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Research Data Services In Academic Libraries: Data Intensive Roles For The Future?, Carol Tenopir, Dane Hughes, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ben Birch, Lynn Baird, Robert J. Sandusky, Madison Langseth, Andrew Lundeen Dec 2015

Research Data Services In Academic Libraries: Data Intensive Roles For The Future?, Carol Tenopir, Dane Hughes, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ben Birch, Lynn Baird, Robert J. Sandusky, Madison Langseth, Andrew Lundeen

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Objectives: The primary objectives of this study are to gauge the various levels of Research Data Service academic libraries provide based on demographic factors, gauging RDS growth since 2011, and what obstacles may prevent expansion or growth of services.

Methods: Survey of academic institutions through stratified random sample of ACRL library directors across the U.S. and Canada. Frequencies and chi-square analysis were applied, with some responses grouped into broader categories for analysis.

Results: Minimal to no change for what services were offered between survey years, and interviews with library directors were conducted to help explain this lack …


Dataone Usability & Assessment, Uawg Dec 2015

Dataone Usability & Assessment, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Ux Report: Dataone Search User Profile User-Experience Test Results, Rachel Volentine Dec 2015

Ux Report: Dataone Search User Profile User-Experience Test Results, Rachel Volentine

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


“Personas” To Support Development Of Cyberinfrastructure For Scientific Data Sharing, Kevin Crowston Nov 2015

“Personas” To Support Development Of Cyberinfrastructure For Scientific Data Sharing, Kevin Crowston

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Objective: To ensure that cyberinfrastructure for sharing scientific data is useful, system developers need to understand what scientists and other intended users do as well as the attitudes and beliefs that shape their behaviours. This paper introduces personas — detailed descriptions of an “archetypical user of a system” — as an approach for capturing and sharing knowledge about potential system users.

Setting: Personas were developed to support development of the ‘DataONE’ (Data Observation Network for Earth) project, which has developed and deployed a sustainable long-term data preservation and access network to ensure the preservation and access to multi-scale, multi-discipline, and …


Data Sharing And Re-Use: Barriers And Incentives., Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame Nov 2015

Data Sharing And Re-Use: Barriers And Incentives., Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Ux Report: Dataone Toolbox For Matlab User-Experience Test Results, Uawg Nov 2015

Ux Report: Dataone Toolbox For Matlab User-Experience Test Results, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

The DataONE Usability and Assessment Working Group with members of the Cyberinfrastructure Working Group conducted a user-experience study of the DataONE toolbox for MatLab during the DataONE All-Hands Meeting in October 2015.


Ux Report: Reviewing The Onemercury Search, Uawg Oct 2015

Ux Report: Reviewing The Onemercury Search, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

The Leadership group tasked the UA group with reviewing why the ONEMercury search and the DataONE search were returning different result sets. This document discusses the reason behind the discrepancy and options for addressing it.


Research Data Services: Multiple Roles For Academic Libraries., Carol Tenopir Sep 2015

Research Data Services: Multiple Roles For Academic Libraries., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Scholarly Reading And Scholarly Sharing: Some Indicators Of Change., Carol Tenopir Sep 2015

Scholarly Reading And Scholarly Sharing: Some Indicators Of Change., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


2015 Member Node Survey Preliminary Frequencies, Uawg Jul 2015

2015 Member Node Survey Preliminary Frequencies, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Ux Report: Dataone ‘Alternative’ Search Tool Ux Test Results, Rachel Volentine Jul 2015

Ux Report: Dataone ‘Alternative’ Search Tool Ux Test Results, Rachel Volentine

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

DataONE conducted a standard usability study of the new DataONE search tool (search.dataone.org) for product development. This report discusses the findings and provides suggestions and recommendations for improvement of the tool.


Ux Report: Heuristic Evaluation Of Search.Test.Dataone.Org, Uawg Apr 2015

Ux Report: Heuristic Evaluation Of Search.Test.Dataone.Org, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Dataone Personas, Ua/Sc Wg Personas Subgroup Apr 2015

Dataone Personas, Ua/Sc Wg Personas Subgroup

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Ux Report: Menu Sub Headings And Links, Rachel Volentine Mar 2015

Ux Report: Menu Sub Headings And Links, Rachel Volentine

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Data Sharing And Reuse: What’S New? Revisiting The Practices And Perceptions Of Scientific Researchers., Betsy D. Dalton, Ivanka Pjesivac, Dane Hughes, Danielle Elaine Pollock, Kristina Dorsett Feb 2015

Data Sharing And Reuse: What’S New? Revisiting The Practices And Perceptions Of Scientific Researchers., Betsy D. Dalton, Ivanka Pjesivac, Dane Hughes, Danielle Elaine Pollock, Kristina Dorsett

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


What Researchers Want From Publishers And How Data Fits In., Carol Tenopir Feb 2015

What Researchers Want From Publishers And How Data Fits In., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Ux Report: Dataone Search Heuristic Ux Evaluation, Uawg Jan 2015

Ux Report: Dataone Search Heuristic Ux Evaluation, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.


Ux Report: Alt Search Review, Rachel Volentine Jan 2015

Ux Report: Alt Search Review, Rachel Volentine

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.