Presented by Stuart Macdonald at the IT Professionals Forum (20/5/14) and the PPLS (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) RDM Workshop (6/5/14).
Common ground: A view of the open education landscape in Scotland Lorna Campbell
This document summarizes the open education landscape in Scotland. It outlines several open initiatives happening across different education sectors, including higher education, further education, schools, and the third sector. These initiatives involve open educational resources, MOOCs, open badges, Wikimedia projects, and open knowledge groups. The document also discusses the Open Scotland initiative, which aims to promote open education practices across Scotland. It describes the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a statement of principles to guide open education policy and strategy. While the Declaration received positive responses, fully implementing and supporting it remains a challenge that will require commitment from the Scottish government and other stakeholders.
1) The document discusses the importance of preserving digital scholarly content as more becomes available online. It notes that currently around 75% of e-journals are at risk of being lost without preservation efforts.
2) The Keepers Registry is highlighted as a tool that tracks which archiving organizations are preserving which e-journals. The goal is for near 100% of content to be preserved by 2020.
3) Actions are discussed that libraries, publishers, and archiving organizations can take to improve preservation efforts and reduce the amount of content at risk, such as developing archive clauses for licensing agreements.
The document discusses managing research data and digital repositories in difficult economic times. It provides an overview of policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure used to manage research and teaching materials. It also discusses funding from JISC and other organizations for repository services and projects in the UK.
Delivered by Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA, at the PRELIDA Consolidation and Dissemination workshop on 17/18 October 2014 (http://prelida.eu/consolidation-workshop).
Summary: The web changes over time, and significant reference rot inevitably occurs. Web archiving delivers only a 50% chance of success. So in addition to the original URI, the link should be augmented with temporal context to increase robustness.
Presented by Peter Burnhill at the ost ALA Annual Holdings Update Forum, Universal and repurposed holdings information -- Emerging initiatives and projects, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 25 June 2011
The Research Data MANTRA (MANagementTRAining) project at the University of Edinburgh created open online learning materials for research data management. The materials were developed for postgraduate students and early career researchers, grounded in best practices for specific disciplines like social science and geosciences. The course includes video interviews, data exercises, and will be embedded in university graduate programs and available openly online. Key to the project's success will be positive user feedback and increased advocacy for research data management practices across the university. The university also approved a new research data policy to provide guidelines and support for proper data management.
The document discusses the UK LOCKSS Alliance program which aims to help libraries preserve electronic journals and books through local archiving. It describes how the collaborative organization coordinates support for members to build and maintain their own archives of web published content. The UK LOCKSS Alliance works to ensure long-term sustainable access to scholarly works.
Common ground: A view of the open education landscape in Scotland Lorna Campbell
This document summarizes the open education landscape in Scotland. It outlines several open initiatives happening across different education sectors, including higher education, further education, schools, and the third sector. These initiatives involve open educational resources, MOOCs, open badges, Wikimedia projects, and open knowledge groups. The document also discusses the Open Scotland initiative, which aims to promote open education practices across Scotland. It describes the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a statement of principles to guide open education policy and strategy. While the Declaration received positive responses, fully implementing and supporting it remains a challenge that will require commitment from the Scottish government and other stakeholders.
1) The document discusses the importance of preserving digital scholarly content as more becomes available online. It notes that currently around 75% of e-journals are at risk of being lost without preservation efforts.
2) The Keepers Registry is highlighted as a tool that tracks which archiving organizations are preserving which e-journals. The goal is for near 100% of content to be preserved by 2020.
3) Actions are discussed that libraries, publishers, and archiving organizations can take to improve preservation efforts and reduce the amount of content at risk, such as developing archive clauses for licensing agreements.
The document discusses managing research data and digital repositories in difficult economic times. It provides an overview of policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure used to manage research and teaching materials. It also discusses funding from JISC and other organizations for repository services and projects in the UK.
Delivered by Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA, at the PRELIDA Consolidation and Dissemination workshop on 17/18 October 2014 (http://prelida.eu/consolidation-workshop).
Summary: The web changes over time, and significant reference rot inevitably occurs. Web archiving delivers only a 50% chance of success. So in addition to the original URI, the link should be augmented with temporal context to increase robustness.
Presented by Peter Burnhill at the ost ALA Annual Holdings Update Forum, Universal and repurposed holdings information -- Emerging initiatives and projects, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 25 June 2011
The Research Data MANTRA (MANagementTRAining) project at the University of Edinburgh created open online learning materials for research data management. The materials were developed for postgraduate students and early career researchers, grounded in best practices for specific disciplines like social science and geosciences. The course includes video interviews, data exercises, and will be embedded in university graduate programs and available openly online. Key to the project's success will be positive user feedback and increased advocacy for research data management practices across the university. The university also approved a new research data policy to provide guidelines and support for proper data management.
