DATA STEWARDSHIP IN POLAND – CURRICULA AND CAREERS PATHS – THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE NEW PROFESSION
ANNA WAŁEK
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8782-013X
Afiliacja: Gdańsk University of Technology Library, Polska
Abstrakt
Thesis/Objective – The profession of data steward is not fully defined. In particular, in Polish scientific institutions, where even the name of this position is still hard to find, this is a new phenomenon that requires a deeper analysis. It is difficult to specify not only the definition of this profession, or rather the role, but also the scope of tasks and required competencies. All this depends on the role of the data steward in the unit, at the university or in the research team. The aim of the article is to present the origins of the creation of a new specialisation in Poland, which is the role of a data steward. In addition, the forms of education for data stewards in Poland are discussed, as well as initiatives and projects aimed at defining the professional profile, qualifications and career paths of data stewards. Research methods: The critical literature review was used to analyse the content of foreign and Polish LIS literature published in the years 2018-2022. Also, official documents and websites, project descriptions, working group’s, and Task Force’s working papers were analysed. In addition, a survey was carried out and analysed among the members of the Polish data stewards working group (DSCCIN PL) on organisational structures and positions dedicated to research data management existing at Polish universities. Results and conclusions – The first data stewards appeared in libraries. This resulted directly from the policy of the National Science Centre (NCN) but above all also from the fact that the first unit providing support for researchers in the field of data management – the Open Science Competence Center – was established in the Library of the Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech). The Gdańsk Tech Library has established numerous contacts with international networks and organizations, which resulted in active cooperation and placing it in international structures. In particular as a national chapter of the GO-FAIR network (DSCC-IN PL: Data Stewardship Competence Centers Implementation Network – Poland). This initiated the creation of the Polish working group of data stewards, which is now the foundation of the nascent profession and provides a field for the exchange of knowledge and experience. The lack of educational programs at university or in any other form of vocational education has been filled in a sense through the training activities of the Competence Center and the only Data Steward School in Poland. It was only in 2022 that the increased activity of the National Science Center and the Ministry of Education and Science began. In conjunction with the work on the national policy for open data as well as activities within the European Open Science Cloud, a coherent environment began to emerge for the development of a new specialization at the level of Polish universities and scientific institutions.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8782-013X
Afiliacja: Gdańsk University of Technology Library, Polska
Biogram:
Dr Anna Wałek, President of IATUL – International Association of University Libraries, director of the Gdańsk
University of Technology Library. An experienced library manager, an expert in the field of Open Science, and organization and management of a scientific library. She conducts scientific research in data management in various scientific disciplines, metadata for research data, and data management support services, incl. defining the roles and tasks of data stewards and librarians. A graduate of the Institute of Information and Library Science at the University of Wroclaw, where she obtained a PhD in Library and Information Science in 2013. Since February 2023, expert and Coordinator of the Eastern Hub as part of the Focusing on Open, Collaboration and Useful Science (EOSC Focus) project in the structures of the National Science Centre and the main specialist in the Data Processing Laboratory at the CYFRONET Academic Computer Center of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow in the EOSC FUTURE project (Integration and consolidation of the existing pan-European access mechanism to public research infrastructures and commercial services through the EOSC Portal). Since March 2023 represents Poland as part of the Council for National Open Science Coordination (CoNOSC). In the years 2007-2016 she worked at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Since January 2017, she has been the Director of the Library of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Member of the Board of Directors (since 2018) and President (since 2022) of IATUL (Internationa Association of University Libraries, member of the SPARC Europe Board of Direc
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