Digital Library Servicesat UCT Libraries

NeDICC presentation 18.02.2016

Overview

■ Digital Library Services (DLS) at UCT now offering

Research data management (RDM) as a core service

■ Three major processes involved in RDM:

(1)Data Management & Planning, (2)Depositing data and (3)Sharing data

■ Users enabled to easily develop Data Management Plans (DMP)

and satisfy various funder mandates

■ Supporting digital scholarship through respective aligned objectives

Erika Mias

Digital curation officer

Kayleigh Roos

Digital curation officer

Niklas Zimmer

Head: Digital Library Services

DLS RDM staff

1. Encourages researchers to make use of our RDM services.2. Informs researchers about the rewards of sharing their research data:

2.1. securing their funding by:2.2. meeting the requirements of their funding agency, including:2.3. preservation, documentation and verification requirements.

Why manage data?Image credit: Jørgen Stamp. Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Denmark License http://digitalbevaring.dk/

Researcher Responsibilities

1. Pre-award Stage- Proposal Development ❏ DMP (outline or full DMP depending on requirement)❏ Eligible Costs

2. Award Stage- During Your Project* ❏ Update institutional DMP or❏ Update funder DMP

3. Post Award Stage- Project End**❏ Deposit Published Outputs- meet funder and institutional requirements for dissemination❏ Deposit Data- meet funder and institutional requirements for dissemination

*Benefits: Improved data management, compliance for progress reports and monitoring etc. See Why Manage Data?, Research data management planning webpages

** DOIs, data statements, sharing handles/URLs of data and other published outputs

Image credit: John R. McKiernanhttp://whyopenresearch.org/gallery.html

RDM Policy

1. UCT RDM policy expected to be finalised March/April 20162. Driven by legalities and policies published by research bodies and funders3. Advocates the benefits of effective RDM and compliance with funder guidelines4. Assists researchers to comply with requirements regarding personal information and

commercial considerations

DMPonline

1. Three funder templates (NSF-BIO, MRC-UK, NERC) and two generic (CRC, UCT) available

2. DMPonline has funder specific guidance and enables multiple users to view and/or edit documents*

3. Roadmap for development of DCCs DMPonlinea. N.B. snapshot/versioningb. development of API for integration with other servicesc. logos included in exported docsd. Preview option before exporte. Internationalised version of DMPonline in different languages f. and more still coming, roll-out dependent on developer time

4. Gathering suggestions for V.02 of UCT generic template (end of February)

5. Loading of new/revised funder templates onto DMPonline is on demand

Funder Guidelines

1. Overview table for at a glance: a. approaches to open accessb. requirements for research data management planning (DMP requirements etc)c. policy coverage

Also embedded links to DLS funder guidelines pages2. Funder guidelines pages: NRF (NERC, EDCTP, MRC-UK, Gates Foundation, NSF)3. NRF: still awaiting ratification of DMP requirements4. Data model to be developed for deposit into funder/discipline specific data centres and

repositories. (Automated processes already in place for NRF theses?)

Image credit: John R. McKiernanhttp://whyopenresearch.org/gallery.html

http://whyopenresearch.org/gallery.htm

Depositing & Sharing Data

1. Assists researchers to conform with funder requirements, particularly the NRF2. Makes the process of depositing & sharing data quick and easy (user-friendly FAQ format)3. Provides direct links to international tools & standards for depositing & sharing data4. Recommending current infrastructures for data depositing & sharing data5. Adding & adapting guidelines in response to user needs as service develops

Preservation and Curation

1. Incorporating the entire digital content lifecycle2. Informs users about the preservation infrastructure and and curation processes at DLS3. Trusted digital repository: digital data are secure, searchable, accessible and reusable

Image: DigitalNZ. Made available under a CC BY 3.0 NZ license:http://www.digitalnz.org/make-it-digital

Digital Scholarship

1. DLS’ objectives, supporting digital scholarship at UCT:a. Create partnerships within the Universityb. Enable digital innovation in research and teachingc. Integrate local, regional and national infrastructures