The document discusses the UK LOCKSS Alliance program which aims to help libraries preserve electronic journals and books through local archiving. It describes how the collaborative organization coordinates support for members to build and maintain their own archives of web published content. The UK LOCKSS Alliance works to ensure long-term sustainable access to scholarly works.
Overview of the problems of Reference Rot and what actions to take to ensure the persistence of the digital scholarly record. Presented by Peter Burnhill with Adam Rusbridge & Muriel Mewissen, EDINA, University of Edinburgh, UK; Herbert Van De Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, USA; Gaelle Bequet, ISSN International Centre, France; at Towards Open Science, LIBER, London, June 2015.
The document summarizes a meeting at the University of Edinburgh about library roles in research data management. It includes:
- Welcome and introduction from Robin Rice about data library services and projects related to research data management.
- A talk from Sam Searle of Monash University about library roles in research data management based on experiences at Monash.
- A discussion session.
- A presentation by Sheila Cannell about getting a research data management policy for the University of Edinburgh.
- A presentation by Jeff Haywood about the University of Edinburgh's storage strategy.
Overview of issues and tools to ensure long-term access to scholarly content. Presented at II Seminário sobre Informação na Internet in Brasilia, 3 - 6 August 2015.
The UK LOCKSS Alliance aims to preserve scholarly works digitally over the long term through community action. It addresses threats like lost access after subscription cancellation, journal discontinuation, or publisher insolvency. Members cooperate to identify and preserve "at-risk" resources using LOCKSS boxes. Challenges include limited preservation funding and low participation. Benefits include post-cancellation access, risk mitigation, and dynamic archiving. The Alliance is supported by JISC Collections and governed by a steering committee from member institutions. Priorities include continued content identification, collection policies, and engagement within the library community.
Presented by Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA, at PARSE.insight workshop on Preservation, Access and Re-use of Scientific Data, Darmstadt, Germany, 22 September 2009.
The document discusses the Keepers Registry, which aims to provide a global registry of organizations that archive e-journals and periodicals. It notes that digital scholarly content is now primarily online but risks being lost without archiving. The registry identifies which archiving agencies are preserving which publications to help ensure continued access over time on a global scale. It outlines the partners developing the registry and their goals of engaging more archiving organizations and establishing governance and sustainability. The registry currently focuses on content with ISSNs and the partners are working to improve coverage and functionality.
Data Library Services at the University of EdinburghRobin Rice
The Data Library at the University of Edinburgh was established in the early 1980s to provide access to datasets like UK census data. It has since evolved to support research data management across its lifecycle through services like consultancy, a dataset catalogue, and training. The Data Library is now part of a research data management program that includes an institutional data repository called Edinburgh DataShare that has deposited around 250 datasets so far. A key part of training is the open online Research Data Management course called MANTRA.
Presented by Adam Rusbridge at e-Journals are forever? Preservation and Continuing Access to e-journal Content. A DPC, EDINA and JISC joint initiative, British Library, London, 26 April 2010.
Presentation made at the 'Towards linked science - Open Data and DataCite Esrtonia seminar as part of the Estonian Open Access Week at University of Tartu
Open data and research data management at the University of Edinburgh: polici...Robin Rice
The document discusses open data and research data management policies and services at the University of Edinburgh. It provides an overview of Edinburgh's focus on data-driven science through various initiatives. It also outlines the drivers for Edinburgh's research data management policy, including funder requirements and guidelines. The policy aims to support the storage, sharing, and long-term preservation of research data. The university has implemented a roadmap to support the policy through training, infrastructure, repositories, and consultancy services. Challenges to effective research data management include a lack of staff and funding resources, low researcher prioritization, and difficulties engaging researchers early in the research process.
The document discusses the evolution of digital library services at EDINA from the 1990s to present day. It covers:
1. Early services like SALSER, a union catalog of serials in Scotland, and knowledge gained from projects like JOIN-UP on distributed architectures.
2. Key projects and services over time including SUNCAT, the Keepers Registry for e-journal preservation, and work on entitlement registries.
3. The central role of identifiers like ISSN in enhancing records and enabling services across these systems.
4. A vision for further integrating print and digital content and moving to semantic web approaches by 2020.
Presented by Tony Mathys at a Current Issues and Applications of the Geospatial Technologies Lecture, Department of Geography and Environment, Aberdeen University, 24 February 2012
Presented by Chris Higgins at the Co-Design Workshop, Machynlleth, 16 October 2014. Half-way through a 4-year project to enable "citizen scientists" to use smartphones to upload crucial scientific data, this presentation shows the current state of progress on the COBWEB project.
