(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
Freeman, John Mack; Manci, Catherine; Cruz, Sarah; Sheldon, Kimberly
In Spring 2021, the Georgia Tech Library received unexpectedly robust support for the redevelopment of the Library's previously removed Popular Reading Collection. The project had a strict four-month deadline to encumber funds and to ensure that materials were available before the Fall 2021 return to campus. A cross-functional team was established to create and implement a plan to achieve this goal. The successful project resulted in widespread positive feedback from students, Institute partners and leaders, and Library leadership. This case study demonstrates the importance of context in deciding library projects, the utility of cross-functional teams in establishing new collections, and the psychological value of physical materials to campus communities.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Rascoe, Fred; Li, Lisha
The storage, curation, and accessibility of digital research data is becoming more important for scientific and engineering researchers at academic institutions. While much has been written on the needs of research data management of scientists in the academic literature, less common are studies that look in finer detail at specific engineering disciplines. In this paper, the authors use qualitative data from interviews with research faculty of a specific engineering discipline, aerospace engineering (AE), to identify common perceptions, practices, and strategies with respect to their research data. This report also discusses how these faculty react to, adapt to, and accommodate those challenges, often in the words of the respective researchers themselves. This report then concludes with possible recommendations for academic libraries, and research university campuses with an AE presence.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-10-05)
Parham, Susan Wells; Carlson, Jake; Hswe, Patricia; Westra, Brian
This paper describes an investigation into how researchers in different fields are interpreting and responding to the U.S. National Science Foundation’s data management plan (DMP) requirement. As documents written by the researchers themselves, DMPs can provide insight into researchers’ understanding of the potential value of their data to others; the environment in which their data are developed and prepared; and their willingness and ability to ensure the data are available to others now and in the long-term. With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the authors conducted a content analysis of DMPs generated at their respective institutions using a shared rubric. By developing and testing a rubric designed to understand and evaluate the content of DMPs, the authors intend to develop a more complete understanding, at a larger scale, of how researchers plan for managing, sharing, and archiving their data.