Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Date
2021-11-17
Description
Data catalogs contain metadata-only records for datasets, code, analytical tools, or other research outputs not traditionally included in bibliographic catalogs. The records include curated, enhanced descriptive metadata in order to supply additional access points, provide access instructions or explain data restrictions, connect researchers working on common topics, connect datasets with relevant analytical tools, track publications and funding associated with datasets, and highlight otherwise undiscoverable datasets while still accommodating concerns over PHI exposure. The Data Discovery Collaboration (DDC), a multi-institutional consortium providing a platform-agnostic community of practice to support research data discoverability through metadata, outreach, and software development, is focusing on the role data catalogs play in supporting FAIR data principles especially in the broader context of library and institutional systems. We believe these relatively new, but increasingly implemented catalog systems have a complementary relationship with IRs with space for collaboration and strategy sharing between information professionals developing these projects. This lightning talk will discuss how data catalogs represent an opportunity for libraries with or without IRs to build a more integrated data platform to better serve their community’s needs. Though data catalogs can stand alone, when integrated with or implemented alongside IRs, data repositories, institutional authors/publications databases, persistent identifier minting applications, and other library resources they enhance the library platform, extend the network reach of IRs, and reinforce FAIR data principles.
Keywords
institutional repositories, health sciences, Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries, MIRL, MIRL 2021, data catalogs, datasets, metadata
Open Access
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Rights and Permissions
Copyright © 2021 Dellureficio
Repository Citation
Dellureficio, Anthony, "Data Catalogs, Metadata, and Data Discovery: How data catalogs extend and enhance the IR ecosystem" (2021). Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL). 26.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/mirl/2021/program/26
Data Catalogs, Metadata, and Data Discovery: How data catalogs extend and enhance the IR ecosystem
Data catalogs contain metadata-only records for datasets, code, analytical tools, or other research outputs not traditionally included in bibliographic catalogs. The records include curated, enhanced descriptive metadata in order to supply additional access points, provide access instructions or explain data restrictions, connect researchers working on common topics, connect datasets with relevant analytical tools, track publications and funding associated with datasets, and highlight otherwise undiscoverable datasets while still accommodating concerns over PHI exposure. The Data Discovery Collaboration (DDC), a multi-institutional consortium providing a platform-agnostic community of practice to support research data discoverability through metadata, outreach, and software development, is focusing on the role data catalogs play in supporting FAIR data principles especially in the broader context of library and institutional systems. We believe these relatively new, but increasingly implemented catalog systems have a complementary relationship with IRs with space for collaboration and strategy sharing between information professionals developing these projects. This lightning talk will discuss how data catalogs represent an opportunity for libraries with or without IRs to build a more integrated data platform to better serve their community’s needs. Though data catalogs can stand alone, when integrated with or implemented alongside IRs, data repositories, institutional authors/publications databases, persistent identifier minting applications, and other library resources they enhance the library platform, extend the network reach of IRs, and reinforce FAIR data principles.