What Do Data Librarians Think of the MLIS? Professionals’ Perceptions of Knowledge Transfer, Trends and Challenges
Data services are growing in academic libraries. Services such as data management, data curation, and data visualization are parts of the larger research data lifecycle. With the advancement of technology, scholars can make use of data to produce new kinds of scholarship. The need for research data services is due to the growing amount of data available, federal funder data management mandates, data sharing networks and assessment based on data analysis. Change to the data lifecycle reveals an opportunity for libraries to support researchers. Read More
