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Assessing Education Needs Of Graduate Students For Data Management, Judith E. Pasek
Assessing Education Needs Of Graduate Students For Data Management, Judith E. Pasek
Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students
Uncertainty remains as to areas of greatest need for instruction in research data management, and whether perceived needs differ between disciplinary faculty and graduate students. Data sharing requirements of research funders have provided the impetus in recent years for librarians to provide data management services. Instructional approaches ranging from workshops to credit courses are being developed, often without the benefit of first conducting a needs assessment.
A study of education needs in research data management was conducted jointly at the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Wyoming. Graduate students in science-based programs with research thesis or dissertation requirements …