Abigail H Goben

    Email Address: agoben@uic.edu
    College: University Library Department: University Library
    Title: Professor and Data Management Librarian
    Office: LHSC 228 Phone: 3129968292
    Webpage: http://hedgehoglibrarian.com
    Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

    Research Interest:
    I have a variety of research projects underway including

    (1) Data Management Education and Policy. -- I have a number of ongoing projects related to how data management is taught and the policies in higher education related to data sharing, reuse, ownership, etc.

    (2) Data Management Jobs in Higher Education -- Working with an established database that I've been generating for the past decade to understand who is doing the work of data management in academic libraries.

    Generally if there's a project about how we work with research data, I'm likely interested in working on it or talking about it -- this could be accessibility, security, data purchasing, data destruction, data reuse in specific disciplines etc.

    Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 5

    Qualifications of a Student:
    Junior or Senior standing preferred

    Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
    The student may be tasked with data gathering or data entry and cleanup; literature review and summaries; data verification and analysis. The student will be expected to work independently and follow directions accurately. I have some extant datasets that could use work.

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