Suggested Readings

A selection of some key books, articles and web pages cited or recommended by our authors.

Part I. Data Services for Researchers and Learners

Ball, Richard and Norm Medeiros. “Teaching integrity in empirical research: A protocol for documenting data management and analysis.” Journal of Economic Education, 43 no. 2 (2012): 182-189.

Bauder, Julia. Reference Guide to Data Sources. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2014.

Bennett, Terrence B. and Shawn W. Nicholson. “Research Libraries: Connecting Users to Numeric and Spatial Resources.” Social Science Computer Review 25, no. 3 (August 1, 2007): 305.

Carlson, Jake and Lisa R. Johnston. Data Information Literacy: Librarians, Data, and the Education of a New Generation of Researchers. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2015.

Carlson, Jacob, Michael Fosmire, C.C. Miller, and Megan Sapp Nelson. “Determining Data Information Literacy Needs: A Study of Students and Research Faculty.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 11, no. 2 (2011): 629–57. doi:10.1353/pla.2011.0022.

Carlson, Jake, Lisa Johnston, Brian Westra, and Mason Nichols. “Developing an Approach for Data Management Education: A Report from the Data Information Literacy Project.” International Journal of Digital Curation 8, no. 1 (June 14, 2013): 204–17. doi:10.2218/ijdc.v8i1.254.

Coates, Heather. “Building Data Services from the Ground up: Strategies and Resources,” Journal of eScience Librarianship 3, no. 1 (2014): 52–59, doi:10.7191/jeslib.2014.1063.

Geraci, Diane, Chuck Humphrey, and Jim Jacobs. Data Basics: An Introductory Text. 2012.

Haverford College. “Project TIER: About.” Accessed on May 18, 2015.

Johnston, Lisa, Meghan Lafferty, and Beth Petsan. “Training Researchers on Data Management: A Scalable, Cross-Disciplinary Approach,” Journal of eScience Librarianship 1, no. 2 (2012): 79–87. doi:10.7191/jeslib.2012.1012.

Kellam, Lynda M. and Katharin Peter. Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2011.

Mooney, Hailey  and Breezy Silver. “Spread the News: Promoting Data Services.” College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 9 (2010): 482.

Partlo, Kristin. “The Pedagogical Data Reference Interview.” IASSIST Quarterly 33/34, no. 4/1 (2009): 6–10.

Piorun, Mary, Donna Kafel, Tracey Leger-Hornby, Siamak Najafi, Elaine Martin, Paul Colombo, and Nancy LaPelle. “Teaching Research Data Management: An Undergraduate/Graduate Curriculum.” Journal of eScience Librarianship 1, no. 1 (February 14, 2012): 48. doi:10.7191/jeslib.2012.1003.

Prado, Javier Calzada and Miguel Ángel Marzal. “Incorporating Data Literacy into Information Literacy Programs: Core Competencies and Contents.” Libri: International Journal of Libraries & Information Services 63, no. 2 (June 2013): 123–34. doi:10.1515/libri-2013-0010.

Reznik-Zellen, Rebecca, Jessica Adamick, and Stephen McGinty. “Tiers of Research Data Support Services.” Journal of eScience Librarianship 1, no. 1 (2012): 27–35. doi:10.7191/jeslib.2012.1002.

Shorish, Yasmeen. “Data Curation Is for Everyone! The Case for Master’s and Baccalaureate Institutional Engagement with Data Curation.” Journal of Web Librarianship 6, no. 4 (October 2012): 263–73. doi:10.1080/19322909.2012.729394.

Shorish, Yasmeen. “Data Information Literacy and Undergraduates: A Critical Competency.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 22, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 97–106. doi:10.1080/10691316.2015.1001246.

Tenopir, Carol, Robert J. Sandusky, Suzie Allard, and Ben Birch. “Research Data Management Services in Academic Research Libraries and Perceptions of Librarians.” Library & Information Science Research 36, no. 2 (April 2014): 84–90.

Thompson, Kristi and Daniel M. Edelstein. “A Reference Model for Providing Statistical Consulting Services in an Academic Library Setting.IASSIST Quarterly 28, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2004): 35-38.

Vasilevsky, Nicole, Jackie Wirz, Robin Champieux, Todd Hannon, Bryan Laraway, Kyle Banerjee, Chris Shaffer, and Melissa Haendel. “Lions, Tigers, and Gummi Bears:  Springing Towards Effective Engagement with Research Data Management.” Scholar Archive. December 1, 2014. http://digitalcommons.ohsu.edu/etd/3571

Watkins, Wendy, Elizabeth Hamilton, Ernie Boyko, and Chuck Humphrey. “Creating a national peer-to-peer training program for data librarians in Canada.IASSIST Quarterly 28, no. 2-3 (Summer/Fall 2004): 17-23.

Witt, Michael, Jacob Carlson, D. Scott Brandt, and Melissa H. Cragin. “Constructing Data Curation Profiles.” International Journal of Digital Curation 4, no. 3 (2009): 93–103. doi:10.2218/ijdc.v4i3.

