Lightning Talk by Amy Koshoffer - The Emerging Roles of Informationists at the University of Cincinnati

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1. Emerging Roles of Informationists at the University of Cincinnati Amy Koshoffer, Science Informationist UCLibraries
2. Pillars of UCL’s Strategic Plan: 1. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & INNOVATION Develop innovative technologies and services that transform and generate new modes of inquiry, access, scholarship, learning and creative ways of working together. 2. PEOPLE Transform the evolving role of the information professional. 3. DATA to INFORMATION to KNOWLEDGE Transform library research collections. 4. SPACE Transform the concept and use of learning spaces managed by the library.
3. • Building the resource base • Investing in faculty and staff • Leveraging research • Reimagining the student experience • Excelling in e-Learning Pillar IV: UC2019 Academic Master Plan: Pillar II:
4. Building Organizational Strategic Capacity Strategic hiring examples: – e-Learning Strategist – Digital Archivist – Digital Content Strategist – Digital Repository Developer (2) – Metadata Librarian – Research Informationist – Science Informationist – Public/User Computing Specialist (2) – e-Learning Computing Specialist
5. Research Data Management • New services – Informationists consulting with researchers • New data management plans for grant submission • Evaluating current data management practices • Identifying best practices • Promotion of Repositories • New classes and web guides – Research data management – Discovering datasets – NCBI tools – Unique author identifiers – Altmetrics Auckland “Reskilling for Research” 2014