This presentation discusses data services at the American University of Beirut Libraries. It outlines the research data lifecycle and why data management is important. The services provided by the libraries include data management plans, formats, visualization, and one-on-one consultations. Opportunities for data services include working with students and faculty and interdisciplinary collaborations. Challenges include lack of administrative support, funding, infrastructure, and the time intensive nature of good data management practices.

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AmericanUniversity ofBeirutLibraries
Dalal Rahme
Data Services Librarian
Presented at the Lebanese Library Association (LLA) 4th Conference

2. Outline
1. Research Data Lifecycle
2. Why Data Management
3. Our Services
4. Opportunities
5. Challenges

3. American University of Beirut
What are Research Data?
“Recorded factual
material commonly accepted in
the scientific community as
necessary to validate research
findings.” (NIH, 2003)
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Data Management in the Research Lifecycle
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5. Why Data Services?

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Which types of digital content do you create when generating
research data?
Text 55%
Spreadsheets 42%
Images and graphics 30
Source code 12%
Structured text 11%

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38%
54%
8%
DATA DOCUMENTATION
yes no no answer
They all do
Self-Archiving
23%

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What happens to your research data when you
leave the institution?
The data
remain
at the
institution
5%
The data are
taken
40%
The data are
deleted
6.15%
I don’t
know
40%

9. American University of Beirut
54%
23%
23%
SENSITIVE DATA
Never Sometimes Don't Know
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Interested Person by request
No one
Selected Members of my Institution
Scientific Community
Public
WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR
DATA

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Research Data Reusability
60% YES 30% NO 10% No Answer

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Motivation to share data
49.18
%
53%
40.98
%
34.43
%
27.87
%
Increased visibility
and impact of your
own research
Recognition in the
scientific community
New contacts and/or
opportunities for
cooperation with
other scientists
Support in the process
of making the data
accessible
Establishment of
standards for
accountability and
appropriate use
(Fair Use) of the
data

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What supportive options for handling research
data would you use at your institution?
Legal Advise
Training Courses
Specific Support
of Data Management
First Level Support
(front Desk)
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90%
72%
45%
45%

13. What further action do you expect
from your institution?
Employ qualified personnel for research data
management tasks
Guidelines or policies for dealing with research data
Include research data management in the job
responsibilities
Include research data management in the curriculum
80%
72%
7%
7%

14. How we started at AUB

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Influence Sphere
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Our services
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17. Data Acquisition

18. American University of Beirut
AUB Data Bank
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Data
Management
Plan
Data
Formats
Data
Processing
Data
Acquisition
Digital
Humanities
Projects
Data
Visualization
One-on-One Consultation
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Monthly
LibrarySessions

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1- Introduction to data management
2- Data organization
3- Sensitive data
4- Data management plan

22. American University of Beirut
Mini-Workshops

23. “Bad Libraries build Collections,
Good Libraries build Services and
Great Libraries build Communities.”
(R. Lankes)

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Mini-workshops

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Opportunities

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Working with students
This is a slide from a presentation for a group of Graduate Students at Olayan School of
Business at AUB in fall 2017.

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Working with Faculty
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Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Panel during the 11th Conference
on Teaching and Learning at AUB
Panel during the 11th conference
on Teaching and Learning at AUB
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Challenges
 Administrative support
 Funding Agencies
 Collaboration between faculty and librarian
 Good data management is time consuming
 Infrastructure: Human and Technical
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30. American University of Beirut
Thank you
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31. American University of Beirut
References
Lankes, R. D. (2012). Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today's Complex World. CreateSpace.
Rahme, D. (2017). Research Data Management at AUB: questionnaire.
Ramaker, S., & Borulko, S. (2018, February 08). Influence sphere. Retrieved April 14, 2018, from
http://datasupport.researchdata.nl/en/start-the-course/vi-data-support/influence-sphere/
Saade G., Rahme D. (2018) Research Data Reshaping Cultural Society: Case of the Lebanese University. In:
Kurbanoğlu S., Boustany J., Špiranec S., Grassian E., Mizrachi D., Roy L. (eds) Information Literacy in the
Workplace. ECIL 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 810. Springer, Cham
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