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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Daureen, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’ve held the data curation position at three different universities and been organized in public services twice and tech services once. It doesn’t really matter where I’m placed, both sides tend to be confused
about my responsibilities. Essentially, I do public service-type work, but work with/talk a lot about technology, so there is no consensus about what I am in libraryland. I have a two-prong approach: I educate my colleagues similarly to how I educate teaching
faculty (workshops work well, and team up with another colleague). Example: I’m doing a ‘brown bag’ on data information literacy with a subject librarian who has in interest in government open data and teaches some DIL concepts in an international affairs
class. It won’t be perfect or comprehensive, but it will highlight the connection between my work and what a ‘normal’ librarian does. And when that doesn’t generate trust, I’ve actually approached individuals and shared my position description (tactfully,
of course, explaining that I am working to the job description, which is why my activities look different, but in fact, this is what I was hired to do). I also include justifications of
<i>why</i> I do my activities in my reviews, which is something I didn’t have to do as a ‘normal’ subject librarian. As more of us move into this field, this will likely decrease, but I do wish someone had warned me, as it does take quite a bit of time – and
it’s much easier to strategize a solution when you know it’s a potential issue. I was a bit taken aback when I first started working in this field at the internal push-back, but then I realized it was rarely about me or the work that I do – it’s much more
likely to do with the history of how the position came about, or fear of new expectations, or part of a general identity crisis, etc. If this is the case, then there is little you can do to help that individual – you can only do your best to communicate with
your reporting line and accomplish your goals. And as we can see from these e-mail responses, know that you are not alone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best of luck, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">amanda <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Rdap [rdap-bounces@asis.org] on behalf
of Daureen Nesdill [daureen.nesdill@utah.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Research Data, Access and Preservation<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Rdap] Data management and public services</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I’m up for my 5-yr post tenure review and a colleague of mine is being critical of my work in data management. This is because, as she explains, it is not public service so I do not do enough public service. What
I’m doing is assisting with writing DMPs, teaching about repositories and data management, answering reference questions in data management – in addition to all the ELN work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Has anyone run into this issue? How did you handle it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Totally confused in Utah,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Daureen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Data Curation Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Faculty Center @ the J. W. Marriott Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">295 South 1500 East<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">801-585-5975<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:daureen.nesdill@utah.edu" target="_blank">daureen.nesdill@utah.edu</a>
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