Spencer D. C. Keralis

The Problem of Data: iSchools and the New Data Professional

Paper outlining a fishbowl discussion event at the 2013 International iConference. The theme of the fishbowl event is data curation, data lifecycle, pedagogy, professional development, and library education.

New Models for Supporting Digital Scholarship: UNT's DiSCo

This poster examines a new model for supporting digital scholarship across the disciplines, as implemented by the University of North Texas Digital Scholarship Co-Operative (DiSCo). Digital scholarship offers researchers ways to communicate and collaborate across disciplinary boundaries and provide opportunities for training and access to digital tools to support research and teaching. Recognizing this needs, UNT established the DiSCo to serve as a focal point for data management support, and to foster the development and use of digital tools for research, teaching, and learning.

The DataRes research project on data management

The University of North Texas together with the Council on Library and Information Resources, have received

Research Data Management Principles, Practices, and Prospects

226,786 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a two year research project to investigate how the library and information science profession can best respond to emerging needs of research data management in universities. This project will address broad new issues concerning the emerging roles, expectations, and practices arising from requirements announced by NIH, NSF, IMLS and other funding agencies for data management plans as part of proposals.