Commentary

A Librarian Out of the Library

Author
  • T. Scott Plutchak (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Abstract

As librarians move into new roles, such as research data management, they sometimes find themselves moving, both organizationally and physically, out of the library. While this dislocation can be professionally unsettling, the shift in perspective that it brings can heighten their and their colleagues’ appreciation for the particular skills and talents that librarians can bring to the research enterprise.

Keywords: RDM, librarians, data management, organizational culture

How to Cite:

Plutchak, T., (2016) “A Librarian Out of the Library”, Journal of eScience Librarianship 5(1): 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2016.1106

Rights: Copyright © 2016 The Author(s).

Publisher Notes

  • The HTML and PDF versions of this article were corrected on November 21, 2017 to change the Creative Commons license from CC BY-NC-SA to CC BY at the author's request.

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19 Oct 2016