Part II. Data Across the Disciplines

Antell, Karen, Jody Bales Foote, Jaymie Turner, and Brian Shults. “Dealing with Data: Science Librarians’ Participation in Data Management at Association of Research Libraries Institutions.” College & Research Libraries 75, no. 4 (July 2014): 557–74.

Bishop, Bradley Wade, Tony H. Grubesic, and Sonya Prasertong. “Digital Curation and GeoWeb: An Emerging Role for Geographic Information Librarians.” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 9, no. 3 (2013): 276-295. doi:10.1080/15420353.2013.817367.

Corti, Louise. “Progress and Problems of Preserving and Providing Access to Qualitative Data for Social Research—The International Picture of an Emerging Culture.Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research 1, no. 3 (December 31, 2000).

Corti, Louise. “Re-Using Archived Qualitative Data – Where, How, Why?” Archival Science 7, no. 1 (2007): 38.

Corti, Louise. “Qualitative Archiving and Data Sharing: Extending the Reach and Impact of Qualitative Data.” IASSIST Quarterly, no. Fall (2005): 8–13.

Dodsworth, Eva. Getting Started with GIS: A LITA Guide. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2012.

Friedlander, Amy and Prudence Adler. “To Stand the Test of Time: Long-Term Stewardship of Digital Data Sets in Science and Engineering. A Report to the National Science Foundation from the ARL Workshop on New Collaborative Relationships–The Role of Academic Libraries in the Digital Data Universe.Association of Research Libraries, 2006.

Fu, Pinde. Getting to Know Web GIS. Redlands, CA: Esri Press, 2015.

Goldberg, Daniel, Miriam Olivares, Zhongxia Li, and Andrew G. Klein. “Maps & GIS Data Libraries in the Era of Big Data and Cloud Computing.” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Information, Collections & Archives 10, no.1 (April 2014): 100-122. doi:10.1080/15420353.2014.893944.

Holstein, Ann. “Geographic Information and Technologies in Academic Libraries: An ARL Survey of Services and Support.” Information Technology and Libraries 34, no. 1 (March 2015): 38-51. doi:10.6017/ital.v34i1.5699.

Karimi, Hassan A. Big Data: Techniques and Technologies in Geoinformatics. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014.

Kollen, Christine, Cynthia Dietz, Joy Suh, and Angela Lee. “Geospatial Data Catalogs: Approaches by Academic Libraries.” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 9, no. 3 (2013): 276-295. doi:10.1080/15420353.2013.820161

MacMillan, Don. “Data Sharing and Discovery: What Librarians Need to Know.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 40, no. 5 (September 2014): 541–49, 542.

Norris, Ray P. “Can Astronomy Manage Its Data?” arXiv Preprint Astro-ph/0501089, 2005.

Oushy, Mai H., Rebecca Palacios, Alan E. C. Holden, Amelie G. Ramirez, Kipling J. Gallion, and Mary A. O’Connell. “To Share or Not to Share? A Survey of Biomedical Researchers in the U.S. Southwest, an Ethnically Diverse Region.” PLOS ONE 10, no. 9 (September 17, 2015): e0138239.

Piwowar, Heather A. “Who Shares? Who Doesn’t? Factors Associated with Openly Archiving Raw Research Data.” PloS One 6, no. 7 (2011): 1-13.

Roche, Stephane, Eliane Propeck-Zimmermann, and Boris Mericskay. “Geoweb and Crisis Management: Issues and Perspectives of Volunteered Geographic Information.” GeoJournal 78, no. 1 (2013): 1-20, doi: 10.1007/s10708-011-9423-9.

Scaramozzino, Jeanine, Jeanine, Russell White, Jeff Essic, Lee Ann Fullington, Himanshu Mistry, Amanda Henley, and Miriam Olivares. “Map Room to Data and GIS Services: Five University Libraries Evolving to Meet Campus Needs and Changing Technologies.” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Information, Collections & Archives 10, no. 1 (April 2014): 6-47. doi:10.1080/15420353.2014.893943.

Soehner, Catherine, Catherine Steeves, and Jennifer Ward. “E-Science and Data Support Services: A Study of ARL Member Institutions.” Association of Research Libraries, 2010.

Wang, Minglu.“The new role of academic libraries.” Presented at ACRL Biennial Conference, 2013.

Ziemke, Jen. “Crisis Mapping: The Construction of a New Interdisciplinary Field?” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 8 no. 2 (2012: 101-117.

Zook, Matthew, Mark Graham, Taylor Shelton, and Sean Gorman. “Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake.” World Medical & Health Policy 2, no.2 (July 2010). doi:10.2202/1948-4682.1069.

Part III. Data Sharing and Access

Andreoli-Versbach, Patrick, and Frank Mueller-Langer, “Open Access to Data: An Ideal Professed but Not Practised.” Research Policy 43, no. 9 (November 2014): 1621–33. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.008

Borgman, Christine L. Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015.

