{"title":"Academic Librarians and Research Data Services: Preparation and Attitudes Revisited","authors":"D. Rachlin","doi":"10.1080/10875301.2022.2072042","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Carol Tenopir et al. published a landmark study of research data services librarians in 2013. The object of this study is to determine if and how librarians’ attitudes about RDS and their perceptions of their own preparedness to provide RDS have changed as the apparent need for and importance of RDS has continued to grow since the publication of Tenopir’s research. This research project was completed by surveying academic librarians in ARL libraries. The survey was distributed to the deans & directors of ARL libraries, to be disseminated to the librarians there most directly involved in RDS. After analyzing the data, I was able to determine that there has been a measurable increase in the perceived importance of RDS among librarians working with data. There has also been a significant increase in the proportion of librarians working with RDS who feel that they have the skills and support needed to do their work. It is my conclusion that RDS seems to be gaining traction within academic libraries, but it is unclear if this is due to libraries placing additional importance on these services.","PeriodicalId":35377,"journal":{"name":"Internet Reference Services Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Internet Reference Services Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2022.2072042","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Carol Tenopir et al. published a landmark study of research data services librarians in 2013. The object of this study is to determine if and how librarians’ attitudes about RDS and their perceptions of their own preparedness to provide RDS have changed as the apparent need for and importance of RDS has continued to grow since the publication of Tenopir’s research. This research project was completed by surveying academic librarians in ARL libraries. The survey was distributed to the deans & directors of ARL libraries, to be disseminated to the librarians there most directly involved in RDS. After analyzing the data, I was able to determine that there has been a measurable increase in the perceived importance of RDS among librarians working with data. There has also been a significant increase in the proportion of librarians working with RDS who feel that they have the skills and support needed to do their work. It is my conclusion that RDS seems to be gaining traction within academic libraries, but it is unclear if this is due to libraries placing additional importance on these services.
Carol Tenopir等人在2013年发表了一篇关于研究数据服务图书馆员的里程碑式研究。本研究的目的是确定自Tenopir的研究发表以来,随着RDS的明显需求和重要性持续增长,图书馆员对RDS的态度和他们对自己提供RDS的准备的看法是否以及如何发生变化。本研究项目是通过调查ARL图书馆的学术图书馆员来完成的。该调查被分发给ARL图书馆的院长和主任,并分发给那里最直接参与RDS的图书馆员。在分析了数据之后,我能够确定,在处理数据的图书馆员中,RDS的重要性有了明显的提高。与RDS合作的图书馆员的比例也显著增加,他们认为自己拥有完成工作所需的技能和支持。我的结论是,RDS似乎在学术图书馆中越来越受欢迎,但尚不清楚这是否是由于图书馆对这些服务给予了额外的重视。
期刊介绍:
Internet Reference Services Quarterly tackles the tough job of keeping librarians up to date with the latest developments in Internet referencing and librarianship. This peer-reviewed quarterly journal is designed to function as a comprehensive information source librarians can turn to and count on for keeping up-to-date on emerging technological innovations, while emphasizing theoretical, research, and practical applications of Internet-related information services, sources, and resources. Librarians from any size or type of library in any discipline get the knowledge needed on how to best improve service through one of the most powerful reference tools available on the Internet.