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University Data Policies And Library Data Services: Who Owns Your Data?, Lisa Zilinski, Abigail Goben, Kristin Briney
University Data Policies And Library Data Services: Who Owns Your Data?, Lisa Zilinski, Abigail Goben, Kristin Briney
Lisa Zilinski
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: A review of research data and library data services presented on the websites of 206 top research universities as of July 2014 provided insights into policies and practices. Limited to publicly accessible information, the review indicated about half of the surveyed libraries offer some type of data services beyond a resource guide, about four in 10 had a librarian fully or partly dedicated to data management support and about one in 10 had a dedicated data repository. Institutions are likely to have a specific data policy if they are more involved in research and have higher research spending, …