Emily Lin – Head, Digital Assets, University of California, Merced Library
If the raison d’être of the academic library is to collect, manage, and disseminate information resources to support teaching, discovery and knowledge creation, libraries must be able to encompass new forms of scholarship. As the newest of the ten-campus UC library system, the UC Merced Library is uniquely positioned to work with faculty and researchers to realize their visions of digital scholarship and to develop plans for long-term management of the digital assets they are creating. The library has collaborated with a number of UC Merced faculty on digital initiatives, which present a snapshot of the interests and needs of today’s scholars. This presentation will provide an on-the-ground look at the needs and approach to research data curation at UC Merced, as well as a birds-eye view, environmental scan of current data curation efforts.
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