The document summarizes a presentation by the UC Curation Center on supporting UC research data management. The UC Curation Center helps ensure the long-term preservation of and access to UC's digital research outputs. They are developing tools and services to help researchers at all stages of the research lifecycle, from creating data management plans and collecting datasets to publishing, preserving, and sharing research outputs. Their goal is to engage researchers early, prioritize initiatives, provide simple evolving tools, deploy flexible infrastructure, and develop partnerships to support diverse research data management needs.

1. UC Research Development Network Meeting
UC Irvine, 25-26 February 2012
Supporting UC
Research Data Management
Stephen Abrams
Patricia Cruse
John Kunze
Rosalie Lack
Carly Strasser
UC Curation Center, California Digital Library
www.cdlib.org/uc3
uc3@ucop.edu

2. About the UC Curation Center
 Ensuring the viability, sharing, and use of the University’s
digital assets across time and space
 Innovative curation services for preservation of, and access
to, research outputs
► Preservation enables access over time
► Access is dependent upon preservation
up to a point in time
 Applicable throughout the scholarly
lifecycle
 Open source, open data
 Community-driven
www.cdlib.org/uc3
uc3@ucop.edu

3. Why is research data management important?
 Better data management leads to …
► More data sharing
► More data reuse
► Better ROI
► Better scholarship
► Better impact factor
See, for example, Piwowar, Carison, and Vision (2011), Proc. ASIS&T 48(1): 1-4
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/meet.2011.14504801337
$48.6 B
100%
 UC conducts one-twelfth of all 90%
80%
Private
Public
US university research and 70%
60% UC
development 50%
40%
30%
► $4.7 B out of $48.6 B in 2010 20%
10%
0% $4.7 B

4. What keeps UC researchers up at night?
How do I fulfill the
How much will data management
it cost? requirements of my
grant? Why should I care
about preservation? I
just need a place to
Where can I get put my data.
help?
How can I share my
work with my
Are there standards or colleagues?
best practices I should be
aware of?
How can I provide
access to my
What are work?
“metadata”?
How can I publish the
Can’t my work be data associated with
included in the How can I make my publications?
Web of Science? sure I get credit ?

5. How can UC3 help?
 Engage with the research community early in the lifecycle
 Prioritize scarce resources in support of emerging initiatives
 Start small: provide simple tools and services that can evolve
into more complex and comprehensive solutions
 Deploy flexible infrastructure and services that can be used
in diverse ways
 Develop partnerships and collaborate now more than ever

6. How can UC3 help?
 Research
► Create funder-compliant data
management plans with
 Collect
► Curate datasets and web sites with
 Publish
► Manage identifiers for persistent
citation with
 Save/Share
► Preserve, share, and provide access to
research outputs with

7. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
dmptool.org
Finalist for 2012
DPC Award for
Research and
Innovation
 Create data management plans

8. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
dmptool.org
Finalist for 2012
DPC Award for
Research and
Innovation
 Create data management plans
 Meet funder requirements

9. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
dmptool.org
Finalist for 2012
DPC Award for
Research and
Innovation
 Create data management plans
 Meet funder requirements
 Instructions and guidance

10. Research > Collect > Publish > Share > Save
dmptool.org
Finalist for 2012
DPC Award for
Research and
Innovation
Two new grant-
funded projects
 Functional
enhancements
and open source
community
development
Sloan Foundation
 Training and
outreach
IMLS
 Create data management plans
 Meet funder requirements
 Instructions and guidance
 Local resources and services

11. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
 curation for tabular data
 Excel add-in for desktop use, or Azure web service for online use
dataup.cdlib.org www.dataup.org
 Best practices check
 Data description
 Persistent identifier and citation generation
 Repository submission

12. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
n2t.net/ezid
“Take control of the
management and
distribution of your
research, share and
get credit for it, and
build your reputation
through its collection
and documentation”
UC3 is a founding
partner of the
DataCite consortium
 Create ARK or DOI
 Manage identifier and citation metadata
 Global discovery via DataCite
Primo
and soon, Web of Knowledge

13. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
merritt.cdlib.org www.cdlib.org/uc3/merritt
 Dark or bright
archive
 Curatorial
access control
 Data use
agreements
 Integration with
 UI and API submission
 Collection management
 Search and browse
(soon)
 Metadata display
 Access and download

14. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
datashare.ucsf.edu
“Researchers benefit
from increased
collaborations, validatio
n, and recognition of
their work; institutions
and funders benefit from
the measurable increase
in the impact of their
resources; and society
benefits from the faster
pace at which science
can progress”
 Contribute data for sharing
 Search and browse

15. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
datashare.ucsf.edu
“Researchers benefit  Persistent
from increased identifiers via
collaborations, validatio
n, and recognition of
their work; institutions
 Management &
and funders benefit from
the measurable increase preservation
in the impact of their
resources; and society
benefits from the faster
pace at which science
can progress”
 Contribute data for sharing
 Search and browse
 Metadata display
 Access and download
 Create citation

16. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
researchhub.berkeley.edu
“Powerful tools for  Persistent
content management identifiers via
and collaboration”
 Collaborate with  Management &
colleagues preservation
 Organize and enrich
research data
 Connect the scholarly
ecosystem
 Contribute data for sharing
 Catalog, tag, and publish data
 Preserve data for future re-use

17. Research > Collect > Publish > Save > Share
was.cdlib.org
“The web has  Persistent
revolutionized our identifiers via
access to
information, but web
resources are fragile
 Management &
and ready access to
them cannot be taken preservation
for granted”
 Archive on-line
publications
 Capture
contemporary
events
 Save at-risk web
sites
 Select, harvest, and catalog web resources
 Published curated archives
 Search/browse for access
 Preserve for future re-use

18. What will it cost?
 The ultimate success of Merritt, WAS, and related services is
dependent on their long-term sustainability
► Technical
► Administrative
► Financial
 Cost model goals
► Cost recovery
► Flexibility
 Two service levels  Two payment schedules
► Standard – 2 copies, 1 data center  Pay-as-you-go
► Premium – 3 copies, 2 data centers  Paid-up (for a 10 year term)
wiki.ucop.edu/display/Curation/Cost+Modeling

19. Supporting UC research data management
 Engage with the research community early in the lifecycle
 Build community
 Prioritize scarce resources in support of emerging initiatives
 Be entrepreneurial
 Start small: provide simple tools and services that can evolve
into more complex and comprehensive solutions
 Develop sustainable solutions
 Deploy flexible infrastructure and services that can be used
in diverse ways
 Enable diverse use cases and workflows
 Develop partnerships and collaborate now more than ever

20. Supporting UC research data management
 Engage with the research community early in the lifecycle
 Build community
 Prioritize scarce resources in support of emerging initiatives
 Be entrepreneurial
 Start small: provide simple tools and services that can evolve
into more complex and comprehensive solutions
 Develop sustainable solutions
 Deploy flexible infrastructure and services that can be used
in diverse ways
 Enable diverse use cases and workflows
 Develop partnerships and collaborate now more than ever!

21. Supporting UC research data management
 UC Curation Center
California Digital Library
Stephen Abrams Abhishek Salve
Patricia Cruse Joan Starr
Scott Fisher Rosalie Lack
Greg Janée Carly Strasser
John Kunze Marisa Strong
David Loy Adrian Turner
Mark Reyes Perry Willett
www.cdlib.org/uc3
uc3@ucop.edu