LIBRARY DATA CENTRE: MANDATE

To introduce and coordinate a Data Literacy Initiative      on campus through the introduction of data resources      and supporting technologies To serve as the Campus Clearinghouse for numeric     and geospatial data To provide reference service to the Trent community,      meeting and anticipating its needs for data resources To build introductory web pages, search engines, and     catalogues to data resources To foster relations with numeric and geospatial data     producers, acquiring new data and supporting data     partnerships To oversee and administer the Library's data licence     agreements To clarify the Library's responsibilities for integrating      commercial, Internet and lab-owned data in the      collection To initiate formal collaboration of data/image      campus-wide activity To recommend appropriate service, support and     equipment for data/image applications in the library     to the University Librarian