Data Curation in the Research Library Sarah Pickle Penn State University Libraries Brown Bag September 30, 2014

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND PhD Comparative Literature Cornell University Is this the culmination of my formal education? by s. pickle

ITHAKA S + R Research Consulting Training

ITHAKA S + R Research Consulting Training

CLIR / DLF POSTDOC

SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CURATION FELLOW

MY BLURB Are you applying for funding that requires a data management plan? Do you have data that need to be organized better, described more fully, and stored securely, perhaps for collaboration or publication? The University Libraries (UL) has recently created a position to support the research data needs of social science faculty and students at Penn State. Sarah Pickle is the UL’s new social science data curation fellow, and she is available to support you and your data in every step of the research process, including grant writing and project planning; data gathering, documentation, and storage; and data deposit and dissemination. Whether your data are quantitative or qualitative, feel free to contact her for assistance at | 330 W Pattee |

SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CURATION FELLOW

WHAT IS / ARE DATA ?

WHAT IS / ARE ( RESEARCH ) DATA ?

Evidence.

WHAT IS / ARE ( RESEARCH ) DATA ? Evidence. quantitative or qualitative.

WHAT IS / ARE ( RESEARCH ) DATA ? Evidence. quantitative or qualitative. and their interdependencies.

SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CURATION FELLOW

ACAUTIONARY TALE

PHEW! (NOT?) A CAUTIONARY TALE

PHEW!  YES! A CAUTIONARY TALE

DATA CURATION Ongoing work to support data so that they are accessible and secure and so that research integrity is ensured.

DATA CURATION Ongoing work to support data so that they are accessible and secure and so that research integrity is ensured.

DATA CURATION Ongoing work to support data so that they are accessible and secure and so that research integrity is ensured. repeatable · reproducible · reusable · replicable

DATA CURATION Ongoing work to support data so that they are discoverable and secure and so that research integrity is ensured. repeatable · reproducible · reusable · replicable

DATA CURATION Ongoing work to support data so that they are accessible and secure and so that research integrity is ensured. repeatable · reproducible · reusable · replicable

ACT I.

DATA MANAGEMENT collect store share plan

ACT II.

DATA CURATION collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING store + preserve share plan TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING

ACT III.

DATA CURATION IN OUR RESEARCH LIBRARIES

“It’s an extension of the library’s mission to facilitate the creation of knowledge.” Mike Furlough

DATA CURATION AT PSU LIBRARIES collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING share plan TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING store + preserve

DATA CURATION AT PSU LIBRARIES collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING share plan TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING store + preserve

DATA CURATION AT PSU LIBRARIES collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING share plan store + preserve TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING }

DATA CURATION AT PSU LIBRARIES collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING share plan TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING store + preserve consultations } }

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL …

IS BY HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU NEED.

SO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE AND WHAT DO YOU NEED ?

THANK YOU !