The document outlines the National Science Foundation's data sharing policy and highlights a study regarding data management practices in academic libraries. Key findings indicate a consensus among librarians and researchers on the necessity of collaborative training programs for effective research data management. Additionally, it announces an upcoming symposium at the University of North Texas to discuss emerging trends in research data access and management.

1. Martin Halbert
University of North Texas
DLF Forum, Baltimore, MA
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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3.  Sent to 200 academic libraries, specifically the U.S. academic institutions
receiving the most NSF funding in the last three years to explore a
perceived gap in surveys of the data management problem space
 65 out of 66 responses (98%) of respondents believe that librarians are
not the only institutional stakeholders involved in managing research
data, and that researchers must also be involved
 57 out of 62 responses (90%) indicated that library science programs and
academic libraries should work together to provide certification
opportunities in research data management for researchers and students
across disciplines as well as library professionals and librarians in-training
 49 out of 59 of responses (78%) indicated that training programs in
research data management could be implemented at academic libraries
without library science program involvement
 33 out of 66 responses (50%) indicated that the library anticipated
investing in new library positions and/or infrastructure within the next 5
years to support research data management
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4.  The University of North Texas and CLIR/DLF received an
IMLS award of $227K this year to undertake a research
project to investigate how the LIS profession can best
respond to emerging needs of research data
management in universities
 This project will address broad new issues concerning
the emerging roles, expectations, and practices arising
from requirements announced by NIH, NSF, IMLS and
other funding agencies for data management plans as
part of proposals
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5. 1. Data Management Plan Policies and Practices: What trends are
observable in the data management plans and associated
institutional policies now being implemented at research
institutions in response to federal requirements?
2. Stakeholder Expectations: What are the expectations of key
stakeholders in the research community concerning the long-
term management of research data generated in universities
and the role of information professionals in such efforts?
3. Preparation Needed: What skills, infrastructure, training, and
other preparation are needed for professionals charged with
data management responsibilities, based on both expectations
of stakeholders and observed trends from data management
policies now being implemented?
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6.  Researchers
 Provosts/Chief Academic Officials
 Vice-Presidents for Research/Campus Research
Officers
 LIS Faculty
 Librarians
 Campus IT Managers
 Funding Agency Officials
 Research Publishers
 Research Equipment Vendors
 Other Research Organization Leaders
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7.  Primary Survey (Spring 2012)
 Focus Groups (Spring 2012 at UNT OA Symposium)
 Interviews
 Data Management Policies Database
 Secondary Survey
 Published Papers and Presentations
 Symposium (Fall 2012 before DLF 2012)
 White Paper (to be published as CLIR Report)
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8.  Creating a broad descriptive baseline study that
documents emerging institutional research data
management policies, and that empowers transformation
of LIS curriculum and training
 Building a greater understanding of the skills needed for
research data management functions through surveys of
key stakeholder groups in the research cycle
 Providing urgently needed research findings that will
enable information science programs and academic
libraries to work together to provide certification and
training opportunities in research data management in
order to better recruit and educate the next generation of
information professionals
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9.  UNT’s 3rd Annual Symposium for Open Access will take
place on May 21, 2012
 During this event, representatives from the research and
library communities will explore the implications of
emerging trends in research data access, preservation,
and management
 Dr. Myron Gutmann, head of the Social, Behavioral, and
Economic Sciences Directorate of the National Science
Foundation will deliver a keynote address
 Second day working group sessions will engage with the
emerging DataRes questions of data management
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10. …Then Sloan project presentation…
For project inquiries, or to participate in the Symposium
for Open Access, please contact:
datares@unt.edu or call (940) 369-5331
Visit our website at
http://research.library.unt.edu/datares/
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