1. ALA Annual 2014
20th Annual Reference Research Forum
Las Vegas, NV
June 29, 2014
Building Relationships for the Effective Development and Delivery of Research Data Services
Ixchel M. Faniel, Ph.D.
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
OCLC Research
Senior Research Scientist
OCLC Research
@LynnConnaway
Kendra Parson
Diversity Fellow
OCLC Research

2. Research Questions
What are librarians experiencing in the early stages of developing and delivering research data services?
How can librarian experiences and research data services be improved?
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3. Research Methods Data Collection Data Analysis One-on-one Interviews
10 librarians
3 Focus Group Interviews
26 librarians
Data Analysis
Initial codebook developed based on interview protocol and expanded
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4. Data Management Experience

5. Years of Library Experience

6. Full-time Equivalent Student Enrollment

7. Librarian Benefits Learning 36.1% Interesting 30.6%
Building Relationships %
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(N=36)

8. Library Benefits Remain Relevant 33.3% Engagement 11.1% (N=36)
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(N=36)

9. Librarian Challenges Time 27.8% Unfamiliarity/Variety 22.2%
Lack of Resources 13.9%
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(N=36)

10. Challenges with Infrastructure
Storing Data 27.8%
Working with Others on Campus 16.7%
Lacking Funds %
Providing Services 11.1%
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(N=36)

11. Challenges with Researchers
Does Not See Library as Partner %
Disincentives %
Variety of Data 8.3%
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(N=36)

12. Uncertainty = New Opportunities
Evolve librarian role
Build new relationships
Within institution
Across institutions
Develop new avenues for learning
Research
Services
Skills
Reallocate time
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13. What Should We Be Doing?
Building awareness of librarians’ early experiences
Identifying common strategic responses among libraries
Informing strategic approaches for development of research data services
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14. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.
Ixchel M. Faniel, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
@LynnConnaway