Overview of the problems of Reference Rot and what actions to take to ensure the persistence of the digital scholarly record. Presented by Peter Burnhill with Adam Rusbridge & Muriel Mewissen, EDINA, University of Edinburgh, UK; Herbert Van De Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, USA; Gaelle Bequet, ISSN International Centre, France; at Towards Open Science, LIBER, London, June 2015.
The document summarizes a meeting at the University of Edinburgh about library roles in research data management. It includes:
- Welcome and introduction from Robin Rice about data library services and projects related to research data management.
- A talk from Sam Searle of Monash University about library roles in research data management based on experiences at Monash.
- A discussion session.
- A presentation by Sheila Cannell about getting a research data management policy for the University of Edinburgh.
- A presentation by Jeff Haywood about the University of Edinburgh's storage strategy.
Overview of issues and tools to ensure long-term access to scholarly content. Presented at II Seminário sobre Informação na Internet in Brasilia, 3 - 6 August 2015.
The UK LOCKSS Alliance aims to preserve scholarly works digitally over the long term through community action. It addresses threats like lost access after subscription cancellation, journal discontinuation, or publisher insolvency. Members cooperate to identify and preserve "at-risk" resources using LOCKSS boxes. Challenges include limited preservation funding and low participation. Benefits include post-cancellation access, risk mitigation, and dynamic archiving. The Alliance is supported by JISC Collections and governed by a steering committee from member institutions. Priorities include continued content identification, collection policies, and engagement within the library community.
Presented by Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA, at PARSE.insight workshop on Preservation, Access and Re-use of Scientific Data, Darmstadt, Germany, 22 September 2009.
The document discusses the Keepers Registry, which aims to provide a global registry of organizations that archive e-journals and periodicals. It notes that digital scholarly content is now primarily online but risks being lost without archiving. The registry identifies which archiving agencies are preserving which publications to help ensure continued access over time on a global scale. It outlines the partners developing the registry and their goals of engaging more archiving organizations and establishing governance and sustainability. The registry currently focuses on content with ISSNs and the partners are working to improve coverage and functionality.
Data Library Services at the University of EdinburghRobin Rice
The Data Library at the University of Edinburgh was established in the early 1980s to provide access to datasets like UK census data. It has since evolved to support research data management across its lifecycle through services like consultancy, a dataset catalogue, and training. The Data Library is now part of a research data management program that includes an institutional data repository called Edinburgh DataShare that has deposited around 250 datasets so far. A key part of training is the open online Research Data Management course called MANTRA.
Presented by Adam Rusbridge at e-Journals are forever? Preservation and Continuing Access to e-journal Content. A DPC, EDINA and JISC joint initiative, British Library, London, 26 April 2010.
Presentation made at the 'Towards linked science - Open Data and DataCite Esrtonia seminar as part of the Estonian Open Access Week at University of Tartu
Open data and research data management at the University of Edinburgh: polici...Robin Rice
The document discusses open data and research data management policies and services at the University of Edinburgh. It provides an overview of Edinburgh's focus on data-driven science through various initiatives. It also outlines the drivers for Edinburgh's research data management policy, including funder requirements and guidelines. The policy aims to support the storage, sharing, and long-term preservation of research data. The university has implemented a roadmap to support the policy through training, infrastructure, repositories, and consultancy services. Challenges to effective research data management include a lack of staff and funding resources, low researcher prioritization, and difficulties engaging researchers early in the research process.
The document discusses the evolution of digital library services at EDINA from the 1990s to present day. It covers:
1. Early services like SALSER, a union catalog of serials in Scotland, and knowledge gained from projects like JOIN-UP on distributed architectures.
2. Key projects and services over time including SUNCAT, the Keepers Registry for e-journal preservation, and work on entitlement registries.
3. The central role of identifiers like ISSN in enhancing records and enabling services across these systems.
4. A vision for further integrating print and digital content and moving to semantic web approaches by 2020.
Presented by Tony Mathys at a Current Issues and Applications of the Geospatial Technologies Lecture, Department of Geography and Environment, Aberdeen University, 24 February 2012
Presented by Chris Higgins at the Co-Design Workshop, Machynlleth, 16 October 2014. Half-way through a 4-year project to enable "citizen scientists" to use smartphones to upload crucial scientific data, this presentation shows the current state of progress on the COBWEB project.
Presented in Glasgow at UKSG, 31 March - 1 April, by Peter Burnhill and Richard Wincewicz.
This presentation looks at reference rot, link rot, and the work of Hiberlink to ensure web citations persist through time.
This document provides an overview of using the Digimap for Schools online mapping resource in Scottish classrooms and outdoor learning. It discusses how maps can enhance social studies curriculum by providing context, revealing information, and presenting data. Examples are given of how Digimap for Schools can be used to explore places near and far, identify features, plan routes, study wildlife habitats, map where food comes from, examine historical changes to places, explore past events, and map tourism features. An demonstration of the resource is provided, along with hands-on exercises and information on subscription pricing.
