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-