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iassist-842	Lubanski, Adam	Social Science Data Services During the Last Five Years of the Millennium	1997	11	.pdf	application/pdf	5737	197	42	• of all forty-eight respondents interviewed at the 17 research universities, 45 expressed unprovoked favourable opinions of data support services - although nearly all said this was an under resourced area (and were actively lobbying for better funding); only two researchers said that their level of data support was adequate for local needs; and • about half of the data support services/libraries were managed by the library service - a trend which was generally welcomed, but opposed by 4 respondents (3c and 1d - i.e. three computer staff and one data support person) who favoured independence. The following IT/computer issues were cited frequently: • around one third of data staff stressed that “computer skills were a basic requirement for data support staff” (10d=10 citations) • some IT support staff (below managers) were concerned that IT managers were not offering appropriate/relevant training for IT staff, particularly data skills (5c) • the use of public PC facilities by students was often 100% with queuing at peak times, indicating that demand exceeded supply - although some universities experienced a decrease in use of public facilities, as students stayed off-site (long journeys, bad weather, good support for modem links or local networking, etc. encouraged purchase of laptops)	cache/iassist-842.pdf	txt/iassist-842.txt