Presentation showing how the JISC DataPool Project at the University of Southampton is building a platform to guide researchers' data management practices in support of the university's recent research data management policy. Prepared for a JISC Managing Research Data (#jiscmrd) programme workshop held in Nottingham on 24-25 October 2012.
4. Guiding principles
• Mixed authorship - Research and Innovation Services,
iSolutions (IT), Library, helped share knowledge across
services
• Practical – iterate with academic community, scenarios and
FAQs
• Signposting – service, discipline and external expertise
• Context – set with other research support e.g. bibliometrics,
open access, identifier assignation
• Visible - first DMP query came from someone who found
pages via Google!
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5. DataPool Service Model
adapted with permission from Martin Lewis (2012) Working with other RDM actors slide 2
(http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/clarifying-roles-libraries-research-data-management-discussion-day-find-creative-solutions
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Firefox only)
6. Seeding - Serendipitous discovery important
Challenges when ideas are exciting but also hard to deliver
Invite discovery and
engagement
Peer word of mouth
Informal networks e.g.
USRGs
Senior staff to endorse
culture
Balance between
individual enthusiast
and institutional
IRRI Images service
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricephotos/367687156/ 6
7. Lessons - unpacking specific queries
I just need
a statement Can I have
to cut and some more
paste into storage?
bid
I would like I need to
others to be do a DMP
able to by this
query these afternoon!
data
Enrichment
Peganum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peganum/3556523794/
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8. Full institutional engagement
Top down/bottom up & broad coverage/specific queries
Main challenge - Reach
Nuance of sub-disciplines
Multidisciplinary synergies
Communication networks
Trusted approach to sharing
Knowledge
Today is a Good Day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/good_day/11621713/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Relevance Impact
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Editor's Notes
Website launched 6th JulyThe library is a trusted, more stable location, perhaps less susceptible to the influence of the winds that blow in other areas of an institution.It is written for the early career researcher and covers general information with the expectation that subject specific material will be addressed at Faculty/discipline.Some of the pages are under development and we are looking for input from the academic community.
We are developing a service model taking advantage of the expertise within the different professionals. So in our institution the library has skills in digital preservation etc. Replace information with data in many of our everyday roles and it becomes clear we have many of the necessary skills. Metadata is no more than cataloguing of data?
