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Features the Data and Program Library Service (DPLS) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. DPLS provides access to machine readable data files to the University's social science community and disseminates locally-generated files to scholars at other institutions. Links to DPLS online archive, catalog of DPLS data holdings, help on the bibliographic citation of data, online sources of social science data and other information, and users' evaluation form.
An insider’s guide to data librarianship packed full of practical examples and advice for any library and information professional learning to deal with data. Interest in data has been growing in recent years. Support for this peculiar class of digital information – its use, preservation and curation, and how to support researchers’ production and consumption of it in ever greater volumes to create new knowledge, is needed more than ever. Many librarians and information professionals are finding their working life is pulling them toward data support or research data management but lack the skills required. The Data Librarian’s Handbook, written by two data librarians with over 30 yea...