Librarians and Scientists Partner to Address Data Management: Taking Collaboration to the Next Level.

Purpose: This study looks at the changing way in which the Information Services Office (ISO) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides services to NIST scientific and technical staff throughout their research and publishing cycles. These services include the more traditional services of a research library as well as publishing NIST technical reports and , and preserving and exhibiting scientific instruments and other artifacts. ISO has always prided itself on having a close relationship with its customers, providing a high level of service, and developing new services to stay in front of NIST researcher needs.

NCBI's Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes: dbGaP.

The Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGap, http://www.ncbi.nlm.

Using PhenX measures to identify opportunities for cross-study analysis.

The PhenX Toolkit provides researchers with recommended, well-established, low-burden measures suitable for human subject research. The database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) is the data repository for a variety of studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, including genome-wide association studies. The dbGaP requires that investigators provide a data dictionary of study variables as part of the data submission process.