This JARVIS_readme20251211.txt file was generated on 20251211 by Kaylee Alexander

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset 

Time Tracking Study Data for Read & Publish Agreement Administration at the University of Utah

2. Author Information

  Principal Investigator Contact Information
        Name: Christy Jarvis
           Institution: Eccles Health Science Library, University of Utah
           Address: 10 N 1900 E, Bld 589, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
           Email: christy.jarvis@utah.edu
	   ORCID: 0009-0007-9931-8463

3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) <suggested format YYYYMMDD>

	20250301 to 20250831

4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): 

	University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: NA

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:

	CC BY - Allows others to use and share your data, even commercially, with attribution.

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: NA

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: NA

5. Was data derived from another source? No

6. Recommended citation for the data:

Jarvis, Christy. 2025. "Time Tracking Study Data for Read & Publish Agreement Administration at the University of Utah." The Hive: University of Utah Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7278/S5d-0zzd-2928.

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List
   A. Filename: 20251210_ReadAndPublish_Jarvis.xlsx        
      Short description: Over a six-month period, a librarian systematically tracked time and tasks across author support, publisher coordination, data management, communication, and workflow development to understand and report on the institutional burden of supporting Read and Publish agreements.     

2. Relationship between files: NA        

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 

The librarian recorded all R&P support activities during the six-month period between March 2025 and August 2025. Time spent on R&P tasks was logged daily using a spreadsheet, with tasks coded by category.

2. Methods for processing the data:

Data were processed using pivot tables to analyze time spent per month, per activity and glean additional themes/patterns of R&P support activities.

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:

Data file may be accessed using Excel.

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA

5. Environmental/experimental conditions:

Data reflect R&P support activities within an academic health sciences library environment.

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:

Data were reviewed for category consistency using Excel filter function.

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: NA

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: 20251210_ReadAndPublish_Jarvis.xlsx
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1. Number of variables: 5

2. Number of cases/rows: 271

3. Variable List
    A. Name: Date
       Description: date on which the support activity occurred

    B. Name: Activity Category
       Description: assigns each specific activity to one of the task categories: Author Support, Publisher Coordination, Data Management, Communication and Training, Systems and Internal Workflow.

    C. Name: Task Description
       Description: [description of the variable]
                    Value labels if appropriate

    D. Name: Time Spent
       Description: reflects actual librarian time spent in hours devoted to the specific task recorded

    E. Name: Notes
       Description: Where available, patron de-identified email requests for support were recorded here

4. Missing data codes: NA

5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used: NA