This document summarizes a webinar about a survey on research data services offered by European academic libraries. The webinar featured a presentation by Carol Tenopir on the key findings of the survey conducted by LIBER, the association of European research libraries. The survey found that while most libraries offer consultative research data services, fewer provide technical services. There are some regional differences in services offered. Libraries are developing staff skills through opportunities like hiring staff, collaborating with other institutions, and refocusing existing roles. The webinar concluded with Q&A and information on accessing the survey data and report.

1. WEBINAR: Research Data Services
WEBINAR: Research Data Services Survey
Join the conversation: #RDSsurvey

2. Main Speaker
Carol Tenopir
University of Tennessee
ctenopir@utk.edu
Moderating
Birgit Schmidt
Goettingen State and University Library
bschmidt@sub.uni-goettingen.de
Rob Grim
Erasmus University Rotterdam
grim@ubib.eur.nl

3. Center for Information and Communication Studies
Research Data Services in European
Libraries: Current Offerings and Plans
for the Future
Carol Tenopir
University of Tennessee
Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki

4. LIBER Survey Builds on Previous DataONE
Library Surveys
Library Baseline (2010)
Follow-up for comparison (2014)
Citations: 72
Citations: 5
1,269 downloads
(published Dec 2015)
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5. LIBER Survey Responding Libraries
Survey
Respondents
North: 19%
East: 17%
West: 51%
South: 13%
LIBER Academic Library
Membership
West: 53%
East: 16%
South: 17%
North: 15%

6. Key Findings
1. LIBER academic libraries offer and are
planning a range of Research Data
Services, but…
…Consultative RDS are most common
…Fewer libraries offer technical RDS
2. There are some regional differences
3. Libraries use a variety of strategies for
developing staff skills

7. 1. LIBER academic libraries offer and are
planning a range of Research Data
Services

8. RDS offered by most libraries currently
Consultative
Consultative
Consultative
Consultative
Consultative
Consultative

9. RDS offered continued
Consultative
Consultative
Consultative
Technical
Technical

10. Currently offered and future plans for consultative-
type services

11. Currently offered and future plans for technical-
type services

12. 2) There are some regional differences

13. Regional differences - Libraries in North
and West are more likely to be:
▪Currently training colleagues on RDS
▪Discussing RDS with others
▪Collaborating with other RDS providers
▪Active in policy development and strategic
planning for RDS

14. Regional differences - Libraries in South
and West are more likely to be:
▪Active in consulting with academic staff or
students about data management plans and
metadata standards
▪Identifying datasets for deposit
▪Creating or transforming datasets and metadata

15. 3) Libraries have a variety of strategies for
developing staff skills

16. Have you hired staff for RDS in the last 12
months?

17. Has your library provided opportunities for library
staff to develop skills related to RDS?

18. Which of the following opportunities has your library
provided for library staff to develop skills related to
RDS?

19. Staff Skills Development
Strategies
Collaborated with
another institution
to develop a skills-
based MOOC
Hired staff for
projects (not
permanent)
Moved staff from
other support
unit [ITS]
Refocused an
existing role
Dramatically increase
the workload of
some poor individual
librarian

20. Tools for RDS Education and Assistance
https://www.dataone.org/education-modules

21. DataONE Education Modules
1. Why Data Management
2. Data Sharing
3. Data Management Planning
4. Data Entry and Manipulation
5. Data Quality Control and Assurance
6. Data Protection and Backups
7. Metadata
8. How to Write Quality Metadata
9. Data Citation
10.Analysis and Workflows
11.Legal and Policy Issues

22. Thank You!
▪Carol Tenopir-University
of Tennessee
▪Sanna Talja-University
of Tampere
▪Wolfram Horstmann-
University of Gottingen
▪Birgit Schmidt-University
of Gottingen
▪Elina Late-University of
Tampere
▪Lynn Baird- University of
Idaho
▪Robert Sandusky-
University of Illinois-
Chicago
▪Suzie Allard-University
of Tennessee
▪Dane Hughes-University
of Tennessee
▪Danielle Pollock-
University of Tennessee

23. Questions?
• Type your questions in the chat box.
• Rob Grim (moderator) will select and pose
questions to Carol
• Any unanswered questions will be
addressed by Carol in a blog, following the
webinar

24. WEBINAR: Research Data Services
Thank You!
Final Notes:
1. Survey - please tell us what you thought!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M8SVT6N
2. Raw Data underlying the RDS Survey
https://zenodo.org/record/162174#.WCWk_S3hCCh
3. Report summarising RDS Survey
http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/LIBER_R
We’ll email a link to the recording shortly.