Third Draft of Survey
August 1, 2010
Introduction
[write intro which should include: ] Go over purpose of survey
Major definitions (RDR)
Approximate duration of survey
Current Activities
Do you interact with faculty, students, staff in support of their research data-related activities? --integral part of my job responsibilities; minimal responsibilities; not part of my responsibilities
1a. Please tell us how frequently you perform the following RDR activities and services with your patrons: never, a few times a year, about once a month, about once a week, daily.
Advising on data and standards
Consultation on data management plans
Creating web guides and finding aids for data / data sets / data repositories
Direct participation with researchers in a project (e.g., project team member)
Instruction for users on finding, citing, and appropriately using data
Reference support for finding data / data sets
Seeking data sets for repository and outreach to data set owners
Training co-workers on RDR activities and services
1b. Please tell us how frequently you perform the following RDR activities and services on data/ data sets or systems: never, a few times a year, about once a month, about once a week, daily
Deaccessioning/deselection of data / data sets for repository
Metadata creation
Metadata transformation (e.g. for interoperability or preservation)
Preparing data / data sets for ingest
Selection of data / data sets for repository
Technical support for RDR systems (e.g., a repository; access and discovery systems)
1c. Please tell us if you have participated in the following RDR services and activities: yes, no, not yet but I will soon CHANGE SCALE?
Outreach and collaboration with other RDR services off campus
Outreach and collaboration with other RDR services on campus
Participating in informal discussion groups
Participating in working groups or other professional groups
Policy development related to RDR activities and services
Strategic planning related to RDR activities and services
2. When did you begin performing RDR services? Indicate year.
3. Are RDR services or activities included in your written job description?
Yes
No
Not yet, but will soon
Don’t know
4. What percentage of your time do you expect to be involved in the following activities in the next two to three years? Please use the following scale: Never, 1-20%, 21-40%, 41-60%, 61-80, and 81-100% THIS NEEDS A BETTER SCALE
Metadata creation
Selection of data / data sets for repository
Deaccessioning/deselection of data / data sets for repository
Consultation on data management plans
Creating web guides and finding aids for data / data sets / data repositories
Seeking data sets for repository and outreach to data set owners
Instruction for users on finding, citing, and appropriately using data
Reference support for finding data / data sets
Technical support for RDR systems (e.g., a repository; access and discovery systems)
Outreach and collaboration with other RDR services on campus
Outreach and collaboration with other RDR services off campus
Preparing data / data sets for ingest
Participating in working groups or other professional groups
Participating in informal discussion groups
Training co-workers on RDR activities and services
Policy development related to RDR activities and services
Strategic planning related to RDR activities and services
Direct participation with researchers in a project (e.g., project team member)
Advising on data and standards
Metadata transformation (e.g. for interoperability or preservation)
Library Policies
6. Does your library have any policies regarding RDR activities and services?
Yes
No
Not yet, but will soon
Don’t know
Some libraries have policies or position statements on their involvement in RDR activities and services. For example, if your institute has an institutional repository there is likely a policy on the types of digital objects that can be archived. Which of the following RDR activities and services does your library have policies and/or position statements for?
