International Survey of Academic & Research Library Data Curation Practices, 2016-17 Edition

Primary Research Group has published the International Survey of Academic & Research Library Data Curation Practices, 2016-17 Edition, ISBN 978-157440-387-9

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The study presents a broad range of data on budgets, staffing, assessment, technology use, interdepartmental cooperation, metadata development, data security, discovery tools, marketing, archiving, data preservation and other aspects of data curation management. Some of the participating institutions include: Tulane, Syracuse University, the University of New Mexico, Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Bath, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of London, the Center for Research Libraries and Arizona State University.

Just a few of the 108 page report’s many findings are that:

– The majority of libraries (70%) surveyed assisted faculty with advice on how to develop data management plans for grants or personal use.

– For 30% of the UK libraries surveyed, data curation was a line item in the library budget.

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