Sidebar 1:

Data Manager or Information Manager?

The term "data manager" developed to describe an individual dealing
with specific data sets. A data manager may prepare, calibrate,
document and assure the quality of raw data. Additionally, the data
manager may develop techniques and formats for exchanging data
with a central site and for eventual distribution and/or preservation.
Current research often requires data sets to be integrated from
multiple projects and sources into intercomparable groups of data sets.
In fact, the term "information manager" may better describe the
individual dealing with the broader aspects of data. Scientists,
responsible for collecting and interpreting data, benefit from
working in partnership with data and information managers, to ensure
optimal data and information availability.