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Ämne: The Data Librarian’s Handbook
*Apologies for cross-posting*
This announcement may be of interest to list members. More information is in the
publishers web pages with a full chapter (on data literacy) included as part of the ‘look
inside’ feature.
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300471
Practical guidance for any librarian learning to deal with data
Facet Publishing have announced the release of The Data Librarian’s Handbook by Robin Rice
and John Southall.
This new book, written by two data librarians with over 30 years’ experience, unpicks the
everyday role of the data librarian and offers practical guidance on how to collect,
curate and crunch data for economic, social and scientific purposes.
Interest in data has been growing in recent years. Support for this peculiar class of
digital information – its use, preservation and curation, and how to support researchers’
production and consumption of it in ever greater volumes to create new knowledge, is
needed more than ever. Many librarians and information professionals are finding their
working life is pulling them toward data support or research data management but lack the
skills required.
Covering everything from handling, managing and curating data; data literacy; research
data management policies; data management plans; data repositories; confidential or
sensitive data; open scholarship and open science, The Data Librarian’s Handbook is a
must-read for all new entrants to the field, LIS students and working professionals.
The authors said, “Our aim is to offer an insider’s view of data librarianship as it is
today, with plenty of practical examples and advice. At times we link this to wider
academic and research agendas and scholarly communication trends, while grounding these
thoughts back in the everyday work of data librarians and other information
professionals”.
Robin Rice is Data Librarian at EDINA and Data Library, an organisation providing data
services for research and education based in Information Services at the University of
Edinburgh.
John Southall is Data Librarian for the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford. He
is based in the Social Science Library and is subject consultant for Economics, Sociology
and Social Policy & Intervention.
Press and review copies contact:
James Williams, Marketing Manager, Facet Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0597
Email: james.williams at facetpublishing.co.uk<mailto:james.williams at
facetpublishing.co.uk>
Notes:
Link to the cover image:
https://www.booksonix.co.uk/facetpublishing/9781783300471.jpg
The Data Librarian's
Handbook<http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300471> | Jan 2017 | 192pp |
paperback: 9781783300471 | £54.95 | hardback: 9781783300983 | £89.95 | eBook:
9781783301836| £54.95
The book is published by Facet Publishing and is available from Bookpoint Ltd | Tel: +44
(0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet at bookpoint.co.uk<mailto:facet
at bookpoint.co.uk> | Web:
www.facetpublishing.co.uk<http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk>uk>. | Mailing Address: Mail
Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD. It is available in North America from
the American Library Association<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11533>33>.
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John Southall,
Bodleian Data Librarian,
Subject Consultant for Economics, Sociology and Social Policy & Intervention,
Bodleian Social Science Library.
T: 01865 285936
E: john.southall at bodleian.ox.ac.uk<mailto:john.southall at bodleian.ox.ac.uk>
Bodleian Data Library: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/data
Research Data Oxford: http://researchdata.ox.ac.uk/
Social Science Library: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ssl
