Not even sure what on earth data librarianship is?
Well, it’s the Next Big Thing. Handling raw research data, storing it, licensing it and reusing it are big tasks that are being expected of researchers, and we are going to be there to help them.
To prepare for this brave new world, the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) have organised a “23 research data things” program over the rest of the year. An hour a week with a choice of activities, combined with regular get-togethers, and we can all learn the basics together. Handling sensitive data, publishing, licensing, it’s all covered.
If you think you might be interested you can see the site ANDS has put together. If you want to participate, register, and then talk to me and we’ll set up regular get togethers to go over what we have learned.
Anton A, for the Research Support Group.
Lots of synchronicity with archives work here…research lifecycle, repository management, curation, preservation, licensing, respect for sensitive data, etc, etc…. Very interesting to see how the two bodies of knowledge and practices play together in the near future.