– The purpose of this paper is to share a case study process of collaboration with faculty, highlight some design considerations when creating data entry forms and describe some considerations when planning for data management.
– A case study is presented with goals, events and design considerations.
– Findings show that librarians can be essential members of a faculty research team.
– Each partnership is different with different data management needs. Design considerations for a data entry form depend on the specific data being collected.
– Principles can be applied to other libraries developing data management collaborations with faculty or for designing of Web/paper data entry forms.
– Most forms are not interactive beyond simple presentation of alternate questions. This form of design method builds on user inputs to create dynamic, color-coded and textual guidance. Some of the process of collaborating with faculty partners is shared.
