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Attitudes And Norms Affecting Scientists’ Data Reuse, Renata Gonçalves Curty, Kevin Crowston, Alison Specht, Bruce W. Grant, Elizabeth D. Dalton

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

The value of sharing scientific research data is widely appreciated, but factors that hinder or prompt the reuse of data remain poorly understood. Using the Theory of Reasoned Action, we test the relationship between the beliefs and attitudes of scientists towards data reuse, and their self-reported data reuse behaviour. To do so, we used existing responses to selected questions from a worldwide survey of scientists developed and administered by the DataONE Usability and Assessment Working Group (thus practicing data reuse ourselves). Results show that the perceived efficacy and efficiency of data reuse are strong predictors of reuse behaviour, and that …

Engaging The Domain Expert: Is It Just A Dream?, Alison Specht

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Pursuing Best Performance In Research Data Management By Using The Capability Maturity Model And Rubrics, Jian Qin, Kevin Crowston, Arden Kirkland

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Objective: To support the assessment and improvement of research data management (RDM) practices to increase its reliability, this paper describes the development of a capability maturity model (CMM) for RDM. Improved RDM is now a critical need, but low awareness of – or lack of – data management is still common among research projects.

Methods: A CMM includes four key elements: key practices, key process areas, maturity levels, and generic processes. These elements were determined for RDM by a review and synthesis of the published literature on and best practices for RDM.

Results: The RDM CMM includes …

Data Sharing And Re-Use: Barriers And Incentives., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Research Data Services And The Role Of Libraries., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Ux Report: User-Experience Testing Of The Dataone Website, Rachel Volentine

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

DataONE’s Usability and Assessment Working Group conducted a standard usability study for product improvement of the Member Node documentation on the DataONE website (www.dataone.org). This report discusses the researcher’s findings and provides suggestions and recommendations for improvement.

Ux Report: User-Experience Testing Of The Dataone Website, Rachel Volentine

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

DataONE’s Usability and Assessment Working Group conducted a standard usability study for product improvement of the Member Node documentation on the DataONE website (www.dataone.org). This report discusses the researcher’s findings and provides suggestions and recommendations for improvement.

Usability And Assessment Working Group, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

New Web Services That Help Authors Choose Journals, Amy Louise Forrester, Bo-Christer Björk, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The motivations for an author to choose a journal to submit to are complex and include factors relating to impact and prestige, service quality, and publication costs and policies. Authors require information about multiple characteristics of journals that may be difficult to obtain. This article compares and contrasts the new author-oriented journal comparison tools and services that have emerged to assist researchers in this important step of the scholarly publishing process. Many of these tools combine factors to provide full web-based manuscript submission decision tools, however all have limitations that reduce their usefulness.

Effects Of Gatekeeping On The Diffusion Of Information, Rebecca Anderson

Doctoral Dissertations

This study proposes a theoretical model of information diffusion using the conceptual framework of Gatekeeping Theory (Shoemaker & Vos, 2009). Diffusion is a process by which elements are distributed through a social system (Rogers, 2003; Kadushin, 2012). This model builds on previous diffusion research and incorporates constructs of authority and vivid information, novel to the domain. To test the fit of the model, Twitter data derived using data mining techniques are utilized. Specifically, messages posted to Twitter relating to the 2013 Consumer Electronics (CES) conference are mined. Essentially, this study focuses on the diffusion of technology information through a popular …

Imagining A Gold Open Access Future: Attitudes, Behaviors, And Funding Scenarios Among Authors Of Academic Scholarship., Carol Tenopir, Elizabeth D. Dalton, Lisa Christian, Misty K. Jones, Mark Mccabe

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The viability of gold open access publishing models into the future will depend, in part, on the attitudes of authors toward open access (OA). In a survey of academics at four major research universities in North America, we examine academic authors’ opinions and behaviors toward gold OA. The study allows us to see what academics know and perceive about open access models, their current behavior in regard to publishing in OA, and possible future behavior. In particular, we gauge current attitudes to examine the perceived likelihood of various outcomes in an all-open access publishing scenario. We also survey how much …

Dataone: June 2017 Usability And Assessment Working Group Meeting, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

A presentation for the June 2017 Usability and Assessment Working Group Meeting which includes updates since the previous All-Hands Meeting, upcoming milestones, and activity updates.

