Table 5. IR staff’s role-related activities.

Roles	Role-Related Activities
Head	Build or plan data governance structure in their IR
	Communicate with researchers
	Provide outreach for their IRs
Data Curator	Consult with data providers and connect them to metadata specialists or IR managers
	Facilitate communication across different entities
	Evaluate or view research data to see whether the dataset would continue to be maintained or whether it would be deselected
	Build or plan data governance structure in their IRs
	Outreach and educate campus community
IR Manager	Manage IRs on a daily basis
	Work with data providers to help add metadata and upload data into IRs
	Answer questions about IR use and data management
	Outreach and educate campus community
Metadata Specialist	Help data providers to create appropriate metadata for their dataset
	Design metadata schema for their IRs
Developer	Maintain and update IR software
Subject Specialist	Evaluate or view research data to see whether the dataset should continue to be maintained or whether it should be deselected
	Manage and approve incoming submissions to their own collections
	Provide support and help to the management of the IR from their subject/user community specific perspectives
Graduate Assistant	Assist data curators or IR managers