Better Together Partnering to Provide Data Services Karen Hogenboom, University Library Maryalice Wu, Director Applied Technologies in the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Overview Who we are How we got started on data services, even with limited resources How we built our services Our plans for the future Challenges in providing data services Questions

Background of ATLAS Social Science Quantitative Lab (SSQL) Data Repository Inter Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR) OCCSS and CRESS Data Services, Statistics and GIS consulting, Telephone Surveys Campus Collaboration with Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) Campus Restructuring and Termination of Campus Support for the Social Science Support

Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences Data Services, Statistics and GIS consulting Data Repository Data Archivist Graduate Students Survey Research Research Coordinator Graduate Students Undergraduate Interns Research Coordinator Graduate Students Undergraduate Interns

Services for LAS Open lab Drop in consulting Workshops Data preparation Survey research

Library Context Little funding for new positions No in-house expertise available to consult with users Government Documents Library slated for closure at the end of the academic year Scholarly Commons in early planning stages

Library’s Goals Be more relevant to the researchers on campus Go beyond published statistics in providing statistical reference service Help researchers to use the data in our federal depository collection Begin helping GIS users

Phase 1 Data Services Taskforce – Provide Electronic Data Assistance to Campus – Making Data Sources Searchable – Sharing Resources Personnel and Budget – Cross Training One consultant sitting at a Reading Room computer one afternoon per week

Phase 2: Training Librarians 300-level geography course for GIS Shadow ATLAS consultant Workshops on using ICPSR and Roper data, taught by ATLAS Move to more private consulting space

Phase 3: Increase Visibility Dedicated service space Flyers Data Purchase Program Dedicated librarian GIS workshop taught by library school student Service offered 4-5 afternoons weekly

Phase 4: Expand Services Add Survey Research Lab as a partner Permanent committee supports instruction and data purchase program Expanded space for Scholarly Commons Additional workshops on finding and downloading Census data, using Census data in ArcGIS, using ICPSR for data management Service offered by librarians and partners five after- noons per week

Future Plans Permanent GIS Specialist Upcoming Research Data Services initiative and staffing Granular workshops on managing data

Challenges Promotional – getting the word out! Appropriate scope of services Appropriate depth of services, which leads to more challenges… – Access to expertise – Range of expertise

Questions? Karen Hogenboom – Maryalice Wu –