Data Management and the Role of Librarians.

'Research Data Science' is defined by Committee on Data of the International Council for Science Research Data Alliance (CODATA-RDA) as an ensemble of (a) Open Science principles and practices (FAIR) and research data management and curation skills, (b) the use of a range of data platforms and infrastructures, (c) large scale analysis, (d) statistics, (e) visualization and modeling techniques, (f) software development and annotation, and (g) more. Data management and the role of librarians must now include developing expertise and training with faculty, students, and staff on "research data science" directly and/or indirectly through collaborative library/faculty partnerships. To meet this need, librarians at the University of Florida have developed a new research support service called Academic Research Consulting & Services (ARCS) to assist faculty, students, and staff with their data management and research needs. The library-centered, campus-wide focused UF Data Management and Curation Working (DMCWG) and ARCS work in collaborative partnerships with the campus units such as the UF Informatics Institute, UF Data Carpentry Club (https://github.com/UF-Carpentry), and UF Data Science & Informatics (DSI) undergraduate student organization to provide support to pre- and post-grant research and teaching. This new role of librarians is to facilitate library/faculty collaborations and broker resources that contribute to the facilitation of promulgating 'research data science' skills at scale for their respective institutions. This paper will discuss the developing outreach activities, interdepartmental collaborations, some initial outcomes, and future goals of leveraging capacity, infrastructure, and resources to develop data management efforts across communities of practice within an institution's current organizational culture. One aim of this paper is to highlight the importance and significance of developing good library and faculty partnerships built on character, integrity, and humility as the cornerstones for the roles of librarians as collaborators in promoting socio-technical data management programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]