Recruitment Email

Recruitment for institutional survey

Dear colleagues,

I would like to invite you to complete a survey[link] on behalf of your institution regarding your library’s service and readiness for the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy. As you have likely heard, this policy went into effect in January 2023 and requires researchers to submit a DMS Plan with their application for funding outlining how they will share and manage data, as well as complying with the approved plan. With colleagues from the National Center for Data Services of the Network of the National Library of Medicine, I am conducting a study about how libraries are providing services to support researchers in meeting the requirements of the DMS Policy, as well as what gaps exist in knowledge and services.

This survey[link] should take about 5 minutes to complete and asks for information about DMS Policy-related services your library offers or plans to offer and challenges to providing services. Feel free to designate a knowledgeable member of your staff to complete the survey, but please complete only one survey per institution.

We thank you in advance for sharing your experience and invite you to be in touch with any questions you have.

Best,

Lisa Federer

Recruitment email: individual survey

Are you a librarian who works with researchers who receive NIH funding? We want to hear from you about your experiences with supporting NIH’s new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy! We are conducting a study to better understand how librarians are assisting researchers with DMS Policy questions as well as to identify gaps in expertise that could be served through new curriculum development. We invite you to respond to a brief survey[link] about your experience, which should take about 5 minutes to complete. We look forward to hearing about what you’re doing related to the policy!

We thank you in advance for sharing your experience and invite you to be in touch with any questions you have.

Best,

Lisa Federer and study team