Abstract:To effectively support research activities and data stewardship, library and information professionals engage in collaborative projects that involve diverse disciplinary and institutional partnerships. While this idea is stressed in existing literature, the different ways in which librarians and domain experts working in library and information organizations engage in collaboration is rarely made explicit. This paper proposes the term library-mediated collaborations to capture the ways in which library and information professionals perform actions that facilitate, coordinate, and even create opportunities for multiple stakeholders to leverage their resources and expertise in data curation. By mediation, the paper refers to the active and critical involvement of institutional actors, in this case information professionals in a national library, in ensuring the creation and execution of a project over a period of time. The paper discusses the various manifestations of library-mediated collaborations in four data cu-ration projects currently taking place at the National Agricultural Library (NAL). A national library located within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), NAL has long supported the preservation of and access to agricultural information. The paper concludes by identifying important questions that information professionals may consider asking when they participate in collaborative data curation projects.

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图书馆协调的合作：国家农业图书馆的数据整理

摘要：为了有效地支持研究活动和数据管理，图书馆和信息专业人士参与了涉及多种学科和机构伙伴关系的合作项目。尽管现有文献中已经强调了这种想法，但是很少明确指出在图书馆和信息组织工作的图书馆员和领域专家进行协作的不同方式。本文提出了“图书馆介导的协作”一词，以捕捉图书馆和信息专业人士执行行动的方式，这些行动可促进，协调甚至为多个利益相关者创造机会，以利用其资源和数据管理专业知识。通过调解，本文提到机构参与者的积极和批判性参与，在这种情况下，国家图书馆的信息专业人员将确保在一段时间内创建和执行项目。本文讨论了目前在国家农业图书馆（NAL）开展的四个数据评估项目中图书馆为媒介的协作的各种表现形式。NAL是位于美国农业部（USDA）内的国家图书馆，长期以来一直支持保存和访问农业信息。本文通过确定信息专业人员在参与协作数据管理项目时可能考虑提出的重要问题来结束。本文讨论了目前在国家农业图书馆（NAL）开展的四个数据评估项目中图书馆为媒介的协作的各种表现形式。NAL是位于美国农业部（USDA）内的国家图书馆，长期以来一直支持保存和访问农业信息。本文通过确定信息专业人员在参与协作数据管理项目时可能考虑提出的重要问题来结束。本文讨论了目前在国家农业图书馆（NAL）开展的四个数据评估项目中图书馆为媒介的协作的各种表现形式。NAL是位于美国农业部（USDA）内的国家图书馆，长期以来一直支持保存和访问农业信息。本文通过确定信息专业人员在参与协作数据管理项目时可能考虑提出的重要问题来结束。