Indiana University IUPUI

Researchers at the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Indianapolis and Indiana University Bloomington will work toward the development of a conceptual framework for assessing libraries' capacity for big data curation. This planning grant will provide a research-based foundation for a future project to develop a big data curation capacity assessment toolkit that would be freely available to libraries across the country. The conceptual framework will be informed by three specific research activities: systematic literature review, online survey, and in-person focus groups. Research findings will provide informative sources for academic and public libraries that are interested in or are planning sustainable and scalable big data curation programs. It will assist library staff in understanding their current environments as well as potential impediments to building successful curation programs.