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Lindsey M. Harper, MA, MSLS, is an Assistant Professor (Archivist and Records Management Librarian) with the University Libraries at Marshall University in Huntington, WV. She received her MS degree in Library Science from the University of Kentucky and her MA in Psychology from Marshall University. Her research interests intersect the LIS and psychology professions and include social psychological theory, social media, diversity and social justice issues and open data. Her research has been published in places like the Journal of Documentation, The Library Quarterly, Library Trends and the International Journal of Information Management. She can be reached at harper166@marshall.edu

Elizabeth D. James, MS, is an Assistant University Librarian (Digital Archivist) with the West Virginia Regional History Centre at West Virginia University. She received her MS degree in Archives Management from Simmons University. Her research interests include using cultural heritage metadata as data for teaching, discovery and research; non-traditional forms of engagement with digital archival materials; scalable approaches to digital preservation and repository management for small- and medium-size institutions; and exploring how technology can help leverage digitized and digital cultural heritage materials to further scholarship, discovery and use of cultural heritage materials. She can be reached at elizabeth.james1@mail.wvu.edu

Soohyung Joo is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. He obtained his PhD in information studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research areas are digital libraries, information retrieval, online resource use, data analytics and research data services. He is currently working on developing a research data services model in academic libraries. His research work has been published in information science journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Information Processing and Management and the Electronic Library. Dr Soohyung Joo can be contacted at: soohyung.joo@uky.edu

Youngseek Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at Sungkyunkwan University in the Republic of Korea. He completed his PhD in Information Science and Technology at Syracuse University in 2013. His current research efforts in eScience try to understand the nature of scientists’ data practices, focusing on data sharing and reuse, the education of eScience professionals and the adoption and use of cyberinfrastructure. He published articles in the Journal of Association for Information Science and Technology, Information Processing and Management, Journal of Information Science and Online Information Review.