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A Study of Faculty Data
Behaviors and Attitudes at a
Teaching-Centered University
Marisa Ramírez, Digital Repository Librarian
Jeanine Scaramozzino, Science and Mathematics Librarian & Data Services Coordinator
Dr. Karen McGaughey, Statistics Department
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Are you a:
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Science Librarian
GIS/Data Librarian
Digital Repository/Digital Collection Librarian
Library Leadership/Administration
Other
Is your library:
• Unaware of data management & data curation
• Vaguely acknowledging the notion of maybe, possibly
thinking about data curation activities and services
• At the initial phases of developing data management &
curation services
• Currently offering a set of data management, curation
and consultation services
Do you have a sense of your campus’
data stewardship needs?
• Yes
• No
What is Data Curation?
“the active and ongoing management of data
…usefulness to scholarship, science, and
education…curation includes activities that enable
data discovery, retrieval, maintenance, and reuse
over time…this includes authentication, archiving,
management, preservation, retrieval and
representation…”
--University of Illinois GSLIS
Background
• Increasing demand by funding agencies, researchers,
taxpayers for open data
• Journals are developing data deposit policies
• Interoperability & reuse important for cross-disciplinary
endeavors
• Evidence that scholars lack the knowledge to manage
their data effectively
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Data + Librarians?
• Librarians are stewards of the scholarly record
• Traditional strengths (collecting, organizing) can be
applied to assist with this “data deluge”
• Libraries have cross-campus relationships
• Libraries provide related value-added services, like
digital publishing, copyright consultation, scholarly
communication support
• Libraries increasingly have infrastructure to share and
preserve digital content
Cal Poly Profile
• Member, California State
University system
• Master's institution
• 19,000+ students, primarily
undergraduate
• Teaching-centered campus
• 1,235 Faculty
• Polytechnic curriculum o Engineering, Architecture, Science,
Agriculture, Business, Liberal Arts
o “Learn By Doing”
About the Study
• Do faculty value and use optimal methods for data
preservation, data sharing and data education?
• Statistical, comparative study
• 18 questions
• Web survey distributed to 331 CoSaM faculty
• Out of 131 Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty, 82
Respondents
• Biology, Chemistry, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Physics,
Statistics
• 62.6% response rate
Findings :: Back-up
• Faculty migrate and reuse their data and believe their
data will be of future value
• Faculty lack proper back-up procedures
• Primary and backup copies are stored in the same
location, risking catastrophic loss
• 94%: Primary copy of data stored on office
computer
• Top back-up locations include external hard drive & office
computer
Findings :: Reuse, Sharing
Faculty believe:
• sharing data is important…
• including data management costs in grant applications
is important..
• having a preservation plan in place is important…
BUT only a handful do so!
Findings:: Sharing, Description
• Few faculty are aware of criteria for the creation of
descriptive information to aid in the discovery & reuse
of data
• <10% report being knowledgeable of or frequently use
criteria
• While the majority of faculty believe it is important to
share data with others (and that their colleagues do
the same), fewer than half report sharing data
Findings :: Responsibility
• Students and faculty are important audiences for
data outreach programs
• 93% faculty are personally responsible for their
data both during and after data collection; 40%:
Students are also responsible during data
collection
• Faculty do not believe that other entities should
be responsible for long-term care of data
• Includes libraries, campus IT, external project
partners, professional organizations, disciplinary
archives
Challenges & Opportunities for the Library
• The Library is not perceived as a
resource for data stewardship
• Opportunities for collaboration
with other University
Administrative Offices
• Opportunities for mutual
engagement, teaching and
learning
Opportunity for educational service
• Faculty recognize the need to become informed on
best practices & are open to related education
• Utilize existing resources:
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Digital Curation & Preservation Bibliography
Digital Curation Centre
JISC
University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Virginia Library
MIT Libraries
CDL's UC3
» Data Management Plan Tool
Data Services at Cal Poly
• Increased interest as a result of the survey
• Online resources: http://libguides.calpoly.edu/data
• Promoted during Office of Research & Graduate
Programs seminars
• Coordination with Grants Development Office &
Center for Teaching and Learning
Data Services at Cal Poly
• Recent librarian job postings include data curation
activities
• GIS and Data Services Program in development
• CR&L Preprint: “A Study of Faculty Data Curation
Behaviors and Attitudes at a Teaching-Centered
University” http://goo.gl/ASqKE
Image Credits
• IPCC Report 2007 by Wojtek Felendzer. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
• Four Stages of Data Loss © Jorge Cham
• Ones and Zeros by Ivan Plata. CC BY-NC 2.0
• Librarian by Musgo Dumio Momio. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• Blue Screen of Death by Anthony Catalano. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• Mirrored by Dave Edwards. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
• Hiding by Ceridwen. CC BY-NC 2.0
• A Glass Half Full by Sarah and Mike Scott. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
• Integration by Eugen Stoll. CC BY-NC 2.0
Marisa Ramírez
Digital Repository Librarian
[email protected]
Jeanine Scaramozzino
Science and Mathematics Librarian & Data Services Coordinator
[email protected]
Karen McGaughey, PhD
Statistics Department
[email protected]
Presentation available at http://goo.gl/MmDuZ
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