Yes No Aware of future plans Don’t know
Metadata creation
Selection of data / data sets for repository
Deaccessioning/deselection of data / data sets for repository
Consultation on data management plans
Creating web guides and finding aids for data / data sets / data repositories
Seeking data sets for repository and outreach to data set owners
Instruction for users on finding, citing, and appropriately using data
Reference support for finding data / data sets
Technical support for RDR systems (e.g., a repository; access and discovery systems)
Outreach and collaboration with other RDR services on campus
Outreach and collaboration with other RDR services off campus
Preparing data / data sets for ingest
Participating in working groups or other professional groups
Participating in informal discussion groups
Training co-workers on RDR activities and services
Policy development related to RDR activities and services
Strategic planning related to RDR activities and services
Direct participation with researchers in a project (e.g., project team member)
Advising on data and standards
Metadata transformation (e.g. for interoperability or preservation)
Other
8. How long have you been aware of your library's RDR policies? Indicate year. –I was hoping that this was covered already by the ARL E-science survey, but I re-read that survey and they never ask any questions about how long has the library had policies. This may be a question to throw out because 1) individuals from the same insitute would likely give different years to this question and 2) we may not gain much are we really concerned with this? This survey is about baseline data for the year 2010, not the past-BG
Opportunities for Engagement
9. Critical incident questions. Suzie will provide to me some surveys with examples of this style of question. (BG)
Barriers to Engagement
10. The following group of statements asks you about reasons for participating and for not participating in research data-related services and activities (RDR). Tell us how much you agree with each statement using the following scale: agree strongly, agree somewhat, neither agree nor disagree, disagree somewhat, disagree strongly.
My library does not have adequate funding
I have the necessary skills, knowledge, training
My patrons do not need these services and activities
My library has sufficient technical infrastructure to support RDR
I have access to graduate or continuing education courses to get training in RDR services to meet patron’s needs
RDR is just as important as other activities that I provide for my patrons
I can’t obtain adequate training through on-the-job training and in-house professional development
My job allows me sufficient time to provide RDR for my patrons
I do not have sufficient subject expertise (e.g., phsycial science; social science, etc.) to help my patrons
RDR is not a priority at my library
Importance of and Motivation for Engagement
11.Thinking of your involvement in RDR activities, how would you describe your level of engagement? –Too vague of a question. Either “how satisfied are you with your current level of involvement in RDR activities”: use below scale or “How would you describe your current level of engagement in RDR”: too high, not enough, etc.-BG
very satisfied
satisfied
neither
dissatisfied
very dissatisfied
12a. What, if anything, is the most important motivation for your involvement in RDR?
Open statement: (skips to #13)
I am not currently involved in RDR (skips to #12b)
12b. What would most motivate you to become involved in RDR?
13. The following group of statements relates to your opinion on librarian involvement in research data-related services and activities (RDR). Tell us how much you agree with each statement using the following scale: agree strongly, agree somewhat, neither agree/nor disagree, disagree somewhat, disagree strongly, don’t know
Libraries need to offer RDR services to remain relevant
The library will see decreased funding if it does not offer RDR services
Losing data / data sets jeopardizes future scholarship
Librarians should be stewards of all types of scholarship, including data sets
Researchers at my institution will be at a competitive disadvantage when competing for grants if the library does not provide RDR services
Providing RDR services will improve the impact of our institutional outputs
RDR is an unnecessary service for librarians to provide to their patrons
The library is the best-suited entity at my institution to provide RDR
Providing RDR increases a library’s prestige
Without RDR provided by a library, graduates will be data illiterate
Decentralized, departmental or college RDR services will result in suboptimal stewardship
14. Do you have any other thoughts or comments about RDR services? [open-ended question]
Your Background
15. Which one of the following best describes your position in the library? This is a super list that I created by combining all the positions listed in the articles “Researcher’s Use of Academic Libraries and Their Services”, The e-Research needs analysis survey report” and ClimateQual-BG
Academic Liaison /Subject Specialist
Access Services (Reserves/Interlibrary Loan)
Acquisitions
Administrative Services
Cataloguer/Indexer
Collections Development Librarian
Data Services
Department head
Digital Collections and Services
Electronic Resources
Government Documents
Institutional Repository
Preservation/Conservation
Programmer
Public Services and Instruction
Reference
Scholarly Communications
Special Collections/Archives
Systems
Web Technology
Other
16. Which one of the following best describes your primary responsibilities? This is from Kimberley’s survey “availability.needs.demog”. I copied the original question incorrectly the first time. The new question is the correct one for the list of responses below. I feel these are covered in question 15 and we can erase this question-BG
Reference
Instruction/outreach
Acquisitions
Cataloging/indexing
Government documents
Digital/electronic collections
Archives
Administration
Information Technology
Other
17. Please list any of your post-secondary degree(s), the subject it was in, and the year of completion (drop down list). (Suzie will ask Carol has she handled this type of question in the past)
Degrees: BS, BA, MA, MS, Ph.D, MD (drop-down list)
General Subject: Life Science, Social Science, Physical Science, Earth Sciences, Business/Marketing, Education, Communications, Engineering, Humanities, Library/Information Science, Computer Science, Law, etc (drop-down list)
Year:
