Emma Hewett from the Royal College of Music talks about their experience in managing research data at the DRHA - Data Ache conference in Plymouth.

1. The data behind creative
masterpieces
Session 6 RLB 209
DATA ACHE Conference
September 12th 2017

2. RCM and Research Data
RDMSS project
• Data Asset Framework, audit of research data storage requirements
• New researcher profile staff database, harvests research outputs
from….
• New Samvera research repository as data shop window - groups
outputs and data into projects and themes from…
• Preservica data repository, testing phase with Studios and Terry,
Research Data Champion from Centre for Performance Science.

3. Research Data storage

4. RCM and Research Data
• Heritage and ‘standard’ social science/scientific data sets
• With REF looming the Open Access Agenda is becoming more
important
• Our practice-based researchers aren’t aware of the data behind their
work; in the main our composers don’t think of themselves as
researchers
• Getting RCM systems to talk to each other – what is the point of
having a secure storage system for RD if no one can find your public-
facing outputs?

5. Heritage data storage
Future proofing
We need a data preservation system
which can cope with current and legacy
formats.
RCM Studios and Museum have their
own digital storage systems.
The Studios had a number of legacy-
format items which were in danger of
being lost.

6. Data samples for preservation
The RDMSS project gave us the
opportunity to digitise:
50 x DAT tapes
100 x CD/DVDs
60 x Betamax tapes
100 x reel-reels
20 x audio/video U-matic tapes
30 x VHS tapes

7. Heritage data
Emma Towers-Evans
Reel-to-reel tape in need of ‘baking’
Some labelling on it, difficult to
decipher
Was this going to be heritage gold-dust?

8. CONTACT
Emma Hewett
Research & Knowledge Exchange
Manager
emma.hewett@rcm.ac.uk
020 7591 4734
@MusicResearchKE