Keynote presentation for the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries 2014 Research Data Management Conference, 11 July 2014. Focuses on why data management and sharing is important, and the role of libraries.

1. Research Data Management
& the Role of Libraries
Carly Strasser | @carlystrasser
California Digital Library
Colorado Research Library
11 June 2014

2. From Flickr by ransomtech
I am not a
librarian.
I am not a librarian.

3. C.Strasser
…but I do work
at a library.

5. Enable data
sharing
Encourage
new
incentives
Think about
code sharing
Work with libraries,
publishers and
researchers
Explore new
tools to help
change
system
Build
tools

6. Data management:

7. From Flickr by Julia Manzerova
Saves time
Protects investment
Increases research
efficiency
Satisfies funding
agency requirements
Responsibility

8. h/t Ted Hart, NEON

9. You can be
the data’s
Guardian
Steward
Caretaker
Manager
Data can’t be owned.

10. From Flickr by Michael Tinkler

11. Why
share?

12. Better reproducibility.

14. http://science.okfn.org/2013/10/18/its-not-only-peer-reviewed-its-reproducible/

15. More credibility.
Better reproducibility.

17. More credibility.
Better reproducibility.
Fox News, creationism,
& the war on science.

18. “Help us identify grants that are wasteful or that you
don’t think are a good use of taxpayer dollars.”
Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Nebraska), a member of the House Committee on Science
and Technology

19. Faster progress.
More credibility.
Better reproducibility.
Fox News, creationism,
& the war on science.

21. Faster progress.
More credibility.
Better reproducibility.
Fox News, creationism,
& the war on science.
Increased collaboration & reuse.

23. Faster progress.
More credibility.
Better reproducibility.
Fox News, creationism,
& the war on science.
Increased collaboration & reuse.
Future scientists can use the data.

24. From Flickr by Redden-McAllister
From Flickr by Ken Cowell
From Flickr Brandi Jordan

25. Why
share?now

26. … “Federal agencies investing in research
and development (more than $100 million
in annual expenditures) must have clear
and coordinated policies for increasing
public access to research products.”
Feb
2013

27. 1. Maximize free public access
2. Ensure researchers create data
management plans
3. Allow costs for data preservation and
access in proposal budgets
4. Ensure evaluation of data management
plan merits
5. Ensure researchers comply with their data
management plans
6. Promote data deposition into public
repositories
7. Develop approaches for identification and
attribution of datasets
8. Educate folks about data stewardship
From Flickr by Joe Crimmings Photography

28. Competition
Funding

29. Competition
Collaboration
X

30. Research has changed

31. FromFlickrbytwm1340
FromFlickrbyStateLibraryofNewSouthWales

32. From wikimedia
Such
Internet!
So many
tools!
From Flickr by John Jobby
So much
data!

33. DMP requirements

36. FromFlickrvialibrarianinsta.tumblr.com
Why
libraries?

37. mFlickrbyneilio
Access & preservation
of scholarly outputs
includes
data!

38. MLISinformation = data

39. “City All-Star Softball Team”, 1947. From Calisphere, Contributed by Oxnard Public Library
Data
managers
Administrators
Funders
Librarians
Information
services
Researchers
Publishers

40. feet
meters
1000
600
UC Berkeley campus

41. feet
meters
1000
600
UC Berkeley campus
Physical center
Crosses disciplines
s metadata

42. From Flickr by Kevin Dooley
Libraries are part of the
academic infrastructure
Support for data
management and
storage is too

43. FromFlickrbyNorthCarolinaDigitalHeritageCenter
From Flickr by Madison Guy
Libraries are changing

44. From Flickr by Madison Guy
Libraries are changing
What’s left?Outreach &
education
New people
Repositories
management

45. Do more outreach
Provide more education
Become data advocates
What’s left?
From Flickr by Boston Public Library

46. From
Flickr
by
dotpolka
Opportunities!

47. FromFlickrbycompujeramey!
Website
Email
Twitter
Slides
carlystrasser.net
carlystrasser@gmail.com
@carlystrasser
slideshare.net/carlystrasser