Datasets Management inclusion into collections and digital preservation aspects

Abstract

Datasets are being included into libraries collections and later disseminated through the collections to the end-user. However, there are questions that need to be solved regarding dataset digital curation, legal aspects and its further dissemination. Datasets are created and distributed among several types of licenses. This suppose questions to be solved by libraries to include datasets into their collections, specially to further reuse. An ideal dataset is one that would be under Open Access license, but this is not always the case. A dataset can be found in many places and sometimes is difficult not only to found them but also to process and reuse them. Therefore, it is necessary the role of the dataset curator to validate the integrity and selecting the appropriate dataset for their inclusion into a collection.