Data from Job Analyses of Earth Science Data Librarians and Data Managers

Authors

Bradley Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow
Ashley Marie Orehek, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow
Hannah Rose Collier, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow

Document Type

Data

Publication Date

2-5-2020

Abstract

Information professionals working with science data find, access, and make interoperable machine-actionable data for scientists across domains and organizations. Data librarians and data managers facilitate scientific advancement and the requisite skills required to perform their work changes with technology. This study’s purpose is to capture the skills of science data librarians and data managers by interviewing current job incumbents. Job analysis interviews were conducted of twelve participants –six librarians and six data managers—to assess the types and frequencies of job tasks. Science data managers identified tasks related to communication, including collaboration, teaching, and project management activities. Data specific tasks included data discovery, processing and curation, which require an understanding of the data, technology, and information infrastructures to support data use, re-use and preservation. Most respondents had formal science education, but only five had a master’s degree in information sciences. Most of the knowledge, skills, and abilities for these workers were acquired through on-the-job experience, but future professionals in this career may benefit from tailored education informed through job analyses.

Comments

This dataset comprises 14 objects:

• Dataset README file https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2274
• Transcript of Participant 1 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2261
• Transcript of Participant 2 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2260
• Transcript of Participant 3 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2259
• Transcript of Participant 4 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2258
• Transcript of Participant 5 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2257
• Transcript of Participant 6 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2256
• Transcript of Participant 7 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2255
• Transcript of Participant 8 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2254
• Transcript of Participant 9 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2253
• Transcript of Participant 10 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2252
• Transcript of Participant 11 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2251
• Transcript of Participant 12 https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2250
• Informed Consent Statement https://trace.utk.edu/islandora/object/utk.ir.fg%3A2249

Click "Link to Full Text" above to be taken to the dataset entry on trace.utk.edu.

Recommended Citation

Bishop, B. W., Orehek, A. M., & Collier, H. R. (2020). Job Analyses of Science Data Librarians and Data Managers.