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Please briefly describe any other non-RDM tasks. N=27
Task Category N %
Repository-Related Work 10 37%
Teaching 7 26%
Copyright and Scholarly Communications 6 22%
Management 4 15%
Digital Collections or Project 3 11%
All librarian members of the group perform reference, liaison, and collection development tasks, as well as other
projects.
Analog Media preservation.
Content management, work on research, instructional activities, and professional service.
Copyright and digital scholarship guidance.
Copyright and Scholarly Communication
Copyright checking and consultation training and workshop presentations on RDM outreach and marketing
participation on grant funded research projects.
Digital projects, collection development
Digital Repository Coordination
Head of Specialized Content &Services and Head of Curation and Preservation Services are department heads who
oversee a portfolio of services in their areas and also have various administrative responsibilities. Specialized Content &
Services includes GIS, Social Science Data Services, Statistical Software Support Services, the Aga Khan Documentation
Center, Digital Image &Visual Collection Services, Distance Education Video and Streaming Services, and Community
Video Sharing Services, in addition to Research Data Management Services. The librarians have liaison roles that include
collection selection, soliciting open-access articles, reference and instruction responsibilities. The Library Fellow is
involved with digital curation and preservation activities.
Impossible to do briefly. Serials and other collection review projects weeding special IT projects such as developing
more robust infrastructure for the IR professional development special cataloging projects administrative projects like
formulating the library’s strategic plan and developing a patron-driven acquisitions project classroom instruction etc.
Liaison activities overall, which include many of these elements but also extend into other work, and there is much
overlaps with RDM tasks.
Leadership and coordination for research services overall (publishing support, impact metrics, etc.) and IR services (as
co-director).
Library instruction and faculty liaison work.
Manager of digital repository.
Other digital project related work.
Other tasks could include too many activities to detail here.
Please briefly describe any other non-RDM tasks. N=27
Task Category N %
Repository-Related Work 10 37%
Teaching 7 26%
Copyright and Scholarly Communications 6 22%
Management 4 15%
Digital Collections or Project 3 11%
All librarian members of the group perform reference, liaison, and collection development tasks, as well as other
projects.
Analog Media preservation.
Content management, work on research, instructional activities, and professional service.
Copyright and digital scholarship guidance.
Copyright and Scholarly Communication
Copyright checking and consultation training and workshop presentations on RDM outreach and marketing
participation on grant funded research projects.
Digital projects, collection development
Digital Repository Coordination
Head of Specialized Content &Services and Head of Curation and Preservation Services are department heads who
oversee a portfolio of services in their areas and also have various administrative responsibilities. Specialized Content &
Services includes GIS, Social Science Data Services, Statistical Software Support Services, the Aga Khan Documentation
Center, Digital Image &Visual Collection Services, Distance Education Video and Streaming Services, and Community
Video Sharing Services, in addition to Research Data Management Services. The librarians have liaison roles that include
collection selection, soliciting open-access articles, reference and instruction responsibilities. The Library Fellow is
involved with digital curation and preservation activities.
Impossible to do briefly. Serials and other collection review projects weeding special IT projects such as developing
more robust infrastructure for the IR professional development special cataloging projects administrative projects like
formulating the library’s strategic plan and developing a patron-driven acquisitions project classroom instruction etc.
Liaison activities overall, which include many of these elements but also extend into other work, and there is much
overlaps with RDM tasks.
Leadership and coordination for research services overall (publishing support, impact metrics, etc.) and IR services (as
co-director).
Library instruction and faculty liaison work.
Manager of digital repository.
Other digital project related work.
Other tasks could include too many activities to detail here.
