Cornell University

To help academic libraries better serve scholars who are producing digital research data, the libraries of Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis will conduct user needs analysis for selected scholars at both universities who wish to create and share research datasets with other scholars. Findings from this needs analysis will be documented using a standardized Data Curation Profile template, and will be used to inform development of a prototype open-source software tool for libraries to use as the basis for providing new types of data services for researchers.