supports instruction and
data purchase program• Expanded space for Scholarly Commons
Additional workshops on finding and downloading Census data, using Census data in ArcGIS, using ICPSR for data management Service offered by librarians and partners five after- noons per week
Future Plans• Permanent GIS Specialist• Upcoming Research Data Services
initiative and staffing• Granular workshops on managing
data
Challenges
• Promotional – getting the word out!• Appropriate scope of services• Appropriate depth of services, which
leads to more challenges…– Access to expertise– Range of expertise
