26 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
BROAD DATA SUPPORT SERVICES
Most of this survey will focus on research data management (RDM) services as described in the introduction. Our first question,
however, asks about the broader range of services provided at your institution that support research and data access.
3. Please indicate whether your library offers information resources, assistance, and/or provides
training on each topic below. Also indicate how long your library has provided the particular
service (1–3 years, or more than 3 years) or if there are plans to provide the service. Check all that
apply. N=73
Topic Offers
Service
Service offered
1–3 years
Service offered
3+ years
Service
Planned
N
Providing an institutional repository 64 15 48 7 71
Locating &using existing data sources (for
sciences, humanities, government, medical, etc.)
68 4 59 1 69
GIS and geospatial analysis, support 61 8 50 3 64
Dataset purchase, acquisition, subscriptions 58 5 52 3 61
Copyright &patent advising 54 7 40 6 60
General statistical software support 42 4 33 7 49
Data visualization support 26 9 12 18 44
Data analysis support 28 5 19 11 39
Data mining 20 7 8 15 35
Database design &management 20 5 11 2 22
Programming/software development 17 3 10 4 21
Other data support service(s) 21 7 10 7 26
Total Responses 72 42 66 37 72
15
4
8 5 7
4
9
5 7 5 3
7
48
59 50
52
40
33
12 19
8 11
10
10
7
1
3 3
6
7
18 11
15
2
4
7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Providing an IR Loca9ng data GIS Dataset
purchase
Copyright &
patent advising
Sta9s9cal
soGware
Data
visualiza9ont
Data analysis Data mining Database
design
Programming Other data
support
Service offered 1–3 years Service offered 3+ years Service Planned
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