Academic libraries and research data services
Subtitle: current practices and plans for the future : an ACRL white paper
By: Carol Tenopir, Ben Birch, Suzie Allard
Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Academic libraries; Research; Research libraries; Reference services (Libraries)
Description: "As science becomes more collaborative, data-intensive, and computational, academic researchers are faced with a range of data management needs. Combine these needs with funding directives that require data management planning, and there is both a need and an imperative for research data services in colleges and universities. Academic libraries may be ideal centers for research data service activities on campuses, providing unique opportunities for academic libraries to become even more active participants in the knowledge creation cycle in their institution. Recently the academic library community has identified data curation as one of the top ten trends in 2012. Some academic libraries are already engaged in these activities, and others are examining ways they can best provide a range of research data services"--page 3.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46).

Available also through the ACRL Web site as a PDF.