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Changing Role of Instirutional Researcher in Higher Education (Harris, Lori)
Paper produced as result of UNLV internship in Data Governance (May 29, 2008)

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Strategies and Tools Used to Collect and Report Strategic Plan Data (Frost, Jacque; Lucas, Cheryl; Blankert, JennieMarie)
Paper presented at the Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) (44th, Boston, MA, May 28-June 2, 2004)

Academic institutions are becoming increasingly interested in the collection and presentation of data to support strategic planning, accreditation, and accountability needs. .............. This paper will take you through the process used to establish contacts across the university, the collection and management of data and the formatting of facts and figures for clear and accessible presentation to diverse audiences.

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Strategic Planning and Organizational Change: Implications for Institutional Researchers (K.A. Corak & D.P. Wharton; 10 pp; No. 49). Summer, 1993. Full Text (1,599,553 bytes)

Data Integrity: Why Aren’t the Data Accurate? (F.J. Gose; 7 pp; No. 33). Fall, 1989. Abstract

The accuracy and reliability aspects of data integrity are discussed, with an emphasis on the need for consistency in responsibility and authority. A variety of ways in which data integrity can be compromised are discussed. The following sources of data corruption are described, and the ease or difficulty of identification and suggested actions for prevention are discussed: (1) changes in institutional policies; (2) new meaning associated with a datum; (3) user experimentation with the system; (4) purging/consolidation of corrupted data; (5) referential integrity; (6) inadequate analysis and testing of software; (7) running obsolete versions of a program; (8) restructuring set relationships on a database; and (9) the trade-off between editing and performance.

______. (2001) Purdue University Strategic Plan (2001-06) The Next Level: Preeminence.

Data Management News
Gearing up for the data security culture shift
By Hannah Smalltree, News Writer
30 Nov 2005 | SearchDataManagement.com

Hannah Smalltree introduces her article by explaining that "When it comes to corporate data policy, actions speak louder than words..................High profile data breaches have shown that even heavily regulated financial companies can falter when it comes to securing private data. Experts said data stewardship must be ingrained in corporate culture, but in many companies, it still isn't. ............. "It's just not a working habit for people," said Rich Mogull, research vice president with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. But it has to become one, he said. "

DM Review Magazine December 2006 Issue
Data Governance: A Necessity in an Integrated Information World
By Danette McGilvray

Some highlights: "As a guiding principle for any data governance program, information is owned by the enterprise and is maintained in various company systems. In addition, customers, vendors and employees retain certain rights to their own information. Various organizations, teams and individuals in the company are stewards of the information. They have the responsibility to manage the enterprise's data effectively on behalf of others and in a fair, lawful and honest manner."

DM Review Magazine January 2007 Issue
Data Governance: A Necessity in an Integrated Information World, Part 2
By Danette McGilvray

In part 1, data governance was defined as a process and structure for formally managing information as a resource. Part 2 continues with a look at structure, roles and responsibilities.

Enterprise Technology Management
Do You Know a Crossover Pro

A new breed of administrator is now vital to today’s enterprise systems management: the crossover specialist who understands both IT and functional sides.

Data Management News
Data governance requires checks and balances, Gartner says
By Hannah Smalltree, News Writer
17 Nov 2006 | SearchDataManagement.com

The article explains that "It's challenging to create data governance processes that cross multiple departments and business units to protect data, meet business goals and comply with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, according to a study co-authored by David Newman, research vice president with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. ", and to help assure success, a system of checks and balances is required.

The Data Administration Newsletter July, 2005
DATA STEWARD ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
 Written by Robert S. Seiner

Introductory quote from Seiner "The definition that I use for Data Stewardship is “the formalization of accountability for the management of organizational data”.  By stating “formalization of accountability” I mean that there are already “de facto” stewards of data in every organization that informally steward the data from several perspectives.  The way I see it, you wouldn’t have any data if “someone” wasn’t responsible for defining what data was/is needed, “someone” wasn’t responsible for producing the data per the definer’s specifications, and “someone” wasn’t going to use the data in the first place.  These people that define, produce and use the data are the “TRUE” data stewards of the organization."

DMReview, Information Is Your Business --DM Direct Newsletter November 10, 2006 Issue
Man in the Middle: The Evolving Role of the Data Steward
By Tony Fisher

Fisher tells us that "ongoing data monitoring has become a key component of a complete data quality and data integration practice, giving organizations the ability to understand how and when their data strays from its intended purpose "

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Data steward

In metadata, a data steward's role is assigned to a person that is responsible for maintaining a data element in a metadata registry.

SearchCRM.com | 30 Jul 2004
Data: The dirtiest four-letter word in CRM
COLUMN By Kerry Glance

Some interesting statistics from this article...... " The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) estimates that poor data quality costs U.S. businesses more than $600 billion each year. Perhaps more alarming is the rate at which TDWI claims data deteriorates: up to 3% every month! Gartner's projections are equally as discouraging – it believes that 25% of critical data within Fortune 1000 companies will continue to be inaccurate through 2007. "

Computerworld - March 15, 2004
Data Stewards Seek Data Conformity
Mary Brandel

They have a variety of different titles, but these analysts work with the IT and business groups to improve data quality and standardization. Brandel describes how a company that survived a failed data warehouse project is introducing data stewardship. Her description for a data steward includes the following:

“Multitalented - Although the data steward may report to IT it's not a job for someone steeped in technical knowledge. Yet it's not right for a business person who's a technophobe, either. What you need is someone who's familiar with both disciplines, Data stewards should have business knowledge because they need to make frequent judgment calls
Perfection Unattainable - Indeed, judgment is a big part of the data steward's job—including the ability to determine where you don't need 100% perfection.  It comes down to knowing how much it costs to fix the data vs. the payback. "
Good Diplomats - Data stewards also need to be politically astute, diplomatic and good at conflict resolution—in part because the environment isn't always friendly.

Most of all, data stewards need to understand that data quality is a journey, not a destination. “

CRM News, 12 Jul 2004
A data steward's job is never done
By Barney Beal, News Writer

"According to a report from the Seattle-based Data Warehousing Institute, poor data quality cost U.S. businesses more than $600 billion in 2001, and it said business data decays at a rate of 1.5% to 3% every month. The answer for many companies is to use data stewards -- people in departments throughout the organization who monitor the quality of data coming in and going out"

The Data Administration Newsletter
DATA STEWARDSHIP: FINALLY A PROCESS FOR ACHIEVING DATA INTEGRITY
Claudia Imhoff, Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

Imhoff states that "Data Stewardship has, as its main objective, the management of the corporation's data assets in order to improve their reusability, accessibility, and quality. It is the Data Stewards' responsibility to approve business naming standards, develop consistent data definitions, determine data aliases, develop standard calculations and derivations, document the business rules of the corporation, monitor the quality of the data in the data warehouse, define security requirements,......

.........For Data Stewardship to succeed in your corporation, a new incentive paradigm must be developed - one that rewards people on the basis of horizontal integration rather than only vertical or "bottom line" success. The new incentives should be driven by the success of the groups to resolve integration issues, to develop unified definitions, to change business practices to conform to the new standards, etc."

Other institutions data policies

Published Data Policies from Other Universities

A comparison of UNLV Data Policies with other institutions, prepared Spring 2008, by Lori Harris

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