This readme.txt file was generated on <20160314> by <Carolyn Bishoff>

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Citation Manager Survey of Faculty and Graduate Students at the University of Minnesota, 2015

2. File Information:
   A. Filename: readme.txt
   B. Short description: Explanation of dataset
   C. Filename: documentation.txt
   D. Short description: Documentation of codes and column headers
   E. Filename: processed_20160113_facgradcmsurvey.xlsx
   F. Short description: Dataset, deidentified and coded, of faculty and grad student responses to survey
   G. If data set includes multiple files related to one another, include relationship here:
 Excel file contains the data, documentation.txt explains the structure and coding of the data, readme.txt describes the dataset.

3. Principal Investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Megan Kocher
   B. Institution: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
   C. Address: 1984 Buford Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108
   D. Email: mkocher@umn.edu


4. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Carolyn Bishoff
   B. Institution: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
   C. Address: 117 Pleasant Street S.E. 108 Walter Library Minneapolis, MN 55455
   D. Email: cbishoff@umn.edu

5. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Jody Kempf
   B. Institution: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
   C. Address: 117 Pleasant Street S.E. 108 Walter Library Minneapolis, MN 55455
   D. Email: j-kemp@umn.edu

6. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Amy Claussen
   B. Institution: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
   C. Address: 505 Essex St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
   D. Email: akla0002@umn.edu

7. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Kristi Bergland
   B. Institution: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
   C. Address: 309 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455
   D. Email: bergl007@umn.edu

8. Date of data collection: 20150826-20150926


9. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): n/a


10. Date files were created: 20160113 (dataset), 20160314 (documentation)


11. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no

12. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: n/a

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Survey distributed through email via Qualtrics to all-faculty email list and research associate email list.


2. Methods for processing the data: Data were downloaded from Qualtrics to Excel. Columns containing nonessential identifying information were deleted (e.g. coordinates and IP addresses). Columns containing nonessential nonidentifying information were also deleted (e.g. start time, end time). Free-response questions were coded to facilitate analysis. 


3. Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data: none

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: none

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: Data were gathered asychronously and instrument delivered via email.

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: none

7. Codes or symbols used to note or characterize low quality/questionable outliers that people should be aware of: none

8. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Carolyn Bishoff, Amy Claussen, Jody Kempf, Megan Kocher, Kristi Bergland

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION

1. Column headings for tabular data: see documentation.txt

2. Codes or symbols used to record missing data: none

3. Other specialized formats or abbreviations used: none

4. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: none


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CCO (Public Domain)


2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Keeping an ear to the ground: Evaluating recent developments in citation manager technology with user feedback. Presented as a concurrent session at Library Technology Conference 2016, St. Paul, MN, March 16 2016. Presentation will be deposited in conference archive: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/libtech_conf/2016/


3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none


4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: none


5. Recommended citation for the data: see DRUM record


Credits: Template provided by the University of Minnesota Libraries, http://lib.umn.edu/datamanagement