Jisc aims to make the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation. It supports research through developing shared infrastructure, providing input to funders and publishers, and supporting standards. It is working on two relevant projects: the UK Research Data Discovery Service, which aims to make research data more discoverable by evaluating metadata models from Australia and Canada; and Research Data Metrics, which is scoping a tool to assess data usage and management systems through a proof of concept using the IRUS dataset.

1. Repository Fringe 2015
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2. Contents
»Jisc mission and vision
»Jisc relevant work in this area:
› UK Research Data Discovery Service
› Research Data Metrics
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3. Mission
To enable people in higher education,
further education and skills in the UK
to perform at the forefront of
international practice by exploiting
fully the possibilities of modern digital
empowerment, content and
connectivity
Our vision & mission
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Vision
To make the UK the most
digitally advanced
education and research
nation in the world

4. Jisc – main functions to support research process
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»Support universities core business and help make
research process more productive e.g. through:
› Developing shared services/infrastructure
› Providing a channel for universities requirements with
funders, publishers, vendors
› Supporting development and implementation of key
standards
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5. UK research data discovery service
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» Aim
– Move from pilot to test service
– Make research data more discoverable
» Objectives
– Evaluate the ANDS model and also Comprehensive Knowledge
Archive Network (CKAN) model
– Come up with a set of criteria for a UK research data discovery
service
» Issue
– Need for a mechanism to aggregate and link research data
metadata from various archives and repositories within the UK
Currently in phase 2 - ends September 2016

6. UK research data discovery service
» Phase 1
– DCC pilot to evaluate the Research DataAustralia developed by ANDS
– Contributions from UK data archive,Archaeology data centre and NERC
data centres
» Phase 2
– Jisc-led with support from DCC and UKDA
– 9 HEIs and 6 DataCentres receiving funding to be pilots in the project
– Continue the metadata standards work
– Move the pilot to a suitable instantiation for a future service
– 3 advisory groups: User, Researcher,Technical&Metadata
– http://rdds.jiscinvolve.org/ and http://bit.ly/1Iseikh
» For more, contact Christopher.brown@jisc.ac.uk
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7. Research data metrics
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» Aim & Objectives
– Assess use and demand
– Develop a proof-of-concept tool (using IRUS)
– Contribute to and draw on wider international
work
– Make recommendations for progression to service
» Demand
– Interest in the spread of academic work
– Interest in the effectiveness of data management
systems and processes
Scoping and proof of concept

8. Summary
»UK RDDS - transition to service
– christopher.brown@jisc.ac.uk
»Metrics – scoping the project
– david.kernohan@jisc.ac.uk
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9. Find out more…
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Daniela Duca
Senior co-design manager
daniela.duca@jisc.ac.uk
info@jisc.ac.uk jisc.ac.uk
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