Abstract
In 2016, the IFLA Section Library Theory and Research has (partially) funded the research project “Data curator who is s/he?” to clarify the profile of data curator. The main goal of the project was to define characteristics of roles and responsibilities of data curators in the international and interdisciplinary contexts. The research questions of the Project were:
R1: How is data curation defined by practitioners/professional working in the field?; R2: What terms are used to describe the roles for professionals in data curation area?; R3: What are primary roles and responsibilities of data curators?; R4: What are educational qualifications and competencies required of data curators?
In this paper we present briefly some of the results related to research questions R1 and R2, namely what terms are used to describe the roles for professionals in data curation area.
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Bibliography old | Bibliography new | Positions/Job offers | Questionnaire | Interviews | Edison | |
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Bibliogr. Old (60 key phrases) | curation//data curation//data curation education//data curation profiles//data management//data quality//digital curation//digital preservation//escience professionals//large scale information management problems//metadata//plurality of curation roles//preservation//repositories//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data quality//data sharing//data stewardship//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//repositories//research data//research data management | area of data//curation//data curation//data management//data management plan//digital curation//metadata//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data quality | |
Bibliogr. New (69 key phrases) | curation//data curation//data curation education//data curation profiles//data management//data quality//digital curation//digital preservation//escience professionals//large scale information management problems//metadata//plurality of curation roles//preservation//repositories//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data management planning//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data management planning//data quality//digital curation//digital preservation//information management//preservation//repositories//research data//research data management//research data services | curation//curators//data curation//data management//digital curation//metadata//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data quality//data science | |
Positions (40 key phrases) | curation//data curation//data management//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data management planning//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data management planning//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//research data//research data curation//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//digital curation//research data//research data management//scholarly communication | curation//data curation//data management | |
Question. (56 key phrases) | curation//data curation//data management//data quality//data sharing//data stewardship//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//repositories//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data management planning//data quality//digital curation//digital preservation//information management//preservation//repositories//research data//research data management//research data services | curation//data curation//data management//data management planning//digital curation//digital preservation//preservation//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//digital curation//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//data quality | |
Interviews (34 key phrases) | area of data//curation//data curation//data management//data management plan//digital curation//metadata//research data//research data management | curation//curators//data curation//data management//digital curation//metadata//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management//digital curation//research data//research data management//scholarly communication | curation//data curation//data management//digital curation//research data//research data management | curation//data curation//data management | |
Edison (25 key phrases) | curation//data curation//data management//data quality | curation//data curation//data management//data quality//data science | curation//data curation//data management | curation//data curation//data management//data quality | curation//data curation//data management |
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Tammaro, A.M., Casarosa, V. (2018). Who Is the Data Curator? Defining a Vocabulary. In: Serra, G., Tasso, C. (eds) Digital Libraries and Multimedia Archives. IRCDL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 806. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73165-0_25
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