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meLhods such as creaung lnLervlews and surveys.
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of a pro[ecL.
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Lhe funcuons of each llbrary group.
lor Lehlgh, deLermlnlng Lhe Lools and
soware LhaL besL address researchers'
daLa managemenL needs ls dlmculL.
lor Mlchlgan, preparlng llbrarlans and
lnfrasLrucLure requlres ume and
coordlnauon among many people from
dlerenL unlLs and admlnlsLrauon levels.
Connecuons wlLh currenL
and pasL fellows lnsplres
collaborauon and sharlng
of resources, work
experlences, and career
advlce.
llndlng polnLs of connecuon Lo people requlres creauvlLy and
lnluauve.
arLnerlng wlLh daLa champlons helps bulld awareness of Lhe llbrary's
daLa lnluauves and servlces.
AssessmenLs revealed needs ln meLadaLa, daLa sharlng, and long-
Lerm preservauon.
8ulldlng parLnershlps and framlng llbrary
and campus servlces around Lhe research
and daLa llfecycles are key.
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model ls lmporLanL for developlng daLa
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academlc lnsuLuuons Lo hosL uaLa Curauon lellows for Lhe Sclences and Soclal Sclences. 1hrough CLl8's ulglLal Llbrary lederauon (uLl) program,
Lhe fellowshlp oers h.u.s Lralnlng ln daLa curauon and a chance Lo develop research resources and servlces whlle explorlng new career paLhs.
1wo CLl8/uLl uaLa Curauon lellows share Lhelr lnslghLs on Lhe process of learnlng abouL Lhe muluple dlmenslons of daLa curauon lllusLraLed
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sclence meLhods, Lhe CLl8 fellows have been able Lo help lnform Lhe developmenL of daLa servlces aL
Lhelr llbrarles, whlle navlgaung unfamlllar llbrary culLure. Much of Lhelr work lnvolves faclllLaung
connecuons among faculLy, llbrarlans, and campus sLakeholders. 1hey are helplng llbrarlans and
researchers caLch up Lo Lhe speed of daLa, so LhaL Lhey would be equlpped Lo confronL Lhe many
challenges ln a qulckly evolvlng research and daLa landscape.
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Councll on Llbrary and lnformauon 8esources (CLl8)/ulglLal
Llbrary lederauon (uLl) and wlLh acuve paruclpauon of
unlverslLy of Mlchlgan Llbrary and Lhe Llbrary and
1echnology Servlces of Lehlgh unlverslLy.
lmage credlLs: CLl8 hoLo by lnna kouper, Campus skeLch hup://
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Fellows on Their Journey Towards Developing Data Services
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curauon booL camp
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monLhly synchronous
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meeungs
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daLa curauon uslng
books, [ournal arucles,
and onllne LoolklLs
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daLa-relaLed pro[ecLs
Learned hlsLory of llbrary daLa
lnluauves and pro[ecLs
Mapped Lhe daLa landscape and
connecLed Lo key daLa experLs
Assessed research daLa needs of
faculLy
Assessed perspecuves of
admlnlsLraLors uslng cusLomlzed
A8L/uLl L-Sclence lnsuLuLe
lnLervlews
ConsulLed experLs abouL daLa
reposlLorles, Lools, and soware
lnvesugaLed how peer
lnsuLuuons developed Lhelr daLa
servlces
8evlewed daLa needs surveys Lo
help creaLe our own
Learned new developmenLs ln
daLa curauon and meL daLa
champlons aL conferences
MonlLored daLa lnluauves and
Lrends around Lhe world
1eachlng and consulung wlLh
researchers abouL daLa managemenL
Creaung learnlng resources e.g. llbrary
guldes and cusLomlzed uM1ool
Posung workshops for llbrarlans Lo
lnLroduce research daLa concepLs
romoung awareness of research daLa
servlces and lnluauves ln Lhe llbrary and
around campus
Collaboraung wlLh campus sLakeholders