Research Data Management: What’s happening & why should you care?

Research Data Management:What’s happening & why should you care? Kevin Ashley Director, DCC director@dcc.ac.uk CC-BY

Why care? • Data is expensive – an investment • Reuse: • More research • Teaching & Learning • Planning • Impact – with or without publication • Accountability • Legal & regulatory requirements Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

5-year programme to realise maximum value and benefit from research data National services, support, coordination from DCC Focus on creating capacity and capability within research institutions Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Invest £24m • (Wait 5 years…) • Result £120m Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Without good RDM – BAD THINGS HAPPEN With good RDM – GOOD STUFF HAPPENS Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Funder pressures Legal issues Researcher demand Value Realisation Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

EPSRC expects all those institutions it funds • to develop a roadmap that aligns … with EPSRC’s expectations by 1st May 2012; • to be fully compliant … by1st May 2015. http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/standards/researchdata/Pages/expectations.aspx Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Awareness of regulatory environment Data access statement Policies and processes Data storage Structured metadata descriptions DOIs for data Securely preserved for a minimum of 10 years from last use Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

NERC Wellcome • ESRC • MRC BBSRC • European Commission NSF Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

TOOLS & SERVICES ADVICE ON-SITE SUPPORT Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Understanding Data Requirements http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Data management plans Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

What data to keep How to cite data Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Data Licensing • Bespoke licences • Standard licences • Multiple licensing • Licence mechanisms Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Institutional Engagement • In-depth support from team of DCC staff • Helping with: • Re-skilling • Policy development • Costing • Use of tools • Professional liaison Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

What’s it to you ? • Repositories can be homes for data • They can be homes for metadata • Publications and data need to be linked • Data requires persistent, resolvable identifiers • Institutions need a data policy Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Institutional Policy • …article in • International Journal of Digital Curation www.ijdc.net

Institutional Policy

DCC Policy Summary http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal

Words of caution • Data isn’t always like a publication • Don’t push it, don’t force it[1] • It doesn’t always belong to you • 1. Heywood, O. L. “Don’t push it” Los Angeles: 20th Century (1980) Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Roles for you • Someone needs to take leadership • Bring together library, IT, research office and academic requirements and skills • Give guidance on appropriate data centres, journal and funder policies on data • Educate researchers about the benefits • Help with persistent IDs Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Or2012.ed.ac.uk 9-13 July 2012 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

IDCC13 • 14-16 January 2013 • Amsterdam • Call for papers now open JosVanZetten@flickr – CC-BY-NC-ND Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Early results: public data archiving increases scientific contribution by one third UoE IS Open Meeting. Kevin Ashley, DCC, CC-BY-SA

OVER TO YOU • http://slideshare.net/kevinashley Kevin Ashley, DCC; IRWM12, ULCC; CC-BY

Research Data Management: What’s happening & why should you care?