1. Dissemination and Discovery of Diverse Data: Do Libraries Promote Their Unique Research Data Collections?
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Nicholson, Shawn W. and Bennett, Terrence B.
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IMAGE files , *COLLECTION management (Libraries) , *ACADEMIC libraries , *DIGITAL libraries , *DATA curation , *LIBRARY websites , *ANTIQUITIES , *WEB designers - Abstract
Academic libraries acquire and steward numeric datasets as well as large collections of image files, audio archives, digital texts, and other non-numeric resources. This article considers how a sample of libraries in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom present these collections and make them available for discovery. And, importantly, the article examines whether these non-numeric collections are positioned on the library Website as research datasets, rather than as artifacts of limited local and/or historical interest. Findings from this analysis may help collection managers and Web designers as libraries define their role in connecting users to research data. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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