18. What year were you born?
Year:
19a. Do any librarians have faculty status at your library?
Yes (skips to 19b)
Not
Not sure
19.b. Do you have faculty status at your library?
Yes
No
Not sure
Background of Your Library
Or please answer the following questions about the library where you are employed
20. Which of the following best describes the type of library where you are employed? Academic
Government
Hospital/Health
Public
Corporate
School
Other __________
Assessment of institution size by type of university, size of acquisitions budget, or number of volumes. (We can pick to ask one or more of the following to get at their library size-BG Suzie will ask Carole which one she uses for surveys)
21. Which one of the following best describes the institution where you are employed?
Doctorate-granting university (>19 Doctoral degrees awarded)
Master’s college or university (>49 Master’s degrees awarded, <20 Doctoral degrees awarded)
Special focus institution (>49 degrees awarded in one field-business, law, medicine, engineering)
Baccalaureate college (<50 Master’s degrees awarded, <20 Doctoral degrees awarded)
Tribal college (member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
Associate’s college (<10 percent of degrees are bachelor’s)
Don’t know
or
What is the size of the library in terms of acquisitions budget?
$0-50k
$50k-200k
$200k-500k
$500k-1m
$1m-5m
$5m+
Don’t know
or
How many volumes does the library hold?
0-200k
200k-500k
500k-1m
1m-5m
5m-10m
10m+
Don’t know
22. Does the library have an institutional repository? This is a digital repository that collects, preserves and disseminates the scholarly output of a research institute.
Yes
No
Not yet, but will soon
Don’t know
23a. Does your library host any data repositories?How many data repositories does the library host? This is a digital repository that collects, preserves, and disseminates raw data sets and their associated metadata. The data sets are created by researchers at your institute. The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an example.
:
Yes (go to 24b)
No (skip to 25a)
Not yet, but will soon (skip to 25a)
Don’t know (skip to 25a)
23b. Please provide the name or URL of each data repository? (optional to answer)
24a. Sometimes, the library does not host the data repository. Does your university or institution host one or more data repositories not hosted by the library?
Yes (go to 25b)
No (skip to 26a)
Not yet, but will soon (skip to 26a)
Don’t know (skip to 26a)
24b. Please provide the name or URL of each data repository? (optional to answer)
25a. Is the library involved in any data-sharing networks (partnerships between institutions to make data sets accessible)? Perhaps we should erase because the concept of a data-sharing netrowk is hard to convey and thereofore, the responses might not be useful –BG and RS
Yes
No
Not yet, but will soon
Don’t know
25b. Please provide the name or URL of the data-sharing network? (optional to answer)
27a. E-science is networked, data-driven science. Typically, it involves access to large data sets and computing resources and is often highly collaborative across institutes and disciplines. Does your library have an e-science program?
Yes (go to 27b)
No (skip to 28)
Not yet, but will soon (skip to 28)
Don’t know (skip to 28)
27b. Can you please provide the following information about your e-science program? (optional)
URL:
Contact person:
Short Description of Program:
Additional Contacts and Interviews
Need some legal language to preface the following questions.
28. May we contact you for a future, follow-up interview?
If yes, please provide your name, email, and phone number
29. Are there other individuals in your library that participate in RDR services and activities? If so, could you provide their contact information? Potentially throw out-