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Traveling on the same road while navigating different terrain: Institutional data services and repositories across the US Open

Mikala Narlock, Jake Carlson, Wind Cowles, Leslie Delserone, Joel Herndon , et al. · 2025

This paper describes the Repository Readiness initiative and subsequent Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS). These efforts examined the current state of institutional research data services and repositories…

Correction: Seek and you may (not) find: A multi-institutional analysis of where research data are shared Open

Lisa Johnston, Alicia Hofelich Mohr, Joel Herndon, Shawna Taylor, Jake Carlson , et al. · 2024

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Understanding the value of curation: A survey of US data repository curation practices and perceptions Open

Lisa Johnston, Renata Gonçalves Curty, Susan Braxton, Jake Carlson, Hannah Hadley , et al. · 2024

Data curators play an important role in assessing data quality and take actions that may ultimately lead to better, more valuable data products. This study explores the curation practices of data curators working within US-based data repos…

Seek and you may (not) find: A multi-institutional analysis of where research data are shared Open

Lisa Johnston, Alicia Hofelich Mohr, Joel Herndon, Shawna Taylor, Jake Carlson , et al. · 2024

Research data sharing has become an expected component of scientific research and scholarly publishing practice over the last few decades, due in part to requirements for federally funded research. As part of a larger effort to better unde…

Analysis of U.S. Federal Funding Agency Data Sharing Policies Open

Reid Boehm, Hannah Calkins, Patricia Condon, Jonathan Petters, Rachel Woodbrook · 2023

Federal funding agencies in the United States (U.S.) continue to work towards implementing their plans to increase public access to funded research and comply with the 2013 Office of Science and Technology memo Increasing Access to the Res…

RDA for Data Management Planning Community Cross-fertilisation Workshop Summary Open

Tomasz Miksa, Francis P. Crawley, Elisha M. Wood‐Charlson, Paulette Lieby, Jonathan Petters , et al. · 2022

<p>The community cross-fertilisation workshop, ‘RDA for Data Management Planning’, brought chairs and members of RDA Working Groups (WGs) and Interest Groups (IGs) together, with members of the wider research data communi…

An Assessment of Research Data Services Through Client Interaction Records Open

Jonathan Petters, Andi Ogier, Amr Hilal · 2022

Research data services have become a key feature of academic libraries. In this paper, we provide an internal assessment of consulting reach and effectiveness for our Data Services provided by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech and …

Open Access Forum 2021: Virginia Tech's New Open Access Policy + Intros to Open Data and Open Educational Resources Open

Philip Young, Jonathan Petters, Kayla B. McNabb, Aimée M. Surprenant, Peter Suber , et al. · 2021

This year's Open Access Forum features a presentation on Virginia Tech's new open access policy, with a Q&A afterward with OA expert Peter Suber and members of the working group. Short introductions to open data and open educational resour…

Value of Curation Survey, January 2021 Open

Lisa Johnston, Renata Gonçalves Curty, Sophia Lafferty-Hess, Hannah Hadley, Jonathan Petters , et al. · 2021

This dataset includes the raw and augmented survey results from the January 2021 Value of Curation survey run by the Data Curation Network. Distributed to US data repository staff and directors via email listservs the survey received a tot…

Understanding the Value of Curation: Preliminary survey results of data curation practice and perception Open

Renata Gonçalves Curty, Lisa Johnston, Sophia Lafferty-Hess, Hannah Hadley, Hoa Luong , et al. · 2021

Die TRUST-Prinzipien für digitale Repositorien Open

Dawei Lin, Jonathan Crabtree, Ingrid Dillo, Robert R. Downs, Rorie Edmunds , et al. · 2020

Da Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in unserer Gesellschaft allgegenwärtig geworden sind, sind wir zunehmend sowohl von digitalen Daten abhängig als auch auf Repositorien angewiesen, die den Zugang zu diesen Ressourcen und ihr…

Los principios TRUST en los repositorios digitales Open

Dawei Lin, Jonathan Crabtree, Ingrid Dillo, Robert R. Downs, Rorie Edmunds , et al. · 2020

Con la adopción cada vez más generalizada de las TICs en nuestra sociedad, dependemos cada vez más de los datos digitales y de los repositorios que brindan acceso a ese tipo de recursos y nos permiten utilizarlos. Los repositorios deben ga…

The TRUST Principles for digital repositories Open

Dawei Lin, Jonathan Crabtree, Ingrid Dillo, Robert R. Downs, Rorie Edmunds , et al. · 2020

As information and communication technology has become pervasive in our society, we are increasingly dependent on both digital data and repositories that provide access to and enable the use of such resources. Repositories must earn the tr…

