This talk was given by Brianna Marshall and Erin Carrillo at the 2014 General Library System Liaison Forum.

1. Research Data
Services @UW
GLS Liaison Forum | September 17, 2014

2. Speaking today
Brianna Marshall
Digital Curation Coordinator, General Library System
Co-lead, RDS
Erin Carrillo
Information Services Librarian, Steenbock Library
Chair, RDS Outreach Committee

3. Agenda
● RDS overview
● RDS/liaison partnerships
● Small group discussion
● Report back & group discussion

4. What is RDS?
● Interdisciplinary group of librarians, researchers, IT
staff, and graduate students
● Data management specialists
● What we do:
○ Data management plans – help draft or review
○ Consultations – policies, development, best practices
○ Training and education
○ Referral – local/national/disciplinary resources

5. Sponsors

6. Main things we do
● Educate
● Assist
● Refer

7. Educate
● We give informational presentations
● We lead training sessions
● We plan discipline-specific workshops

8. Assist
● We provide guidance to those who reach out
via our website (http://researchdata.wisc.
edu/help/contact-us/)
● We schedule consultations with anyone who
has a more in-depth inquiry

9. Refer
● If we don’t have the answer, we’ll help find
someone who does!

10. Topics we can help with
● Data management plans
● Metadata
● Storage
● Sharing
● Access and preservation
...and more!

11. Grant requirements
Federal agencies now require applicants to
include:
● Data management plans (DMPs)
● Public access to data accompanying
publications

12. RDS resources
● Website → researchdata.wisc.edu
● Listserv → researchdata-join@lists.wisc.edu
● Twitter → @UWMadRschSvcs
@UWMadRschSvcs

13. RDS / liaison partnerships
● A great opportunity for cross-training and
collaboration!
● We value your disciplinary expertise and
relationships with faculty, students, and staff

14. How RDS can help liaisons
● Helpful data management links (blog post)
● Future training sessions
● Co-presenting to your department

15. How liaisons can help RDS
● Start the conversation with your faculty
○ Refer individuals to RDS contact form or mailing list
○ Forward relevant RDS materials (blog posts, web
pages) to your department
○ Forward RDS monthly digest (coming soon!)
● Share feedback / ideas to improve RDS

16. small group discussion
questions

17. have you had interactions
with researchers related
to data?
ONE

18. Discuss
● What did you do?
● Did you feel comfortable providing those
services?
● What resources did you wish you had?

19. how can RDS support you
in your role as liaison
librarian?
TWO

20. researchdata.wisc.edu | @UWMadRschSvcs