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Numeric and Geo-Spatial Data Service. Tiffani Conner University of Connecticut IASSIST 2005, Edinburgh. Data History - UConn. Government Documents Department 1970-80s Disbanded in late 80s - early 90s Depository library Federal and State, continued Foreign, International, non-CT, ceased
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Numeric and Geo-Spatial Data Service Tiffani Conner University of Connecticut IASSIST 2005, Edinburgh
Data History - UConn • Government Documents Department • 1970-80s • Disbanded in late 80s - early 90s • Depository library • Federal and State, continued • Foreign, International, non-CT, ceased • Data requests • Federal Documents Librarian
Data @ UConn • Institute for Social Inquiry • Roper Center for Public Opinion • Library NOT directly involved
Early 1990s • Electronic format • Brief increase user demand in early 90s • Migrated data difficult to use • Web access, GUI = decreased library use • MAGIC became primary data provider • Geo-spatial data
Current Campus • Data demand increasing • Data Literacy • Data ID and assessment difficult for novice users
Library Situation • Fall 2000 • Roper Center dialogue • Summer 2002 • Social Science Data Librarian • Fall 2003 • Sociology Liaison, Data Services in job description • February 2005 • Social Science Data Task Force
Proposed Service • Create an explicit social science data service • Combine service with MAGIC • Two designated staff • Locate in library • Provide instruction, archiving, data catalogs, tutorials, and data sets • Engage in outreach efforts to identify and secure partners • Purchase software licenses and server for instruction and archiving, respectively
FY 05-06 Idea & Planning Social Science Data Task Team Data Services subject page Environmental Scan Outreach Costs Training for team Working plan FY 06-07 Outreach, Funding, and Partner Identification Initiate targeted outreach efforts NGSDS service plan Funding sources State, National, & International data sets Equipment Standards for digital data library Solicit faculty and graduate data sets FY 07-08 Process & Instruction Digital data library Acquisitions plan Archive UConn produced data set Archive publicly accessible Workshops FY 08-09 Full Functionality Dedicated data librarian(s) Data library and archive actively and routinely being populated 4 Year Plan