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

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

3. ITHAKA S + R Research Consulting Training

4. ITHAKA S + R Research Consulting Training

5. CLIR / DLF POSTDOC

6. SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CURATION FELLOW

7. 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 pickle@psu.edu | 330 W Pattee | 814-867-3717.

8. SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CURATION FELLOW

9. WHAT IS / ARE DATA ?

10. WHAT IS / ARE ( RESEARCH ) DATA ?

11. Evidence.

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

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

14. SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA CURATION FELLOW

15. ACAUTIONARY TALE

16. PHEW! (NOT?) A CAUTIONARY TALE

17. PHEW!  YES! A CAUTIONARY TALE

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

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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. ACT I.

24. DATA MANAGEMENT collect store share plan

25. ACT II.

26. DATA CURATION collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING store + preserve share plan TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING

27. ACT III.

28. DATA CURATION IN OUR RESEARCH LIBRARIES

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

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

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

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

33. DATA CURATION AT PSU LIBRARIES collect DOCUMENTINGDOCUMENTING share plan TRANSFORMINGTRANSFORMING store + preserve consultations pickle@psu.edu } }

34. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL …

35. IS BY HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU NEED.

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

37. THANK YOU ! pickle@psu.edu