User:Susan Parham
Today’s researchers face multiple challenges regarding the management and preservation of their data. Consider that researchers are producing and collecting vast amounts of data at an ever-increasing rate. They contend with increased pressure from sponsors, institutions, and the broader public to provide evidence for research outcomes. And funding agency mandates are becoming increasingly demanding, an example being the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) requirement that proposals submitted after January 18, 2011, include a data management plan. Clearly, the management and preservation of research data is of growing importance to institutions, and provides a juncture where librarians can work with researchers and other campus professionals to develop research data curation services.