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Roles & Skills for RDM
1. ARLG Workshop:
Roles & Skills for RDM
workshop
Uni Sussex June, 2014
Robin Rice, Data Librarian, EDINA and Data Library,
University of Edinburgh
Beth Hall, Academic Support Librarian, Bangor
University
3. UoE Data Library Service
• finding…
• accessing …
• using …
• teaching …
• managing
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4. The Data Lifecycle
Slide borrowed with permission from Anthony Beitz,
Monash University.
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National Repository or
Institutional Repository or
Electronic Journal or
Community Portal
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6. UoE Support for DMPs
INVOLVES:
Research office
Research administrators
RDM Coordinator
DCC (DMPOnline tool)
Central IT consultants
Local IT/web support
Data Library
Academic Service
Librarians
before research
data are collected
or created
Principal Investigator
7. UoE Data Infrastructure
INVOLVES:
Central IT
Local IT & data mgrs
Info Services Helpdesk
IT Consultants
RDM & IT Committees
(policy oversight)
• Half TB storage/researcher
• Networked, secure backup
• ‘Dropbox-like’ service
• Long-term, private vault
(proposed)
8. UoE Data Stewardship
INVOLVES:
(Data) librarians
Repository administrators
Archivists
Records managers
Local data managers
Disciplinary repositories
Standards bodies
• Ongoing
management of
completed
research data
outputs
• Access &
preservation
9. UoE Data Support
• General consultancy and
support service throughout
the research process
• Training & advocacy
• Specialised support (data
collection, analysis,
visualisation)
INVOLVES:
Academic Service Librarians
Data Librarians
IT Consultants
Local IT & Data Managers
15. Activity
Please draw a diagram of the roles that are
involved in delivering RDM support at your
institution
Discussion on organisational dynamics and
how to deliver RDM support collaboratively
across the institution
17. Discussion on the librarianship skills I personally
transferred and applied to tackle RDM
requirements
Discussion on what skills Academic Support
Librarians can bring to RDM and identification
of further training needs
18. Activity
You have been provided with a list of specifications
taken from recent RDM job descriptions, with a few
thrown in the list from non-RDM jobs, please tick
the ones you think are essential for the posts
Discussion on the skills needed to support RDM at
your institution
20. Research Data MANTRA
• Openly licensed online learning self-
paced course in RDM for postgrads
and early career researchers
• Grounded in three disciplines,
working with post-graduate schools
• Video stories from researchers in
variety of settings
• Data handling exercises in four
software analysis packages
http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra
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21. Challenges for Librarians in RDM
• Finding time to pursue
new activities
• Establishing credibility
in a new area of
expertise
• Learning new skills;
‘getting techie’
• Getting hands dirty
with unpublished
material
22. Academic Service Librarian Training
● Data Library & User Services
Division piloted training with 4
liaison librarians – then 8 more
● Aimed to reuse MANTRA in a
blended learning approach for
academic liaison librarians
● Idea inspired by Data
Intelligence 4 Librarians hybrid
course from 3TU Delft
http://www.mcphee.com/laf/
23. Five topics / modules
• Data management planning
• Documenting & organising data
• Data storage & security
• Ethics & copyright
• Data sharing
• Loose correspondence to 8 MANTRA topics
24. Course structure: five sessions
• Each face to face session two hours duration
• Facilitated by an ‘expert’ (data librarian)
• Invited guest speakers to kick off each session
• Short talks followed by long discussions
• Interactive group exercises from UK Data
Archive Train the Trainers workbook
25. ‘Homework’ assignments
• Allow 2 weeks to complete prior to session
• MANTRA modules & recommended reading
• Reflective questions to think as a researcher
• Independent study:
o Interview a researcher
o Write up a Data Curation Profile
o The first builds confidence; the second practices what we preach
(sharing)
26. Contents of the training kit
• Overview for facilitators
• Course schedule
• Reflective questions for each session
• Selected group exercises from UK Data Archive
• Independent study assignment: Data Curation
Profile, from D2C2, Purdue University Libraries
• Podcasts and presentations of short talks
• Evaluation forms
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