[Rdap] Tracking data questions/requests

[Mooney, Hailey]

I have also been thinking about tracking statistics. I put all of my data reference questions into the same pot as our regular reference question tracking system, which is desktracker, under our bibliographer statistics form. There is a field to annotate the questions, so I can write in the question text if I wanted to go back and pull up all the ones that were data/stats...although I have not actually done this.

I am planning to create a form in desktracker specifically for our data management consultations so we can track these separately. I am still working out all of the different criteria we want to collect. I believe these will eventually go into the same pot for total reference questions that we report to ARL.

Instruction sessions also have their own form in desktracker and the plan is to start putting our data management workshops in here too.

http://www.desktracker.com/

Hailey Mooney
Data Services and Reference Librarian
Liaison to Human Development & Family Studies, Social Work, Sociology
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 884-0857
mooneyh at msu.edu
http://staff.lib.msu.edu/mooneyh
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From: Rdap [rdap-bounces at asis.org] on behalf of Aletia Morgan [aletia.morgan at rutgers.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:00 AM
To: 'Research Data, Access and Preservation'
Subject: Re: [Rdap] Tracking data questions/requests

Sarah,

That’s a great question – we’ve been playing with some workflow management solutions, but really don’t have anything settled yet that would easily support our data services.  So far, we’ve been keeping a spreadsheet on a shared drive, which really isn’t adequate.

I’d be very interested in any suggestions!

Aletia

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Aletia Morgan
Research Data Manager
Rutgers University
aletia.morgan at rutgers.edu
848-932-6099

From: Rdap [mailto:rdap-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Williams, Sarah Christine
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:51 AM
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Subject: [Rdap] Tracking data questions/requests

Hello,

As data services are expanding at the University of Illinois, we are thinking about how we track data questions/requests.  We are interested to learn more about how other libraries are tracking data questions, for example:


·         Do you systematically track data questions?  Is this library-wide or just within a specific unit in the library?

·         What system do you use to record data questions?  Is it the same system used to record reference questions or is it separate?

We would appreciate hearing about practices and experiences at other libraries.

Thanks in advance,
Sarah Williams

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Sarah C. Williams
Life Sciences Data Services Librarian
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

scwillms at illinois.edu<mailto:scwillms at illinois.edu>
(217) 333-8916
http://www.library.illinois.edu/people/bios/scwillms/