KAPTUR is a project led by the Visual Arts Data Service and four UK universities to develop best practices for managing research data in the arts. The project will create toolkits for visual arts researchers and data managers, policies for managing research data, and sustainability plans for maintaining data management at each university. The project is making progress on workshops, case studies, and presentations to share results and has developed a project plan, website, and blog to update on milestones. Increased funding for artistic research is leading to more emphasis on effectively managing the growing amounts of research data being created in the arts.

1. KAPTUR news 09/18
CULTURAL CHANGE LEADING TO INCREASED FUNDING FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH
Led by the Visual Arts Data Service, a Research Centre of the University for the Creative Arts, and
working collaboratively with four institutional partners: Glasgow School of Art; Goldsmiths, University
of London; University for the Creative Arts; and University of the Arts London; KAPTUR (October
2011 - March 2013) will discover, create and pilot a sectoral model of best practice in the
management of research data in the arts.
UPDATE ON PROJECT MILESTONES
1. Project plan (PDF) workpackages (PDF) budget (PDF)
2. Project Web site http://vads.ac.uk/kaptur/and blog https://kaptur.wordpress.com
3. Monthly progress reports
4. Environmental Assessment Report
< additional output Research Data
5. Technical Analysis Report Management Discussion paper
6. Four institutional workshops/training - expected November 2012
7. Toolkit for visual arts researchers < additional output - external workshop on 14th
September 2012 at HEFCE, London, on
'Selecting and Appraising Research Data' to feed
8. Toolkit for visual arts data managers into toolkits
9. Four Institutional Data Management Policies - (drafted) due to become formal policies at the
Autumn 2012 Research Committee meetings
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10. Four Institutional Business and Sustainability Plans (requirements discussed on 18 July)
11. Pilot Demonstrator Service - (demo presented on 18th July)
12. At least three external presentations/papers/publications - examples include: IDCC 2011,
British Library, and EVA 2012 (including a peer-reviewed published paper)
13. Four case studies - due to be presented at the end of project conference, one by each Project
Officer about KAPTUR at their institution
14. End of project conference (March 2013)
15. Final report (March 2013)
News/EVENTS - available from: @MTG_work on Twitter and from the KAPTUR blog
PROJECT PROGRESS - available on the KAPTUR blog under the category monthly reports
PROJECT OUTPUTS - available from SlideShare and also key outputs from the KAPTUR website