Taking Stock of CAR in your Library Researchers & CAR Specialists Margot Williams The Washington Post SLA June 2004.

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Taking Stock of CAR in your Library Researchers & CAR Specialists Margot Williams The Washington Post SLA June 2004

Core Missions Researcher/Librarian –Providing answers –Providing access to information –Organizing & maintaining collection –Training CAR Specialist –Data analysis on- demand –Cost/benefit analysis of data projects –Find patterns in data that lead to stories –Guide and help write data projects –Training

Skills & Tools Researcher/Librarian –Search logic & strategy –Online resources –Offline & offsite resources –Text archiving and retrieval –Text processing –Spreadsheets CAR Specialist –Spreadsheets –Relational databases –Statistical analysis –Programming languages –GIS –Social network analysis

Computer-assisted Reporting & Research Researcher –Daily stories –Graphics –Weekenders –Long-term projects –Intranet resources CAR Specialist –Weekenders –Long-term projects –In-house database resources for newsroom access –Dailies

The Process Researcher/Librarian MANAGING UNSTRUCTURED DATA Info retrieval Info capture Info organization & categorization CAR Specialist MANAGING STRUCTURED DATA Data capture Data mining Data analysis

Information-handling Tasks Researcher/Librarian –Selecting –Negotiating –Acquiring –Processing –Organizing/Cataloging –Maintaining –Archiving CAR Specialist –Negotiating –FOIA/Legal –Cleaning –Processing –Data Dictionary –Maintaining –Data Warehousing

On the Web Spheres of Influence: Bush Campaign Pioneers – srv/politics/pioneers/pioneers_spheres.htmlhttp:// srv/politics/pioneers/pioneers_spheres.html Guantanamo: a Holding Cell in the War on Terror – dyn/articles/A May1.htmlhttp:// dyn/articles/A May1.html

Partnership between researchers and CAR specialists Complement--Work separately on different parts of complicated big projects. Supplement--Work together on the same parts of complicated big projects. Synergy--Cross-fertilization of CAR and research skills.

The Pitfalls: Researchers vs. CAR specialists Unclear lines of authority & responsibility Overlapping tasks Poor communication Credit issues