6. Dedicated Consultants to Offer One-to-One Support with Data Open

Yan Wang, Alastair Dunning, Marta Teperek, Jonathan Petters, Iza Witkowska , et al. · 2020

What if you have slightly more resources available and would like to effectively engage with researchers across all disciplines? We recommend you consider hiring dedicated domain experts who could offer in-depth, one-to-one support to your…

SPARC Data Sharing Resource Update 2020 Open

Hannah Calkins, Patricia Condon, Jonathan Petters, Rachel Woodbrook, Reid Boehm · 2020

Report: Public Access to Research Data at Virginia Tech Open

Andi Ogier, Jonathan Petters, Virginia Pannabecker · 2019

Recent reports and recommendations from AAU/APLU and National Academies of Science charge public universities, especially those with a land grant mission, to provide needed infrastructure and guidance that will enable researchers to more e…

World Digital Preservation Day 2019 Lightning Talks Open

Alex Kinnaman, Luke Menzies, James Tuttle, Maureen Saverot, Jonathan Petters , et al. · 2019

In celebration of World Digital Preservation Day, seven Virginia Tech University Library personnel from four different Library departments will present five-minute lightning talks covering various practical and unique topics on digital pre…

Auditing an Institutional Data Repository With Respect to the CoreTrustSeal Certification Requirements Open

Jonathan Petters, Naina Pisharoti · 2019

J. Petters presented how Curation Services in Virginia Tech University Libraries used the CoreTrustSeal repository certification requirements to conduct a self audit of their institutional data repository VTechData. This presentation highl…

6.2. Cultural Change Happens One Person at a Time: Informatics Lab at Virginia Tech Open

Jonathan Petters · 2019

Geospatial Data Services in the University Libraries: Recommendations for Development Open

R. Shane Coleman, Edwin L. Brooks, Jonathan Petters · 2019

For many years University Libraries Geospatial Services has provided support for researchers and instructors in finding and providing access to geospatial data. More recently University Libraries Geospatial Services has also provided other…

An Assessment of VTechData with respect to the CoreTrustSeal Repository Certification Requirements Open

Naina Pisharoti, Jonathan Petters · 2019

This report provides a brief internal assessment as to how well the current status of VTechData (“The Repository) meets the CoreTrustSeal repository certification requirements. VTechData has seen substantial development and improvements fr…

The Impact of Targeted Data Management Training for Field Research Projects – A Case Study Open

Jonathan Petters, George C. Brooks, Jennifer A. Smith, Carola A. Haas · 2019

We present a joint effort at Virginia Tech between a research group in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation and Data Services in the University Libraries to improve data management for long-term ecological field research projec…

Advancing FAIR Data in Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Open

Shelley Stall, Lynn Yarmey, Reid Boehm, Helena Cousijn, Patricia Cruse , et al. · 2018

The Enabling FAIR Data project has brought together a broad spectrum of Earth, space, and environmental science leaders to ensure that data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

Connecting the Opens: Open Access, Open Education, Open Data Open

Peter Potter, Anita Walz, Karen P. DePauw, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Mayra Artiles , et al. · 2018

Open practices represent opportunities to align scholarly and instructional processes with scholarly ideals, ethical stances, real work impacts, and aspirations for a more just and equitable world. There are many types of “open.” The three…

Eglin AFB Field Projects Data Management Training Curriculum Open

Jonathan Petters, Carola A. Haas, George C. Brooks, Jennifer Smith · 2017

A one-and-a-half day customized data management training curriculum for wildlife conservation research. includes material to help motivate the importance of research data management, selected modules and parts of modules from the DataONE e…

OSF@VT: A Customizable Platform for Research Management and Sharing - Training and Educational Materials Open

Erin Smith, Virginia Pannabecker, Anne M. Brown, Jonathan Petters, Andi Ogier · 2017

Public Access: A Driver for Preservation and Discovery of Datasets at a US Land-Grant Institution Open

Andi Ogier, Jonathan Petters, Virginia Pannabecker, Robert Settledge, Elizabeth Grant , et al. · 2017

Public access to federally funded research data ensures preservation and discovery of datasets to promote translation of research evidence into meaningful outcomes. However, historical policy and concerns regarding making data publicly acc…

De-identifying Data Open

Brett Harnett, Amy Koshoffer, Jonathan Petters · 2016

This webinar aired on January 12, 2016 for members of the DataCure listserv. The webinar covered issues around sensitive data and how to establish a educational program to help researchers protect sensitive data while sharing results of t…

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