Surfeit of Sources: Appraising Data Management Books for Librarians

Surfeit of Sources: Appraising Data Management Books for Librarians Abigail Goben, UIC Kristin Briney, Caltech 1 Question: What books are available for librarians to learn about Research Data Services? 2 Discovery Criteria ●Search conducted in 2023; updated May 2024; final book added Spring 2025 ●Amazon, Google Play, Library Catalogs, Worldcat, Bookshop.org ●Terms: [data management, data curation, data literacy] + [library, librarians] 3 Inclusion/Exclusion Included: ●Language: English ●Audience: librarians and library trainees ●Topics: data management and data science Excluded: ●Books for researchers, IT professionals ●Non-book OERs / curriculum ●Software / tool specific 4 Book Pile Page 1 5 Book Pile Page 2 6 Book Pile Page 3 Does not include at least 2 more identified since writing 7 Most and Least Covered Topics ●Data education (23 of 32, 72%) ●Research data management (22, 69%) ●Data repositories (18, 56%) ●Curation (15, 47%) ●Data accessibility (0of 32, 0%) ●High performance computing (1, 3%) ●Community data (2, 6%) ●Creating a data catalog (3, 9%) 8 Edited Collections vs. Single-Author Books ●20 of the 32 books (63%) are edited collections ●More recent mostly correlates to edited collections 63% 9 Bibliography Page 1 Affelt, A. L. (2015). The accidental data scientist: Big data applications and opportunities for librarians and information professionals. Information Today. Bauder, J. (Ed.). (2021). Data literacy in academic libraries: Teaching critical thinking with numbers. ALA Editions. Bauder, J. (Ed.). (2022). Teaching research data management. ALA Editions. 16 Bibliography Page 2 Bhardwaj, R. K., & Banks, P. (Eds.). (2019). Research data access and management in modern libraries. IGI Global. Bongiovanni, E., Gainey, M., & Griego, C. (Eds.). (2025). The open science cookbook. Association of College and Research Libraries. Carlson, J., & Johnston, L. (Eds.). (2015). Data information literacy: Librarians, data, and the education of a new generation of researchers. Purdue University Press. 17 Bibliography Page 3 Clare, C., Cruz, M., Papadopoulou, E., Savage, J., Teperek, M., Wang, Y., Witkowska, I., & Yeomans, J. (Eds.). (2019). Engaging researchers with data management: The cookbook. OpenBook Publishers. Cox, A., & Verbaan, E. (2018). Exploring research data management. Facet Publishing. Du, Y., & Khan, H. R. (2020). Data science for librarians. Libraries Unlimited. 18 Bibliography Page 4 Federer, L. (Ed.). (2016). The Medical Library Association guide to data management for librarians. Rowman & Littlefield. Forbes, C. (Ed.). (2022). Academic libraries and collaborative research services. Rowman & Littlefield. Getz, K., & Brodsky, M. (Eds.). (2022). The data literacy cookbook. Association of College and Research Libraries. 19 Bibliography Page 5 Henderson, M. E. (2017). Data management: A practical guide for librarians. Rowman & Littlefield. Herndon, J. (Ed.). (2022). Data science in the library: Tools and strategies for supporting data-driven research and instruction. Facet Publishing. Isuster, M. Y., & Rod, A. B. (Eds.). (2025). Data culture in academic libraries: A practical guide to building communities, partnerships, and collaborations. ACRL 20 Bibliography Page 6 Johnson, E. O. (2019). Working as a data librarian: A practical guide. Libraries Unlimited. Johnston, L. (Ed.). (2017a). Curating research data. Volume one, Practical strategies for your digital repository. Association of College and Research Libraries. Johnston, L. (Ed.). (2017b). Curating research data. Volume two, A handbook of current practice. Association of College and Research Libraries. 21 Bibliography Page 7 Kellam, L. M., & Peter, K. (2011). Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian. Chandos Publishing. Kellam, L. M., & Thompson, K. (Eds.). (2016). Databrarianship: The academic data librarian in theory and practice. Association of College and Research Libraries. Koltay, T. (2022). Research data management and data literacies. Chandos Publishing. 22 Bibliography Page 8 Krier, L., & Strasser, C. A. (2014). Data management for libraries: A LITA guide. ALA TechSource. Kruse, F., & Boserup Thestrup, J. (Eds.). (2018). Research data management: A European perspective. De Gruyter Saur. Liu, G., Bordelon, B., Nagar, R., Nguyễn, U., Sarti, J., & Boettcher, J. C. (Eds.). (2024). Data quality literacy: A guide book. 23 Bibliography Page 9 Oliver, G., & Harvey, D. R. (2016). Digital curation (Second edition). ALA Neal-Schuman. Pryor, G. (Ed.). (2012). Managing research data. Facet Publishing. Pryor, G., Jones, S., & Whyte, A. (Eds.). (2014). Delivering research data management services: Fundamentals of good practice. Facet Publishing. 24 Bibliography Page 10 Ray, J. M. (Ed.). (2014). Research data management: Practical strategies for information professionals. Purdue University Press. Rice, R., & Southall, J. (2016). The data librarian’s handbook. Facet Publishing. Stuart, D. (2020). Practical data science for information professionals. Facet Publishing. 25