Library RDM Support Basic training course for information specialists IDCC15 workshop ‘Comparing Notes: Training Librarians for Research Data Management and Open Science Support’, 11 February 2015

Context RDM Support - 11 February UvA RDM Programme RDM Support Library Data storage & sharing facilities Library & ICT Services RDM Policy Academic Affairs Website Service desk Training Not without the subject librarians…

Target audience  23 subject librarians, 42 subject areas  Experience: information literacy training, reference manager instruction, advising students and staff  Training focus on RDM knowledge, rather than skills RDM Support - 11 February 20153

Challenges  Diversity of participants: subject areas, computer skills  Time constraints: subject librarians are busy people  Content selection: what do participants need to know?  Retention: how to make knowledge stick?  Justification: timing and duration of training RDM Support - 11 February 20154

Design process RDM Support - 11 February Research: literature, RDM websites, other coursesQuestionnaire: what do participants already know?Selection of themes, useful ideas and reusable materialsDrafting materials

Themes RDM Support - 11 February 20156

Materials RDM Support - 11 February 20157

Questionnaire  Inspired by self evaluation tool from RDMRose  20 questions on research data management: rate on scale of 0 (I don’t know the answer) – 4 (I can easily answer this question)  Used before and after training RDM Support - 11 February 20158

Before training

After training

RDM Support - 11 February How can the Library support research data management? 9. How will your work change as a result of supporting research data management? beforeafterbeforeafter I don’t know2043 I hardly know3123 I have a general idea88711 I know quite well5960 I know very well

Findings  Increase of knowledge  Increase of uncertainty Time will tell… RDM Support - 11 February 2015 Unconsciously incompetent Consciously incompetent Consciously competent Unconsciously competent 12

After training RDM Support - 11 February Questionnaire: evaluationFinal assignment: writing discipline-specific web textReuse of materials Brainstorm session with Library management

Reuse of materials RDM Support - 11 February Reuse in your training? Structure and content of UvA RDM website Exercise reused in Essentials 4 Data Support Introductory workshops for researchers Librarian training at HvA

Training materials online RDM Support - 11 February 2015 Outline of the course (incl. individual DOIs of all files) Questionnaire All files in one fileset (incl. Outline and Questionnaire) 15

Thank you! RDM Support - 11 February 2015 Presentation: Mariëtte van Selm | | Images on title slidesJørgen Stamp | Slide 7, lower middle imageEdinburgh University Data Library [Data Library]. (2012, May 4). MANTRA – John MacInnes – Data documentation in secondary data analysis. Retrieved from [still from video] Slide 7, image to the rightUK Data Archive. (2011). Managing and sharing data. Training resources, p. 9 [screenshot] M. van Selm, RDM Support. Basic training course for information specialists. Presentation for the IDCC15 workshop ‘Comparing Notes: Training Librarians for Research Data Management and Open Science Support’, 11 February This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 16