Building a Bridge between Data Librarian Skills and Bibliometric or Research Output Analysis

Data librarians can apply their range of skills to supporting bibliometrics and research output analysis projects within the library as well as more broadly at their institutions. This talk will discuss several projects and collaborations that the Data Services department at UMass Amherst Libraries has participated in. Projects include a bibliometric analysis on a specific topic, a research output analysis of open access publications, and overviews of other projects where the team provided consultations or participated more minimally. The talk will include discussion of project workflows, ideas on how to initiate or find these collaborations, what related data librarianship skills were used, and where to get training on new skills in these areas. Special focus will be paid to highlighting the openly available tools and data sources used in this work as a way to demonstrate how to do similar projects with limited resources.