ACRL Comments to NIH on Data Management, Sharing, and Citation | ACRL Insider
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Summary:
"On January 19, 2017, ACRL provided comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy in response to their request for information on data management and sharing strategies and priorities. The NIH sought public comments in order to consider how digital scientific data generated from NIH-funded research should be managed, and to the fullest extent possible, made publicly available; and, how to set standards for citing shared data and software.
As reflected in previous ACRL support for governmental policies and legislation that facilitate open access and open education, ACRL is fundamentally committed to the open exchange of information to empower individuals and facilitate scientific discovery. In the information provided to NIH, ACRL shared its perspective on high priority data to be shared, the length of time these data should be made available for secondary research purposes, and important features of technical guidance for data and software citation. The ACRL comments concluded, 'scholarly data repositories, which are often within the remit of the University Library, deal with issues of data and software citation on a regular basis. We encourage NIH to reach out to members of this community who have developed practical expertise in these areas, and to consider librarians as active partners in their efforts to implement effective data and software citation. ACRL is happy to work with NIH as a bridge to the academic and research library community, helping to build effective collaborations and partnerships between communities.'
Read more in ACRL’s full comments to NIH."