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    Equitable from the Beginning: Incorporating Critical Perspectives into Your Research Design
    (2021-06-03) Coalter, Jodi; Durden, David; Dunewood, Leigh
    A research data management (RDM) education diet is calorie-dense with technical and regulatory macronutrients, but often lacks essential micronutrients such as equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. As part of a broader effort to improve the data management diets of undergraduate Gemstone Honors research teams at the University of Maryland, College Park. The authors created a series of instructional modules on equitable data collection and research design practices. These modules enable researchers to assess the impact of their data across the research lifecycle, and widen their perspectives of data collection and analysis processes to consider implicit and transparent ethical, diversity, equity, and inclusion values at all stages of RDM.
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    Uncovering Hidden Datasets in DRUM
    (2021-06-03) Durden, David; Buser, Allison
    DRUM has been available for UMD researchers to deposit research data since the mid-2000's but little mediation or curation has been performed on these materials to date. As the Libraries begin planning for a new collection within DRUM specifically for research data, the authors wondered how much research data had been deposited in DRUM as a supplemental file to an article, paper, or ETD rendering the data "hidden" from searches within DRUM. This poster presents two methodologies for querying records in DRUM, analyzing metadata to discover hidden datasets, and outlining the next steps for improving research data archiving and preservation in DRUM.
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    The Position of Library-Based Data Services: What Funding Data Can Tell Us
    (2013) Nilsen, Karl; Dasler, Robin; Muñoz, Trevor; Hovde, Sarah
    As academic research libraries develop services to support data management and curation, understanding the demand from researchers for new services and establishing parameters for pilot projects are key challenges for managers. Data about proposals and awards for research funding provide evidence about the potential scale, scope, and institutional location of research and data production. Information obtained from funding data can complement and contextualize insights obtained directly from individual researchers about their data management needs. This poster reports on an analysis of funding data conducted by librarians at the University of Maryland, College Park. The authors aimed to discover what funding data can tell librarians about the demand for data management support and the potential challenges for library-based services. The authors also sought to understand the limitations of funding data as a source of information.