This webinar covered tools from the UK Data Service Census Support for working with UK census data, boundaries, and postcodes. It demonstrated how to use the Boundary Data Selector to download census boundaries, the Thematic Mapper to create choropleth maps from census data, and the Postcode Data Selector to extract postcode data and add lookups to other geographies. The webinar provided an overview of the UK census and types of data available, and explained how these online tools can be used to access and visualize UK census and geographic data.
The PEER project modeled the impact of green open access on STM publishers over 3 years with 53,000 peer-reviewed articles deposited in repositories and publisher websites. It found that repositories and publisher sites can coexist for green OA but repositories are not key for information delivery. The project infrastructure developed to support this, PEER Depot and Observatory, can now also support gold OA. Implications for RepNet include developing processes to support both green and gold OA models through building on the work done by PEER and developing a gold OA funding infrastructure.
Stuart Macdonald steps through the process of creating a robust data management plan for researchers. Presented at the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) 2015 workshop, Edinburgh, 11 June 2015.
SUNCAT is the national Serials Union Catalogue for the UK containing information about print and electronic serials holdings of over 90 libraries. It is undergoing redevelopment to provide enhanced functionality, a new interface, and ability to be more responsive. The redevelopment includes designing a new user interface and will allow users to discover, access, and find the location of journal titles and articles held across contributing libraries.
This document discusses several studies on user engagement in research data curation. It finds that institutional repositories for data were developed without input from researchers, leading to systems that did not meet researchers' needs. Barriers to open data sharing included concerns over commercial use and maintaining ownership. Successful data curation requires understanding disciplinary differences and developing trusted relationships with researchers through dialogue early in projects.
The document discusses how to effectively use social media to manage your online presence and build your professional profile, noting that social media allows you to connect with others in your field, establish yourself as a knowledgeable expert, and potentially find new opportunities. It provides tips on which tools to use, how to represent yourself professionally online, and examples of both good and cautionary social media practices.
The document discusses using Linked Data from the British Museum's SPARQL endpoint in the Shakespeare Registry Project. It describes the background of the project and issues with using the SPARQL endpoint, such as a lack of documentation and inefficient text searching. The document also provides a workflow for extracting metadata that involves identifying object IDs in the collection database before querying the SPARQL endpoint.
This was a guest lecture presented online at 12.30pm, Monday 14th October 2013, as part of Session 2: Co-creation in the University of Edinburgh Institute for Academic Development's Online Tutoring course (Autumn 2013).
The document discusses the development of UK RepositoryNet+ (RepNet), a socio-technical infrastructure that aims to increase the cost effectiveness of open access institutional repositories. RepNet will offer a suite of services like deposit tools, reporting, and registries to enable repositories to operate more cost effectively. It outlines RepNet's context, scope, and focus, and details its planned implementation in waves, with wave 1 integrating existing services and wave 2 exploring additional components like curation microservices. The goal is to transition RepNet from a project to a sustained service by March 2013.
The document provides an overview of the Statistical Accounts of Scotland, a survey of Scottish parishes from 1791-1845. It describes the origins of the Accounts under Sir John Sinclair in the late 18th century. It details the questions parish ministers were asked to compile statistical, economic and social information. The Accounts provide an extraordinary view of life in Scottish parishes. The digitized Accounts online allow searching of text and images from over 28,000 pages describing hundreds of parishes.
The document summarizes discussions from a meeting about ensuring long-term access to scholarly works in electronic formats. It describes the governance and activities of the UK LOCKSS Alliance, including comparison of different e-journal archiving initiatives, the PECAN project to build an entitlement registry, and recommendations from a white paper on e-journal archiving. It also discusses the newly formed JARVIG committee tasked with determining the most effective national e-journal archiving infrastructure for UK higher education.
This document highlights free educational content available through established resources like NewsFilm Online, Film & Sound Online, Go-Geo!, and Jorum, as well as new sharing platforms like JorumOpen, ShareGeo Open, and OpenDepot. It also mentions an upcoming content sharing service called Mediahub being developed for early 2011 release. The purpose is to show how educators can use these sites to share their own content or access materials shared by others.
Research Data Support at the University of EdinburghRobin Rice
The document summarizes the research data support services at the University of Edinburgh. It describes the university's background and information services department. It then outlines the maturity model that guides the research data management (RDM) services, the governance structure overseeing the RDM service, and the funding model that supports it. The document also summarizes the university's RDM policy and the various tools and support provided across the research data lifecycle, from creating data management plans and storing data to publishing and preserving data in the long term.
