LIS 532U Scientific Research Data Management
An introduction to the field of scientific data management, this course explores the current relationships between libraries and their stakeholders seeking institutional support managing their research data. The course discusses the research data management roles and services, and uses the case study method to prepare IPI students for roles in scientific research data management. In examining the data practices of researchers in scientific fields, such as biomedicine and engineering, to illustrate how researchers produce data, the course will address how other researchers re-use this data for purposes of inquiry. The information tools used for research data management planning and research and data life cycles will be explored, as well as a variety of strategies information professionals are using to provide data consultancy services to their institutions' researchers.