Roles + Responsibilities
Emory University is the owner of all institutional data.
Individual units or departments have responsibilities for particular elements and/or aspects of the data.
All members of the Emory community have the obligation to protect and appropriately use institutional data.
To learn who fills these data roles please see our Data Trustees + Data Stewards list.
Central Administrative Roles
| University Data Authority |
This term refers the institutional authority on all matters pertaining to the integrity and use of the university's institutional data and ensures that the university has adequate policies,procedures, and practices in place to support its needs for information. University data authority is assigned to the Executive Vice President with administrative oversight of the institutional data in question:
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| Data Advisory Committee (DAC) |
The Data Advisory Committee (DAC) is a representative body of Data Trustees and Data Stewards from university academic and administrative support units. Formed in 2012 as a corrective action to assist the enterprise with data collection and reporting, DAC is charged with the development and ongoing review of the operational effectiveness of data management policies and procedures and makes recommendations to Data Trustees for improvement or change. |
| Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS) | The Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS), part of the Office of Planning and Administration, is the designated office of official data collection and reporting of institutional data for Emory University. |
Data Management Roles
| Data Trustees | Senior university administrators who have policy-making and planning responsibilities for university data |
| Data Stewards |
University administrators with direct operational responsibility for one or more types of institutional data Individual units or departments have stewardship responsibilities for particular elements and/or aspects of the data |
| Data Custodians | Academic or administrative unit employees responsible for data management |
| Data Users | Unit employees or community members who access university data to perform their assigned duties |
Designated community members work with the Data Advisory Committee on data governance matters. Please see the Institutional Data Management Policy for more information on data roles and responsibilities.