84 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
admin buy in).
Allocating resources and facilitating professional development within the Libraries to support the wide range of data
management situations, problems, and issues that arise at a large research university. This is an ongoing challenge and
will be resolved, in the short term, by restricting our services to a selection of data management situations and, in the
long term, by sufficiently demonstrating the value of RDM services to the Libraries and the university in general that
more resources are allocated to RDM services. (also Staff training)
Build case for more secure funding and/or expansion of related services.
Cost of infrastructure and personnel for RDM services. Measures tried: Collaborating with other units on campus
seeking grant funding. (also Collaboration campus-wide)
Describing the need and justifying a budget.
Developing a sustainable financial model, in particular with the inclusion of fees to the researcher for data archiving.
Financial support for service
Funding and staffing. Demand (by faculty) has so far been light but with increased funder expectations our staffing is
too low and funding for the expected amount of research data to store, tools (visualization, analysis) to develop will
soon be a major problem. (also Limited staffing)
Funding and support for program and services.
Funding issues have been a challenge. This exhibits itself in inadequate staffing, underestimating the needed resources,
and sustainability concerns. We are establishing a governance group that can hopefully address financial and policy
issues. (also Institutional commitment)
Implementing sustainable services.
Insufficient resources to significantly move this forward as a service.
Money: hard to do very much with little to no funding considering grant funding but currently the library is not well set
up to manage the regulations surrounding grant funding.
Research is paid for and supported by the funders out of direct grant charges, not the institution, so gaining knowledge
about what research is happening is a challenge. The Libraries are not involved in the normal workflow of research
administration on campus. Measures: The Libraries continue to form partnerships with other administrative groups such
as the Office of Sponsored Programs, Information Technology Services, and Office of General Council in order to better
understand the research landscape and identify gaps in data services.
Faculty Engagement
Attracting participants in training sessions.
Connecting with faculty: easier to connect with research support staff but hard to identify researchers’ needs.
Convincing researchers to speak to the library about data management.
Faculty buy-in is always tricky. Proving to them that the library is in fact the place for their data needs.
Lack of core faculty interest, particularly in sharing data in open environments.
Many faculty are not taking these mandates seriously or have determined a process that has allowed them to submit,
and they are sticking with it.
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