Assessing Stakeholders To Inform Open Science Policies: The Case Of The Us Geological Survey., Mike Frame, Lisa Zolly, Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Research Data Services: What Researchers Need And What Libraries Are Doing., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Support For Open Access In The Humanities: An Analysis Of Current Approaches, Abbey Kayleen Elder

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to explore the ways scholarly communication librarians at academic libraries support humanities faculty at their institutions who are interested in open access. This was accomplished through a mixed method survey of scholarly communication librarians, that is librarians who offer outreach and education to faculty about open access and similar scholarly publishing innovations. The study was conducted to learn about the types of resources available for faculty interested in open access, and to specifically learn more about the types of support available for open access in the humanities. This follows other studies that have explored …

Research Data Services In European Universities., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Open Access On Campus: Bringing Nonprofits To The Libraries, Melanie Allen, Rachel Caldwell, Nick Guernsey, Ann R. Viera, Alan H. Wallace

UT Libraries Faculty: Other Publications and Presentations

Low attendance at Open Access Week events caused academic librarians to ask: What can we do to further open access without asking faculty and students to attend events during such a busy time of the semester? Instead of reaching out to faculty directly, librarians at the University of Tennessee Libraries are reaching out beyond the campus community. Health sciences, social sciences, and scholarly communication librarians offer a workshop to East Tennessee nonprofit organizations to assist them in finding and accessing scholarly research. After the workshops, participants are invited to be interviewed on camera about why public access to research matters, …

Research Data Services In European University Libraries: Current Offerings And Plans For The Future., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Thieme Ecommunicationscience, Melanie A. Allen

UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications

Thieme eCommunicationScience (eComSci), which launched in January 2017, is a new resource for students and faculty in audiology, speech language pathology, and communication sciences programs. eComSci includes a collection of Thieme e-books, images, videos, audio clips, and clinical cases. This review explores the main features of eComSci, along with the navigation and searching features of this new Thieme resource.

Research Data Services In European Libraries: Current Offerings And Plans For The Future [Webinar]., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

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Research Data Services In European Academic Research Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Sanna Talja, Wolfram Horstmann, Elina Late, Dane Hughes, Danielle Elaine Pollock, Birgit Schmidt, Lynn Baird, Robert J. Sandusky, Suzie Allard

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Research data is an essential part of the scholarly record, and management of research data is increasingly seen as an important role for academic libraries. This article presents the results of a survey of directors of the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) academic member libraries to discover what types of research data services (RDS) are being offered by European academic research libraries and what services are planned for the future. Overall, the survey found that library directors strongly agree on the importance of RDS. As was found in earlier studies of academic libraries in North America, more European libraries …

Open Science: What, Why, And How?, Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Researchers Need Information Too: How Information Improves The Quality Of Worklife., Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Usability Testing To Improve Research Data Services, Rachel E. Volentine, Amber Owens, Carol Tenopir, Mike Frame

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Usability refers to the ease and accessibility of a system. Usability testing seeks to study how users interact with a system in order to improve the users’ experience and satisfaction in achieving their objectives with the system. Usability testing is an important metric for improving a library’s online services, including research data services. Libraries can help make research data available by providing repositories and data curation services for researchers to house their collected data. Providing services throughout the science data life cycle (i.e. plan, collect, share, and preserve) is important for producing higher quality research, expanding its impact, and data …

Film For Four: Teaching The Libraries Through Film Production And Instructional Design, Michelle H. Brannen, Ingrid Jovonne Ruffin

UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications

This book chapter focuses on the development of the Four-Hour Film Festival at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In it’s third year, the Four-Hour Film Festival is a partnership between university librarians and resident assistants. The Four-Hour Film Festival provided a novel experience for students and housing staff to learn more about the libraries’ resources, people, and spaces while developing media literacy skills and relationships. This chapter covers how the partnership was formed; development of goals and learning outcomes; structuring the video contest; assessment of the contest; and conclude with a reflection on the triumphs and challenges of instructional design …

Survey Of Scholarly Reading (Finland), Carol Tenopir, Lisa Christian, Elina Late

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

An survey of academics and phd students in Finland asked respondents a series of questions based on their scholarly reading behavior. For example, how they accessed scholarly publications and where the obtained them, reading format, and numbers of publications read per month. Respondents were also asked about their social media habits.