The document discusses integrating the RSpace electronic lab notebook (ELN) with the University of Edinburgh's research data management services. It describes how RSpace can link to files stored in Edinburgh's DataStore storage system, export data and metadata to the DataShare research data repository, and archive data long-term in the future DataVault archive. The integration helps researchers manage and share their data across different projects and institutions while complying with the university's RDM policy. RSpace provides a convenient interface for researchers, while the services help institutions meet requirements for data storage, publication, and preservation.
The Edinburgh DataShare is an institutional data repository hosted by the University of Edinburgh Data Library to provide open access to research datasets. It uses a customized DSpace platform to allow discovery of datasets and provides persistent identifiers, metadata harvesting, and quality assurance checks. Enhancements are being made to streamline deposit workflows and improve usability, and future plans include pursuing a Data Seal of Approval and integrating with other systems like GitHub and electronic lab notebooks.
The document discusses open data initiatives and tools for data sharing. It describes projects from the EDINA National Data Centre, DISC-UK DataShare project which investigated legal and technical issues around research data sharing, and tools for visualizing and sharing numeric and spatial data online like Many Eyes, Gapminder and OpenStreetMap. It also covers barriers to data sharing, harnessing collective intelligence through open science, and citizens contributing geographic data through tools like geograph.
The document provides background information on RDM services at the University of Edinburgh. It summarizes that EDINA and the University Data Library provide research data management support and online resources. It then overviews key RDM services including DataStore for active research data storage, DataShare for open data publication, and plans for a long-term DataVault archive. The document also discusses RDM training and the university's RDM policy implemented through a multi-phase roadmap.
The document provides an overview of the EDINA & Data Library service at the University of Edinburgh. It discusses that EDINA is a JISC-funded National Data Centre that provides online resources for education and research, while the Data Library assists university users in discovering, accessing, using and managing research datasets. The Data Library offers consultancy services and has developed projects like Edinburgh DataShare, an institutional repository of research datasets, and the Research Data MANTRA online course on research data management.
The document summarizes the research data management program at the University of Edinburgh. It discusses the services provided, including a data management planning tool, a data repository for publication and preservation, and a data storage system. Training and support are also offered to help researchers with best practices in organizing, documenting, sharing, and preserving their research data over its entire lifecycle. The program aims to implement the University's research data policy and support funder requirements by establishing these research data management services.
The document provides information about research data management (RDM) services and initiatives at the University of Edinburgh. It describes the EDINA National Data Centre and Data Library, which provide online resources and data management support. It outlines several JISC-funded RDM projects undertaken by the Data Library, including building the Edinburgh DataShare repository. It also summarizes the Research Data MANTRA training module and the university's RDM roadmap, which lays out a multi-phase plan to improve RDM support and services by 2015 in line with funder requirements.
The University of Edinburgh Research Data Management Service SuiteRobin Rice
The University of Edinburgh provides a comprehensive Research Data Management service to support researchers through the entire data lifecycle. The service includes online tools for creating data management plans, storing and backing up data, collaborating with partners, and preserving data long-term. Researchers can access general support through a helpdesk, online training courses, and scheduled workshops. The goal is to help researchers comply with funder and institutional policies while maximizing the benefits of effective data management.
The document summarizes the activities of EDINA and the Data Library at the University of Edinburgh related to research data management. It describes EDINA as a national data center that provides online resources for education and research. The Data Library assists university researchers with discovering, accessing, using and managing research datasets. It also outlines several projects the Data Library is involved in to develop training, policies and services to support best practices in research data management according to funder requirements. This includes developing an institutional research data management roadmap to help the university meet funder expectations by 2015.
The University of Edinburgh Research Data Management Service SuiteRobin Rice
The University of Edinburgh has over 39,000 students and 6,800 academic staff conducting research. It has established a Research Data Management Service to help researchers with creating data management plans, storing and sharing research data throughout the project lifecycle in accordance with the University's data policy. The Service provides a variety of tools and support for researchers, including online data management planning, secure storage and collaboration options, and training resources to help with best practices for working with research data.
Staffing Research Data Services at University of EdinburghRobin Rice
Invited remote talk for Georg-August University of Göttingen workshop: RDM costs and efforts on 28 May in Göttingen. Organised by the project Göttingen Research Data Exploratory (GRAcE).
1. Edinburgh DataShare is a data repository service at the University of Edinburgh that allows researchers to upload, share, and license their research data.
2. It was built using DSpace in 2007-2009 as part of a project to create exemplar institutional data repositories.
3. The repository staff have worked to meet the needs of different research communities piloting data deposits, including large video and software files, sensitive health data, and arts data requiring specialized display.
