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Linda Friend, Head, Scholarly Publishing Services | 814-865-0673
Patricia Hswe, Digital Content Strategist and Head, ScholarSphere User Services | 814-865-6702
Patricia Gael, Graduate Assistant
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Research Data Management Services

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Calcium oxalate crystals in Begonia cells/PSU Libraries

Need help developing a data management plan? Questions about where to get assistance?

Click here to contact us at: UL-RDMST [at] lists [dot] psu [dot] edu

The Research Data Management Services Team:

Patricia Hswe - Digital Collections Curator, Scholarly Communications, and RDMST Co-Chair

phswe@psu.edu | 814-867-3702

Kevin Clair - Metadata Librarian, Cataloging and Metadata Services

kmc35@psu.edu | 814-865-2257

Mike Giarlo - Digital Library Architect, Digital Library Technologies

michael@psu.edu | 814-865-1818

Nancy Henry - Health Sciences Librarian, Life Sciences Library

nih1@psu.edu | 814-865-371

Tamara M. McMahon- Knowledge Integration & Emerging Technologies Librarian, Penn State Hershey George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library

tmcmahon@hmc.psu.edu | 717-531-6137

Stephen Woods - Social Sciences Librarian Specializing in Data and Government Information, Social Sciences Library | Social Sciences Statistics & Data

sjw31@psu.edu | 814-865-0665

Subject Libraries

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Mall entrance to Pattee Library at Penn State

The Reference Collections and Research Department at the Libraries encompasses all eleven subject libraries at the Penn State University Park campus.

Other Library Departments & Groups

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Three hinged arch bridge, Pittsburgh, Pa./PSU Libraries

There are committees and teams, as well as departments, at the Libraries that are bridging efforts to steward data and content in a progammatic way at Penn State. See an aggregate of these below.

In addition, for more information about other offices and units at Penn State that are addressing data management and planning issues, please see the Related Services at PSU section of this toolkit.

Digital Collections Review Team (DCRT)

Digital Operations Team (DOT)

E-Content Stewardhsip Council/Program

Table of Library Departments and their purposes
Library Department	Purpose/Role
Cataloging and Metadata Services	Provides access to resources description, organization, classification, indexing.
Collection Development	Assistance with collection purchases, such as data sets.
Digital Library Technologies	Leads and advises the libraries on technology resources and services, server storage planning. Supports workstation and network services at the Libraries.
Digitization and Preservation	Key center of digital production services. Included is guidance on preservation and conservation issues.
I-Tech (Information Technologies)	Responsible for equipment/software support for the Libraries, training, and web and digital library support.
Library Learning Services	Focused on course-related instruction, the use of instructional classrooms, research seminars, library tours, and instructional design within the Libraries.
Media & Technology Support Services	Film and video equipment, media production labs, information on technology-enabled classroom space, advice on media duplication.
Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing (ODSP)	A joint effort with the Penn State Press, the ODSP publishes several journals online.
Special Collections Library	Contains more than 150,000 printed volumes, more than 25 million archival records and manuscripts, and another million photographs, maps, prints, and audio-visual items.