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Presented as part of the ANDS webinar Flying solo: data librarians working outside (traditional) libraries

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Jane Frazier

Data Librarian @

[email protected]

@mignon1915

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Data librarianship?

“[Using] the traditional skills and strengths of the librarian to

enable researchers to manage, share, publish and/or preserve

their outputs in a connected way”@groenewegendave

“Professional library staff engaged in managing research data, using research data as a resource, or supporting researchers in these

activities”@andsdata

“The application of traditional librarianship principles and practices to data resources…

involves one or more of the following; acquisition (collection development), organization (cataloging

and metadata), and the implementation of appropriate user services”

IASSIST iBlog

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based on 61 Non-Traditional Jobs for LIS Grads from the iSchool @ U Syracuse

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My job description (excerpts)

Provide specialist information, advice and administrative support relating to

research data management

Work collaboratively with partners to integrate research data management

activities

Provide advice and review services to research communities and institutions to describe, connect, publish

and make accessible their datasets, in a way that is coherent across sectors and disciplines

Coordinate, plan and organize visits to ANDS stakeholders to maximize

engagement opportunities Participate in and advise on the development of project plans,

strategies, policies and procedures

Participate in ANDS internal processes and activities

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Music performance & Musicology research

How I got to my current position...

● Undergrad and Masters degrees in Opera Performance● ‘Soft skills’

○ Collaboration & communication○ Self-motivation○ Performance under pressure○ Networking○ Giving & receiving constructive criticism

● Humanities research & academic writing○ La Didone and Seventeenth-Century Venetian Sexism○ The Royal Academy of Music and the British Trading Conquest of the Early Eighteenth Century

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Traditional cataloguingMusic performance & Musicology research

How I got to my current position...

UNC-Chapel Hill Music Library

● Grad student assistantship● Traditional MARC cataloguing● Processing & binding of periodicals● Curation of library exhibit Curating Sound: 75 Years of Music Collections at UNC

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Digital curationDigital curation

Traditional cataloguingMusic performance & Musicology research

How I got to my current position...

● Digital data repository environment (built on DSpace)● Managed datasets underlying biosciences publications● Data curation lifecycle

○ Metadata quality, DOI minting, data citation○ Rights & licensing issues○ Data repository software workflows○ Communication with researchers & Dryad developers

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How I got to my current position...

UNC Metadata Research Center

● Project: Redesign & rebuild MRC website○ Organisation of web information, writing for the web, Wordpress/HTML/CSS

● Project: Evaluation of automatic subject indexing of Dryad datasets○ Conceptual mapping between controlled vocabulary terms & subjects found in Dryad

metadata● Project: Research on Dryad user-provided subject metadata

○ Recommendations for metadata best practices for Dryad scientists

<MRC>

Metadata research

Digital curation

Traditional cataloguingMusic performance & Musicology research

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Private sector software dev

Metadata research

Digital curation

Traditional cataloguingMusic performance & Musicology research

How I got to my current position...

● Private sector/startup/agile environment● Building non-traditional cataloguing systems outside of libraries

○ Collectibles, not bibliographic records● Software development, systems analysis, user testing● Requirements gathering, documentation of legacy business rules, crosswalking● Worked with developers & non-libraries colleagues● Communication

○ Translating between technical & non-technical language

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Data librarianshipPrivate sector software dev

Metadata research

Digital curation

Traditional cataloguingMusic performance & Musicology research

Data Librarian @ ANDS

● Metadata for Research Data Australia training for librarians● ANDS Content Providers Guide restructure● ANDS partner institution data & RDA metadata consultancy● Vocabularies projects

○ Vocram: Development of a collaborative vocabulary creation & management system○ ANDS Vocabulary Service

● CSIRO Summer of Vocabularies

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My day-to-day role as data librarian● Requirements gathering & analysis● Systems & business analysis● Crosswalking for interoperability

○ RIF-CS, Dublin Core, schema.org, ADMS, SKOS, Dryad metadata schema● Metadata schema research & development● UI design & mockup work● Writing user support documentation● Metadata creation best practice training & support● LibGuides administration● Communication with ANDS & external colleagues

my (current) toolkit

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The main challenges in my work

● Translating ideas from a technical perspective to a non-technical one

(and vice versa)

● Keeping both the user & system perspectives in mind

● Quickly switching gears from one project to another

● Learning to work with external stakeholders

● Learning about the Australian research landscape

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How I develop my skills...

● Use data as a vehicle to learn about new disciplines & technologies

● Ask questions

● Be extroverted at conferences

● Overcome fear of things ‘above my skill level’

● Google/Wikipedia/Stack Exchange/W3C/ISO are my friends

● I ❤ developers

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Thinking of moving into a data librarianship role?My two cents...

● Look past job titles● Learn how to describe your skills in language that will be meaningful to the

people interviewing you● Prepare to learn & adapt to emerging technologies● Be proactive in developing your skills:

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DatabrariansResources for Data Librarianship: http://databrarians.org/resources-for-databrarians/

Data @ LibsData Librarianship educational resources: http://data.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/data-librarianship-educational-resources.html

ALIA Jobshttps://www.alia.org.au/jobs

I Need A Library Job (INALJ)http://inalj.com/?p=1441

...all over Twitter; start with @INALJNaomi

http://jobs.code4lib.org/@code4lib

Information Science job search sites: http://sils.unc.edu/careers/lis-job-links/information-science-jobsUNC-SILS jobs list: http://sils.unc.edu/careers/sils-job-list