Using the public online DataShare service to provide simple intuitive data curation function for the research community

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DataShare
Empowering Researcher Data Curation
Stephen Abrams
Patricia Cruse
Carly Strasser
Perry Willett
UC Curation Center
California Digital Library
Geoffrey Boushey
Julia Kochi
Megan Laurance
Angela Rizk-Jackson
University of California
San Francisco

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Catalyze widespread research data
sharing
Develop a system that lowers barriers to
data sharing and builds an engaged user
community
Goal
How

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Too many researchers still do not
manage their data appropriately, or
make it available for others to use
Problem
Yes
No
Repository
Web site
Other
Source: Rizk-Jackson (2013) n = 114
Share data? How?

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Too many researchers still do not
manage their data appropriately, or
make it available for others to use
Problem
Yes
No
Repository
Web site
Other
Source: Rizk-Jackson (2013) n = 114
Other
Share data? How?
61%
54%
Potential concerns
 Commercial repositories
 Poor user experience

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DataShare helps researchers to …
 Prepare
 Select
 Describe
 Preserve
 Cite
 Expose
 Control
 Discover
 All accessible through a simple, intuitive user interface
… by reviewing best practice recommendations
… via file browsing or drag-and-drop
… using the DataCite metadata schema
… by submission to the Merritt curation repository
… with persistent, resolvable DOIs provided by EZID
… by DataCite, DCI, and Primo registration
… through data use agreements (DUAs)
… using faceted search and browse
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Added-value layer on top of existing repository
Merritt
EZID
DataCiteDCI Primo
Replicated
storage
Metadata
catalog
DataONE
network

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Added-value layer on top of existing repository
Merritt
EZID
DataCiteDCI Primo
DataShare portal
Submission
client
Discovery
client
Replicated
storage
Metadata
catalog
DataONE
network
IdP

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Next steps
Following the successful pilot of UCSF DataShare, we
are working to widen its scope
 DataShare for UC
 Centrally-hosted by UC3
 Campus branding and local InCommon IdP
 DataShare for everyone
 Further UI/UX enhancement
 Alternative IdPs, e.g., OAuth, social identity, etc.
 Alternative metadata schemas
 Applicability to any repository supporting SWORD and OAI-PMH
 Support for annotations, citation managers, embargoes, quality
checks, …

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 An academic solution in support of scholarship
 Lowering barriers through simple, intuitive interfaces
 Enabling self-service curation by researchers
 Leveraging investment in existing repository, identifier, and
discovery infrastructure
 Promoting wider data publication, sharing, and reuse
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For more information
 DataShare
datashare.ucsf.edu
github.com/CDLUC3/datashare
 UC Curation Center
www.cdlib.org/uc3
uc3@ucop.edu
 Merritt
merritt.cdlib.org
 EZID
ezid.cdlib.org/
 UCSF Library
www.library.ucsf.edu
 DataCite
www.datacite.org