This document provides an overview of research data management (RDM) priorities, stakeholders, and practices from the perspective of the University of Edinburgh. It discusses the university's RDM roadmap, which aims to implement RDM services and support over multiple phases by April 2015. Key services discussed include general RDM support and consultancy, support for data management planning, storage and collaboration facilities, and tools for long-term data management and deposit. The roles of key university committees in overseeing the RDM program are also outlined. Finally, the document discusses the university's communications plan to raise awareness of RDM among researchers and support staff.
A look at the research being carried out by Dr Stuart Dunn at Kings College London. This includes his work on rediscovering Corpse Paths in Great Britain.
The Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) is a map of land cover classes across the UK produced every 5-10 years. It is based on classification of Landsat satellite imagery from the summer and winter and additional data layers. The LCM2015 contains over 7.5 million land parcels classified into 21 land cover classes. It is an important resource used widely in research, commercial, government and nonprofit applications related to agriculture, ecology, climate, planning and more.
A presentation by John Murray from Fusion Data Science given at EDINA's GeoForum 2017 about the use of Lidar Data and the technology and techniques that can be used on it to create useful datasets.
Slides accompanying the presentation:"Reference Rot in Theses: A HiberActive Pilot", a 10x10 session (10 slides over 10 minutes) presented by Nicola Osborne (EDINA, University of Edinburgh). This presentation was part of Repository Fringe 2017 (#rfringe17) held on 3rd August 2017 in Edinburgh. The slides describe a project to develop Site2Cite, a new (pilot) tool for researchers to archive their web citations and ensure their readers can access that archive copy should the website change over time (including "Reference Rot" and "Content Drift").
This document provides an overview of managing digital footprints. It discusses what a digital footprint is, research conducted at the University of Edinburgh on digital footprints, and factors that contribute to one's digital footprint such as social media, location data, and online searches. The document notes that digital footprints can impact professional and personal reputation. It provides tips for taking ownership of one's digital footprint such as regularly searching for oneself online and reviewing privacy settings. Resources for further information and managing digital footprints are also listed.
The document discusses using digital technology and maps to represent the HMS Iolaire tragedy, a maritime disaster in 1919 where 205 men from the Isle of Lewis died after returning from World War I. It describes adding photos, text, and showing change over time to maps to help tell the story and create a sense of place. Specific details are provided about the journey the men took from England to the Western Isles on New Year's Day 1919 and how maps at different scales can portray events in different ways.
This document introduces Digimap for Schools, an online mapping service designed for schools to use in geography and other subjects. It has Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain at different zoom levels, as well as historic maps and aerial photography. Students can add their own labels, markers, and other elements to maps. The service allows measuring distances and areas. It is browser-based and can be accessed from school or home. Over 2,690 schools in Britain currently use the service, including 185 Scottish secondary schools. The document outlines how Digimap for Schools can support teaching and learning in subjects beyond geography like numeracy, social studies, sciences, and more. Examples of lessons and activities using the mapping service are provided.
This document provides an introduction to Digimap for Schools, an online mapping service designed for use in UK schools. It highlights key features such as access to historic maps from the 1890s and 1950s, aerial photography, and tools for annotating, measuring, and analyzing maps. Schools subscribe to the service, which allows unlimited users per school to access maps and tools through a web browser on any device. The presenter emphasizes how Digimap for Schools can support teaching and learning across the Scottish curriculum, particularly for geography, by facilitating hands-on activities with maps, data, and spatial analysis. Examples are given of how schools have used the service for topics like land use change, density calculations, and proportional mapping. Teachers observing the presentation
"Managing your Digital Footprint : Taking control of the metadata and tracks and traces that define us online" invited presentation for CIG Scotland's 7th Metadata & Web 2.0 Seminar: "Somewhere over the Rainbow: our metadata online, past, present & future", which took place at the National Library of Scotland, 5th April 2017.
Slides accompanying Nicola Osborne's(EDINA Digital Education Manager) session on "Social media and blogging to develop and communicate research in the arts and humanities" at the "Academic Publishing: Routes to Success" event held at the University of Stirling on 23rd January 2017.
"Enhancing your research impact through social media" - presentation given by Nicola Osborne, EDINA Digital Education Manager, at the Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference 2017 (19th January 2017).
Social Media in Marketing in Support of Your Personal Brand - Nicola Osborne, EDINA Digital Education Manager, for Abertay University (Dundee) 4th Year Marketing Students.
Best Practice for Social Media in Teaching & Learning Contexts, slides accompanying a presentation by Nicola Osborne, EDINA Digital Education Manager, for Abertay University (Dundee). The hashtag for this event was #AbTLEJan2017.
