Presentation at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice, 23 June 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

1. Data Needs & Data Services:Librarians as Communicator, Conduit, Consultant, Collaborator Minglu Wang & Ka-Neng Au John Cotton Dana Library Rutgers University Libraries Newark, New Jersey, USA

2. Objectives & Rationale Extending library services beyond providing access to data Addressing campus needs related to data Retrieval Management Analysis Presentation Developing different roles as librarians

3. Methodology Needs assessment – Graduate students Surveyed their usage of statistical software packages Surveyed their training needs for statistical software packages

4. Methodology Needs assessment - Research Centers, Departments Attended group meetings Held personal consultations Exchanged email messages

5. Outcomes Graduate Students

6. Communicator

7. Workshops on software packages Taught students how to conduct basic statistical analysis and generate graphs with SAS, SPSS, R, and STATA

8. Library Research Guide on Popular Statistical Software Created a guide to workshop material and online learning resources.

9. Outcomes Research Centers,Departments, & Schools

10. conduit

11. Guide to International Trade Statistics One in a series of online resource guides for the Rutgers Business School

12. Event Data Resources Guide Created a guide for locating and downloading various event datasets for the Division of Global Affairs

13. Consultant

14. New Jersey Databank Selected and located data sources for this project managed by the School of Public Affairs and Administration

15. Online Data Resource Guide Created a guide to online data resources for Newark Schools Research Collaborative

16. Library Research Guide on Data Management Created a guide to online resources, tutorials, and data management plans

17. Student Placement Test Effectiveness Project Conducted logistic regression analysis to determine the effectiveness of placement tests, based on data collected by the English Department.

18. Collaborator

19. Diversity of Rutgers-NewarkStudents Assisted the Diversity Research Center with data visualization.

20. Thematic maps Mapped census data for multiple metropolitan areas to show the relationship between racial segregation and poverty, for Prof. David Troutt of the Law School - Newark.

21. Conclusion communicatorconduitconsultantcollaborator

22. Questions? Comments? Minglu Wang (minglu@rutgers.edu) Ka-Neng Au (au@rutgers.edu)