Research Data Management Training and Support

Research Data Management Training and Support

Robin Rice, Data LibrarianEDINA and Data LibraryUniversity of Edinburgh

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OverviewAbout the Data Library

University of Edinburgh RDM activity: o Research Data Management Policy o Roadmap to implement policy

Data Management Support in Roadmap

The DIY Research Data Management Training Kit

What is a data library?

“A data library refers to both the content and the services that foster use of collections of numeric, audio-visual, textual or geospatial data sets for secondary use in research.”

Focus on re-use of data

Data Library service at Edinburgh: since 1983

finding…

accessing …

using …

teaching …

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Data Library & consultancy

Where data librarians meet…

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U of Edinburgh’s RDM PolicyPassed Senate in May, 2011

Ten brief principles

Sets out roles and responsibilities

Aims to enable researchers to achieve good practice

Wide consultation organised by Library-led committee set up by the Vice Principal

What does the policy look like?

Our Research Data ManagementRoadmap (to implement the policy)

Involvement from across University and Information Services

Data Management Support

General consultancy and support service throughout the research process

The Data Lifecycle

Slide borrowed with permission from Anthony Beitz, Monash University. Presented at OR 2012, Edinburgh

CollaborateConceive Design Experiment Publish ExposeAnalyseDesign

DataManagementPlanning

Expose

National Repository orInstitutional Repository orElectronic Journal orCommunity Portal

Research Data ManagementPlatform

CollaborateExperiment PublishAnalyse

Supporting and training researchers

• Online guidance for academic staff

• Embedding RDM training into postgraduate programmes (MANTRA); bespoke training

• Awareness-raising and service roll-out across schools and research units

• Data management consultancy; grant-costed effort such as in-depth planning or metadata support

• Training librarians & IT staff

Online guidance for staff

Online training for PhD students online training course

Another peak: wordle from one MANTRA unit

Liaison librarian training (2012-13)

Information Services staff need training to build confidence in engaging in RDM activity and providing support

Data Library had already created MANTRA, an online RDM training course for PhD students

Aimed to reuse MANTRA in a blended learning approach for academic liaison librarians

Idea inspired by Data Intelligence 4 Librarians and Monash University Library

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Sam Searle & Robin Rice at Monash University, January 2009//jisc-datashare.blogspot.com/2009/02/data-walkabout-7-melbourne.html

DIY RDM Training Kit for Librarians: CC-BY

Image by David Shankbone, wikimedia commons

Approach: pilot librarian trainingLibrarians are professionals with own

experience and concerns to bring to training

Obtain buy-in from start, from participants as well as their managers

Small group (4 plus facilitator), private setting, plenty of time for discussion, sharing stories

Emphasis on facilitation rather than teaching

Five topics / modules

Data management planningDocumenting & organising dataData storage & securityEthics & copyright Data sharing

Topics of interest agreed with participating librarians before start of training. Loose correspondence to MANTRA units.

Course structure: five sessions

Each face to face session two hours duration

Facilitated by an ‘expert’ (data librarian)

Invited guest speakers to kick off each session

Short talks followed by long discussions

Interactive group exercises from UK Data Archive Train the Trainers workbook

‘Homework’ assignments

Allow 2 weeks to complete prior to session

MANTRA modules & recommended reading

Reflective questions to think as a researcher

Independent study: Interview a researcher

Write up a Data Curation Profile

The first builds confidence; the second practices what we preach (sharing)

Contents of the training kit

Overview for facilitatorsCourse schedule Reflective questions for each sessionSelected group exercises from UK Data ArchiveIndependent study assignment: Data Curation

Profile, from D2C2, Purdue University LibrariesPodcasts and presentations of short talksEvaluation forms

All CC-BY licensed so please reuse!

Links

University of Edinburgh policy

http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-data-policyResearch data guidance

http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/data-managementMANTRA online training

http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/Edinburgh University Data Library

http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/data-library