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23- Roles for Libraries in Data Citation
Pages 151-156

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... in September 2006, an important need was identified "...for new partnerships and collaborations among domain scientists, librarians, and data scientists to better manage digital data collections; necessary infrastructure development to support digital data; and the need for sustainable economic models to support long-term stewardship of scientific and engineering digital data for the nation's cyberinfrastructure."2 To follow up, in August 2010, the ARL did a survey of its member institutions (approximately 130) and 57 of them responded.
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From page 152...
... I did a study with two colleagues, where we looked at 20 different style guides and performed content analysis to see what kind of instructions they are providing users explicitly to cite digital data. The answer is: they do not consistently address data citation and attribution.
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From page 153...
... This resource, Databib, will be an annotated online bibliography of research data repositories, created and maintained by an online community of librarians. Databib will be an important focal point for connecting librarians more closely with other research data stakeholders and demonstrating the significant contributions libraries can make to solving the challenges posed by digital datasets.
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From page 154...
... There seems to be a trend of libraries addressing research data in a specialized manner, e.g., "data reference" and "data information literacy". I suggest that, after a period of time, the library profession will become more comfortable with data and will not need
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... The timing seems to be perfect for people to connect and collaborate to address data citation and attribution issues.
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