The library will provide digital curation services in order to support the research needs and output of UC Merced researchers.
Relevance to campus budget priorities:
Building Critical Research Infrastructure
Strengthening Interdisciplinary Research
Addressing Faculty Or Staff Retention Challenges
Improving Operational Efficiency Or Effectiveness
Ensuring Compliance with State And Federal Laws And Regulations
Outcome F1:
Define policies for archiving, delivering access to, and disseminating locally produced research that is determined to be a university asset or of value for future use.
Measures: F1, F2, F3
Outcome F2:
Identify and evaluate service offerings available within the UC system or external organizations that may address local needs.
Measures: F1, F3
Outcome F3:
Communicate and implement digital curation services to campus stakeholders.
Measures: F3, F4
Measure F1:
The library will examine and compare collection policies and guidelines for research data from peer institutions in order to develop baselines for future assessment.
Responsibility: Emily Lin
Measure F2:
Of the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) submitted by the Graduate Division, 100% of those submitted with signed author agreements will be archived and made accessible according to rights agreement terms.
Responsibility: Emily Lin
Measure F3:
Conduct follow-up with respondents from 2011 faculty data curation survey who requested more information on data curation services to evaluate current services and propose initiatives.
Responsibility: Emily Lin
Measure F4:
Assess the use of EZID service by UC Merced researchers.
Responsibility: Emily Lin