Please see this article:
Carlson, Jake. "Demystifying the data interview: Developing a foundation for reference librarians to talk with researchers about their data." Reference Services Review 40, no. 1 (2012): 7-23.
See this article:
Yes, Economics is a Science by Raj Chetty NYT, October 20, 2013
Why Libraries & Librarians are involved in Big Data? We Know Information!
Helping Researchers with Data Management and Data Management Plans.
See from the DMPTool webinar series this 37 minute webcast about how to empower librarians working with researchers about data (start at minute 6)
If a researcher asks you for examples of a Data Management Plan (from NIH, NSF, etc.) show them the DMPTool.
DMPTool https://dmp.cdlib.org/
Introduction to the DMPTool Carly Strasser
Recording & slides
Schedule of webinars
@carlystrasser - University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Talk to your Faculty: See publications from Jake Carlson at Purdue University D2C2
Learn what YOU need! Keep Up!
FirstMonday: Oct. 7, 2013
Places to start:
Screencast version with captions of WRLC Big Data & Libraries 03/05/2013
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