Big Just Got Bigger! discusses the challenges of managing large map collections through the Digimap service. Digimap provides access to geospatial data from various sources, including Ordnance Survey, British Geological Survey, aerial imagery, and more. It has grown significantly over time to include more data sources and users. Managing such large datasets and meeting user expectations of current data and performance presents challenges. Issues include keeping data current while sharing across platforms, disk storage needs increasing exponentially over time, and ensuring data can be accessed and used through various tools and formats.
This document summarizes new and enhanced features in Digimap services from 2015-2016. Key updates include a refreshed homepage, responsive design for tablets, a new historic downloader application, marine chart roam with updated data, additions to ancient roam, land cover vector data, and improvements to geology, marine, and OS data. Usability and performance enhancements were also made, such as improved geo-referencing, easier use of 3D data, and a more reliable backend system. Feedback from users helped inform priority quality improvements.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
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-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
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The History of NZ 1870-1900.
Making of a Nation.
From the NZ Wars to Liberals,
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Confiscations, Kotahitanga, Kingitanga, Parliament, Suffrage, Repudiation, Economic Change, Agriculture, Gold Mining, Timber, Flax, Sheep, Dairying,
1. ITPF RDM presentation: 20 May 2014, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh DataShare and MANTRA
Stuart Macdonald
Associate Data Librarian
EDINA & Data Library
stuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
2. • EDINA and Data Library (EDL) together are a division
within Information Services (IS) of the University of
Edinburgh.
• EDINA is a jisc-funded National Data Centre providing
national online resources for education and research.
• The Data Library service (established in 1983) assists
Edinburgh University users in the discovery, access,
use and management of research data assets.
3. • Mission statement: “We develop and deliver online services and digital
infrastructure for UK research and education .. drawing upon knowledge
and expertise gained through research, innovation and development.”
• Networked access to a range of online resources for UK FE and
HE
• Services free at the point of use for use by staff and students in
learning, teaching and research through institutional subscription
• Focus is on service but also undertake R&D (projects services)
• delivers about 20 online services
• has about 5-10 major projects (including services in
development)
• employs about 70 staff (Edinburgh & St Helens)
EDINA National Data Centre
4. • Data Library & Consultancy
• JISC-funded projects
– DISC-UK DataShare (2007-2009)
• Edinburgh DataShare Repository
– Research Data MANTRA (2010-2011)
– Data Audit Framework Implementation (2008)
Data Library services and projects
5. Data Library & Consultancy
Building relationships with researchers via postgraduate
teaching activities, research support projects, IS Skills
workshops, Research Data Management training and through
traditional reference interviews.
Such engagement contributes to bottom-up development of
tools and services meant to serve academic community and
ultimately improve both research efficiency and Effectiveness
(Ref. UoE Research Data Management Roadmap)
• finding…
• accessing …
• using …
• teaching …
• managing
6. DISC-UK DataShare Project
DISC-UK DataShare Project – funded by JISC (March 2007 – March 2009)
- a collaborative project which investigated the legal, cultural and
technical issues surrounding research data sharing within UK tertiary
education community
• Explore new pathways to assist academics wishing to share their data
over the Internet via Institutional Repositories (IRs)
• Policy-Making for Research Data in Repositories: A Guide - Green, A.,
Macdonald, S. and R. Rice, (2009).
• Edinburgh DataShare digital repository – post project output –
embedded into University Information Services policy
7. Edinburgh DataShare
An online institutional repository of multi-disciplinary research
datasets produced at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by
the Data Library
Researchers producing research data associated with a
publication, or which has potential use for other researchers,
can upload their dataset for sharing and safekeeping. A
persistent identifier and suggested citation will be provided.
DataShare is a customised DSpace instance with a selection
of standards-compliant metadata fields useful for discovery of
datasets, through Google and other search engines via OAI-
PMH.
8. Edinburgh Datashare – technical development
• DSpace Version 3.2
• Embargo option - coded to restrict full data download with open metadata
until specified date
• Open Data Commons Attribution License option
• Theme aligned with University corporate style
• Extension to DSpace to record bitstream downloads in usage statistics
• Implementation of JACS for assigning keyword to content
• Download All option (zip file of all item components)
• Citation field automatically generated based on specified metadata values
• Dublin Core-based metadata schema for datasets
9. Technical development cont’d
Streamlined deposit workflow e.g. collapsible non-required metadata
fields, clear licence information
Load balancing between sites
Development server enhancements – assist depositors to test
functionality
SWORD & batch ingesting (for large or many files from remote
computers)
Streaming & viewing heterogeneous content
Use of DataCite DOIs
Research data deposit from RSpace* electronic notebook interface
into DataShare
10. Research Space (RSpace)
A ‘next generation’ ELN designed specifically for enterprise deployments at
Universities in order to manage experimental data and samples in an
integrated online environment
Collaborative functionality via Google Docs and wikis
Database structure with fine tuned sharing and precise searching
Messaging & notifications system allowing lab members to communicate about
their research without having to leave the RSpace environment
A full audit trail and two levels of electronic signatures, Research Space’s ELN
is fully capable of supporting patentable research and compliance with
regulations like 21 CFR part 11, so work which was previously done in the
paper lab book can now be done electronically.
