Library Services and research data support at King’s College London – profiling the research data management librarian
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Preservation and Conservation Section | |
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Information Technology Section | |
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Library Theory and Research Section | |
| dc.conference.date | 16 – 17 August 2017 | |
| dc.conference.place | Warsaw (Poland) | |
| dc.conference.sessionType | Library Theory and Research Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Section and Information Technology Section | |
| dc.conference.venue | Warsaw University – Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies | |
| dc.contributor.author | Peters, Wayne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T08:48:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T08:48:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper I explore the roles and responsibilities of the research data librarian at King’s College London and outline the skills, competences and knowledge needed to carry out this role. I draw upon my own experience as a research data librarian at King’s college London as well as referring to the literature on the topic. I focus in particular on research data management training for researchers and the “unofficial” research data management curriculum. I also look at aspects of data management that we don’t include in our training – including domain specific guidance - and emphasise the importance of intra-organisational cooperation and researcher engagement for meeting the challenge of providing disciplinary specific support for research data management. | en |
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| dc.identifier.relatedurl | https://ifla.wdib.uw.edu.pl/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/6046 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Research | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Data | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Management | |
| dc.subject.keyword | RDM | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Libraries | |
| dc.title | Library Services and research data support at King’s College London – profiling the research data management librarian | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| ifla.Unit | Section:Preservation and Conservation Section | |
| ifla.Unit | Section::Information Technology Section | |
| ifla.Unit | Section::Library Theory and Research Section | |
| ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1729/ |
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