Carlson, Samuelle and Ben Anderson, “What Are Data? The Many Kinds of Data and Their Implications for Data Re-Use.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12, no. 2 (2007): 635–51. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00342.x.

Currie, Liam James. “The Role of Canadian Municipal Open Data Initiatives: A Multi-City Evaluation.” M.A., Queen’s University, Canada, 2013.

DDI Alliance Structural Reform Group. “DDI Version 3.0 Conceptual Model.” June 10, 2004.

Edwards, Paul N., Matthew S. Mayernik, Archer L. Batcheller, Geoffrey C. Bowker, and Christine L. Borgman. “Science Friction: Data, Metadata, and Collaboration.” Social Studies of Science 41, no. 5 (October 1, 2011): 667–90. doi:10.1177/0306312711413314.

Greenberg, Jane, Hollie C. White, Sarah Carrier, and Ryan Scherle. “A Metadata Best Practice for a Scientific Data Repository.” Journal of Library Metadata 9 (2009): 194–212. doi:10.1080/19386380903405090;

Han, Myung-Ja. “Metadata with levels of description: New challenges to catalogers and metadata librarians.” Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Helsinki, 2012.

Heidorn, P. Bryan. “The Emerging Role of Libraries in Data Curation and E-Science.” Journal of Library Administration 51, no. 7–8 (October 1, 2011): 662–72. doi:10.1080/01930826.2011.601269.

Humphrey, Chuck. “Canada’s long-tail of data.” Preserving Research Data in Canada (blog). December 5, 2012.

National Science Board (U.S.);National Science Foundation (U.S.). Long-Lived Digital Data Collections Enabling Research and Education in the 21st CenturyWashington, D.C. : National Science Foundation, 2005.

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. “OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding.” Accessed April 19, 2015.

Office of Science and Technology Policy. “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research.” Last modified February 22, 2013

Pienta, Amy M., George C. Alter, and Jared A. Lyle. “The Enduring Value of Social Science Research: The Use and Reuse of Primary Research Data.” November 22, 2010.

Ribes, David and Steven J. Jackson. “Data Bite Man: The Work of Sustaining a Long-Term Study” in “Raw Data” Is an Oxymoron, ed. Lisa Gitelman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2013.

Wallis, Jillian C., Elizabeth Rolando, and Christine L. Borgman, “If We Share Data, Will Anyone Use Them? Data Sharing and Reuse in the Long Tail of Science and Technology.” PLoS ONE 8, no. 7 (2013): e67332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067332.

Whyte, Angus and Andrew Wilson. “How to Appraise and Select Research Data for Curation.DCC How-to-Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre, 2010.

Zimmerman, Ann S. “New Knowledge from Old Data: The Role of Standards in the Sharing and Reuse of Ecological Data.” Science, Technology & Human Values (February 5, 2008). doi:10.1177/0162243907306704.

Part IV. Data: Past, Present, and Future

Adams, Margaret O’Neill. “The Origins and Early Years of IASSIST.IASSIST Quarterly 30, no. 3 (2006): 5-13.

Auckland, Mary. Reskilling for Research: An investigation into the role and skills of subject and liaison librarians required to effectively support the evolving information needs of researchers. Research Libraries UK, January, 2012.

Boyko, Ernie and Wendy Watkins. “The Canadian Data Liberation Initiative: An Idea worth Considering?International Household Survey Network Working Paper No.006. November 2011. Accessed April 29, 2015.

Brackenbury, Simon. Ways of Supporting Data Use in the Social Sciences. Report from Visits to UK and US Data LibrariesLondon: London School of Economics, 1997.

Burnhill, Peter. Towards the Development of Data Libraries in the UK. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, 1985.

Dodd, Sue. Cataloguing Machine-Readable Data Files: An Interpretive Manual. Chicago, American Library Association, 1982.

Geda, Carolyn L. “Training the professional data librarian.” Drexel Library Quarterly 13, no. 1 (1977): 100-108.

Humphrey, Chuck and Jim Jacobs, “Providing Social Science Data Services: Strategies for Design and Operation.” Inter-university for Political and Social Research. Accessed July 31, 2015.

Jacobs, James. “Providing data services for machine-readable Information in an academic library: Some levels of service.” Public Access Computer Systems Review 2, no 1 (1991): 144-160.

Kellam, Lynda M. “Data librarianship: a day in the life.” in Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian. ed. Lynda Kellam and Katharin Peter. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2011.

Rice, Robin. “DISC-UK DataShare Project: Building Exemplars for Institutional Data Repositories in the UK.” IASSIST Quarterly, 31 (2007, Fall/Winter): 21.

Ruus, Laine. “Training of Data Services Professionals: Past, Present and Future.” Library Trends 30, no. 3 (Winter 1982): 456.

Xia, Jingfeng and Minglu Wang. “Competencies and Responsibilities of Social Science Data Librarians: An Analysis of Job Descriptions.” College & Research Libraries 75, no. 3 (2014): 362-388.