11.
12. Research Data MANTRA
Partnership between:
Edinburgh University Data Library
Institute for Academic Development
Funded by JISC Managing Research Data
Programme (Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2011)
13. Why manage research data?
Data Deluge – exponential growth in the volume of digital
research artefacts created within academia
Data management is one of the essential areas of responsible
conduct of research.
By managing your data you will:
• Meet funding body grant requirements.
• Ensure research integrity and replication.
• Ensure research data and records are accurate, complete, authentic and
reliable.
• Increase your research efficiency.
• Enhance data security and minimise the risk of data loss.
• Prevent duplication of effort by enabling others to use your data.
14. Grounded in three disciplinary contexts: social
science, clinical psychology and geoscience
Aim was to develop online interactive open learning
resources for PhD students and early career
researchers that will:
• Raise awareness of the key issues related to research data
management & contribute to culture change
• Provide guidelines for good practice
Project overview
15. Eight units with activities, scenarios and videos:
• Research data explained
• Data management plans
• Organising data
• File formats and transformation
• Documentation and metadata
• Storage and security
• Data protection, rights and access
• Preservation, sharing and licensing
Four data handling practicals: SPSS, NVivo, R, ArcGIS
Video stories from researchers in variety of settings
Xerte Online Toolkits – University of Nottingham
Online learning module
16. Online learning module
• Delivered online – self-paced, available ‘anytime, anyplace’
• Emphasis on practical experience and active engagement via
online activities
• One hour per unit
• Read and work through scenarios & activities (incl. videos etc)
• CC licence to allow manipulation of content for re-use with
attribution
• Portable content in open standard formats (e.g. SCORM)
available via an e-learning repositories Jorum and Xpert
• An EDINA and IS Service
17. Commitment to keep the resource up to date
3rd release since launch in 2010 (by "release" we mean the
accumulation of identified changes that warrant re-depositing in Jorum
as a new version)
Feedback from users collected on a wiki page and referenced in new
release, including:
• new 'further reading' resources for each unit, and link checking
• minor fixes to the drag and drop exercises (such as moving some to two pages
to make dragging on-screen easier)
• new video clips from previously recorded interviews, either to replace existing
ones or as supplement, but without substantially changing the length of each
unit
• revised and upgraded software handling practicals to match new versions of
software
• translation into other languages
MANTRA Future
18. stuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
Thanks!
Links:
• Data Library services: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/data-library
• EDINA: http://edina.ac.uk/
• Edinburgh DataShare: http://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/
• Research data management guidance: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-
data-management
• Edinburgh University data policy: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-data-
policy
• Research Data MANTRA course: http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra
Editor's Notes
First of its kind in the UK – primarily within the social sciences but not exclusively so
2 data library services – this morning I’ll concentrate on Edinburgh Datashare
Advise on storing, versioning, documenting, formatting and anonymising researchers’ data for sharing or preserving for future use in an archive or repository
UKBORDERS
Digimap Collection
Go-Geo!
Agcensus
Moving pictures and sound services - EIG, newsFilm Online
Plus A&I databases
The Depot
HILT
GetRef
LOCKSS
PePRS
Primarily social sciences but not exclusively so, large scale government surveys (micro data), macro-economic time series data (country-level data), Elections studies, Geospatial data, financial datasets, population census data
Free on internet / subscription / through national data centres/archives / resource discovery portals
Registration / authorisaiton and authentication / special conditions / budget to pay for data
SPSS, STATS, SAS, R, ArcGIS – interpret documentaiton/codebooks, merge and match users data with other data (via look-up tables), subset data
Data Catalogue
Depositing data, access and re-use, data quality requirements, metadata, confidentiality and disclosure, formatting, versioning, preservation, normalisation, back-up, storage, security
By-pass 1.5.2 bug fix – upgrade to 1.6 next year
Registration streamlined using the University’s single sign-on
Date range enabled to allow Time Period (dc:coverage)
Anti-virus checking upon upload
Joint Academic Classification of Subjects – HESA / UCAS classify academic subjects based on undergraduate degrees
RDF tools – both content and metadata
Funded by JISC as part of its UK programme, Managing Research Data to develop online learning materials to assist researchers manage their digital assets.
IAD – set up to deliver training and development for postgraduate students and staff – via online course, Virtual Learning Environments, transferable skills training
A set of Multi- or Cross-Disciplinary online learning resources
Shareable Content Object Reference Model – XML-based