1. Dataverse
The
Making Research Data
Network ™ More Accessible IQSS
Project Eleni Castro (Research Coordinator) and Gustavo Durand (Project Manager, Product Development),
The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University – http://thedata.org The Institute for Quantiative Social Science
What is the Astronomy Dataverse Network OJS-DVN Project: Developing a
Dataverse Network Project? Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) Data Sharing System for Journals
Astronomy Dataverse Network
Funded by an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science
in
the
grant, the Dataverse Network Project in
Publications,
collaboration with the Public Knowledge
Digital
Age
Presentations
&
Grant
Results
Project (PKP) are on a two-year endeavor
to make data sharing and preservation an
àJournals,
Books,
intrinsic part of the publication process.
Reports,
Web
sites
Raw
Data
(collect,
store
&
analyze)
Astronomy Dataverse Key Facts:
Author
submits
article
+
research
data
à
Research
computing
to
a
journal
using
PKP’s
Open
Journal
facilities
and
domain
• Harvard-Smithsonian affiliates deposit data
• Hosted by Harvard IT / Library services Author submits(OJS).
+ research
System
article
specific
databases
data to a journal using PKP’s Open
Research
Results
Final
Data,
Code
• Encourages Dataverse expansion:
o Deposit larger data files Journal System (OJS).
&
other
Materials
(Share,
Cite
&
o Explore and visualize large Images
o Extract metadata from FITS files
Archive)
àThe
Dataverse
Journal
Management
And
Publishing
System
Network
The Dataverse Network is a web application for: Upcoming full support for FITS astronomy data files Research
data
+
metadata
will
Research data + metadata will
automatically
be
deposited
into
a
automatically be deposited into
journal’s
Dataverse
repository
using
a journal’s Dataverse repository
using API technology ((SWORD). InIn
API
technology
SWORD).
conjunction, PKP is developing a
conjunction,
PKP
is
developing
a
plugin to allow for this seamless
integration.to
allow
for
this
seamless
plugin
integration.
Journal’s
Research
Data
Repository
Projected impacts the OJS-DVN project
“The immediate impact of the project will be
to increase the number of readily replicable
articles published, and the number of social
→Research Data science journals that adopt best data
management and citation practices. The
broadest impacts of the project will be to increase the pace
Key Benefits:
of discovery in the social sciences, and to broaden the research
• Recognition, credit and control for data author
opportunities for younger scholars.”
• Persistent citation between scholarly claims and data - Gary King, IQSS Director and PI of Project
• Central repository for archival and long-term access
• Validation of science through replication Harvard Library meets the “This project will help establish a formal
Dataverse Networks linkage between scholarly publications and
the underlying research data, thus increasing
Diagram of the
Dataverse
Network
Network
the Dataverse
Diagram
of
replicability and reusability of previous studies
Centralized
software
installation
and
data
repository
(Dataverse
to verify and advance science.”
Network)
with
individual
virtual
- Dr. Mercè Crosas, IQSS Director of Product Development, and
data
archives
(Dataverse)
with
Co-PI of project.
their
own
branding.
With
Library
Technology
Services
(LTS)
Hosted
by
Up next for The Dataverse Network
Harvard
Migration to centralized hosting
Information
of Dataverse Networks, in order • Expansion of the IQSS DVN to Harvard’s DVN to support
Technology
to efficiently support multiple
Centralized software installation
Services
domains. other domains (medical, health, etc).
and data repository (Dataverse • DOI support, in addition to the current Handle support for
Collections
Study
Network) with individual virtual persistent identifiers.
data archives (Dataverse) with • Integration with Shibboleth for user authentication.
their own branding.
• SWORD 2 compliant API to deposit research data seamlessly
Study
Study
Metadata
Data
Files
Collaboration Key Facts: from Journals.
• The Library/DVN project is the main solution offered at • Full support for:
Harvard for publishing, sharing and citing research data. • FITS astronomy data files
• R files
Social Science Dataverse Network • The Digital Scholarship Program at the Harvard Library,
together with IQSS and research computing at Harvard, is • Integration with WorldMap to visualize geospatial data.
developing other strategic projects aligned with the program’s • Support for archiving and sharing sensitive data.
goal to enable researchers with the necessary tools to • New G UI for statistical analysis and subsetting of quantitative
manage research data. These projects will include: data sets, using Zelig statistical package.
• Providing joint resources on the research data
management cycle.
• Continuing education of librarians and researchers in
data management.
IQSS Dataverse Network Key Facts: • Joint advisory services to researchers about: storage,
• Social Science Data
archiving, preservation and curation of research data.
• Harvard and external researchers
deposit data
• Hosted by Harvard IT / Library services
• ~500 Dataverses, > 50k studies,
> 700,000 files Upcoming DVN integration with Harvard Library systems:
• DASH (Harvard’s IR): relate publications to research data
• Digital Repository Service (DRS): as a preservation backend
• DMP (when available)