Project
Research Data Collections Project
Title
Pre-interview contact (research data librarian) flowchart
Version
1.0
Date effective
5 November 2010
Last updated
5 November 2010
Scope note
Outlines steps taken by research data librarians to identify and
contact interviewees and schedule interviews.
Authorship
Research Data Collections Project Team
Contact
URL: http://www.researchdata.monash.edu/collections-project/
Email: researchdata@monash.edu
Licensing
This document is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Project
This project is supported by the Australian National Data
acknowledgement Service (ANDS) through the National Collaborative Research
Infrastructure Strategy Program and by Monash University
Library.
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Pre-interview contact (research data librarian) flowchart
Reports from
Research Master
Recommendations from
Subject Librarians and
Researchers
Contact researcher, outline project goals
and process. If they fit data screening
criteria, ask them if they are willing to
participate in an interview
ResearchMaster
report
Tracking
Spreadsheet
Cold Call Script
Researcher
declines
interview
Prescheduling email
Note status as
“no interview” and keep
statistics for ANDS
Flag for sending email to researcher
thanking them for talking with us and
offering email contacts and web site
links if they want to follow up
conversation in future
Email
Researcher
agrees to
interview
Arrange interview
location, date &
time
Book meeting
room if
researcher wants
to meet in library
Send email to researcher
confirming interview details and
title of project/data collection
Email appointment
Confirmation
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