Data Needs & Data Services
- 1. Data Needs & Data Services:Librarians as Communicator, Conduit, Consultant, CollaboratorMinglu Wang & Ka-Neng AuJohn Cotton Dana LibraryRutgers University LibrariesNewark, New Jersey, USA
- 2. Objectives & RationaleExtending library services beyond providing access to dataAddressing campus needs related to dataRetrievalManagementAnalysisPresentationDeveloping different roles as librarians
- 3. MethodologyNeeds assessment – Graduate studentsSurveyed their usage of statistical software packagesSurveyed their training needs for statistical software packages
- 4. MethodologyNeeds assessment - Research Centers, DepartmentsAttended group meetingsHeld personal consultationsExchanged email messages
- 6. Communicator
- 7. Workshops on software packagesTaught students how to conduct basic statistical analysis and generate graphs with SAS, SPSS, R, and STATA
- 8. Library Research Guide on Popular Statistical SoftwareCreated a guide to workshop material and online learning resources.
- 9. OutcomesResearch Centers,Departments, & Schools
- 10. conduit
- 11. Guide to International Trade StatisticsOne in a series of online resource guides for the Rutgers Business School
- 12. Event Data Resources GuideCreated a guide for locating and downloading various event datasets for the Division of Global Affairs
- 13. Consultant
- 14. New Jersey DatabankSelected and located data sources for this project managed by the School of Public Affairs and Administration
- 15. Online Data Resource GuideCreated a guide to online data resources for Newark Schools Research Collaborative
- 16. Library Research Guide on Data ManagementCreated a guide to online resources, tutorials, and data management plans
- 17. Student Placement Test Effectiveness ProjectConducted logistic regression analysis to determine the effectiveness of placement tests, based on data collected by the English Department.
- 18. Collaborator
- 19. Diversity of Rutgers-NewarkStudentsAssisted the Diversity Research Center with data visualization.
- 20. Thematic mapsMapped census data for multiple metropolitan areas to show the relationship between racial segregation and poverty, for Prof. David Troutt of the Law School - Newark.
- 22. Questions? Comments?Minglu Wang (minglu@rutgers.edu)Ka-Neng Au (au@rutgers.edu)