Table 8. IR staff’s role-related skillsets.
| Head | Data Curator | IR Manager | Metadata Specialist | Developer | Subject Specialist | Graduate Assistant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding of data curation lifecycle | ||||||
| Long term preservation of knowledge | ||||||
| Familiarity with research data (e.g., Ability to handle data complexity and diversity) | Collection management skill | Metadata knowledge particularly for research data | Technical details of repository software, server, and its architecture | Understanding disciplinary metadata, workflows, and knowledge | ||
| Academic research practice | Software skill | Collection management skill | ||||
| Library practices, needs, and technologies; Ability to communicate and work within a team; Data management practice; Data description/documentation skill; Soft skill (i.e., communication); Time management | ||||||