RMIT: Building relationships and services - what our new Data Librarians are up to Adam Rivett and Sam Gibbard This presentation was part of the CAVAL/ANDS Workshop - Managing library teams for a research and data-intensive future (Melbourne, 28 July 2017). Workshop program and presentations from other speakers: http://www.ands.org.au/news-and-events/presentations/2017

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"Building relationships and
services - what our new Data
Librarians are up to"
Sam Gibbard, Metadata Standards Librarian
Adam Rivett, Library Officer, Research
Repository & Data
July 2017

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Beginnings
• Relationship as “service”
• Establishing your own process
• Mistakes / adapting
• Establishing procedures & protocols

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Relationships
• Relationships: creating and sustaining
• Uptake vs. Resistance
• Pre-existing datasets
• “Give Us Your Data!”

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Services
• Tailor to researcher’s needs
• Types of Data, Types of Service
• RMIT High Value Collections
• Data Visualisation
• Developing Storage Solutions

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Moving
Forward
• RedBox now, a better tool later
• Refined process
• Wider sweep of data collection
• Developing an online presence
• Continuing to share / Lessons learned

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Thanks!
Contact Details:
Sam Gibbard: sam.gibbard@rmit.edu.au
Adam Rivett: adam.rivett@rmit.edu.au
Or
Research.data@rmit.edu.au