Library Committee Handbook

Data Services Committee

Data Services Committee

Charge

The Data Services Committee will:

Discuss issues and investigate best practices pertaining to library provision of numeric and spatial data and assistance offered to data users, including data procurement and curation, and assessment of services.

Investigate and recommend documentation standards for data sets curated by the library.

Collaborate with library and campus partners on projects that strengthen and potentially embed the library's data services on campus.

Promote data services to the library and the campus.

Create opportunities for collaborating with researchers to strengthen the campus environment for using, documenting, and storing data.

Composition

Members are library staff and faculty and campus partners who are engaged with researchers who use spatial and numeric data sets.  The Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian, the Life Sciences Data Services Librarian, the coordinators of IDEALS and the Scholarly Commons, and two representatives of ATLAS are permanent members of the committee.  At least three other librarians and staff with responsibilities related to data services or data curation serve two year staggered terms and are appointed by the University Librarian with the advice of the Executive Committee.  The University Librarian appoints a chair with the advice of the Executive Committee.

Membership

*Karen Hogenboom, Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian, Chair (08/15/2014)
*Merinda Hensley (08/15/2014)
Life Sciences Data Librarian (upon appointment)
Maryalice Wu, ATLAS
Dawn Owens-Nicholson, ATLAS
Sarah Shreeeves, Scholarly Commons and IDEALS
Lura Joseph (08/15/2013)
Joanne Kaczmarek (08/15/2014)
Carissa Phillips (2013)
Jenny Johnson (2013)
Sarah Williams (08/15/14)

Data Services Task Force