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JISC and the Big (Research) Data Challenge
Simon HodsonJISC Programme Manager, Managing Research Data
Thursday 10 May 2012
Eduserv Symposium: Big Data
Why is managing research data important?
JISC considers it a priority to support universities in improving the way research data is managed and, where appropriate, made available for
reuse.
Research funder policies, legislative frameworks, good practice, open data agenda– The outputs of publicly funded research should be publicly available.
– The evidence underpinning research findings should be available for validation
Good data management is good for research – More efficient research process, avoidance of data loss, benefits of data reuse
Alignment with university missions.– Universities want to provide excellent research infrastructure.
– Universities want to have better oversight of research outputs.
JISC and Research Data
1. Understanding the problem (pre-2007-2009)
2. Prototyping solutions (2009-11)
3. Hardening solutions and building institutional capacity (2011-13)
4. Developing elements of national infrastructure (2013+)
1: Understanding the Problem
Key JISC reports:
Dealing with Data: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/reports/dealing_with_data_report-final.pdf
Keeping Research Data Safe: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/keepingresearchdatasafe0408.pdf
Skills, Role, Career Structure of Data Scientists and Curators: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitalrepositories/dataskillscareersfinalreport.pdf
Other:
UKRDS Scoping Study: http://www.ukrds.ac.uk/resources/
Prototyping Solutions:First MRD Programme, 2009-11
First JISC MRD Programme, 2009-11: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2009-11
JISC MRD Outputs Page: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2009-11-outputs
RDM Infrastructure (guidance/support, systems)
RDM Planning (DMPs, best practice, disciplinary challenges)
RDM Training (targeted at disciplinary needs)
Challenges of data citation and publication
Building Institutional Capacity:First MRD Programme, 2009-11
Second JISC MRD Programme, 2009-11: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2009-11
Projects shortly to be announced for research data publication and developing RDM training materials: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd-2012-Call
RDM Infrastructure (policy, guidance/support, systems)17 large projects
RDM Planning (DMPs, best practice, disciplinary challenges)
RDM Training (disciplines and libraries/research support)
Innovative data publication
Digital Curation Centre
DCC: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/
‘The Digital Curation Centre is the UK’s leading hub of expertise in curating digital research data.’
Regional Data Management Roadshows.
Briefing Papers and How-To Guides.
Data Management Tools (DMPonline, DAF, CARDIO)
International Digital Curation Conference
Making Data Meaningful and Reusable
Supporting the Research Data Lifecycle
Store
Annotate
Select
DiscardDescribe
Identify Hand Over?
Access
A holistic approach…
Citing and linking to research data
DCC Briefing Paper:Ball, A., Duke, M. (2011). ‘Data Citation and Linking’. DCC Briefing Papers. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre. Available online: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/
DCC How to Guide: Ball, A. & Duke, M. (2011). ‘How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications’. DCC How-to Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre. Available online: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides
Thank You!
First JISC MRD Programme, 2009-11: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2009-11
JISC MRD Outputs Page: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2009-11-outputs
Second JISC MRD Programme, 2011-13: http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2009-11
Programme Blog: http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/
MRD Project Blogs: http://tiny.cc/MRDblogs
Twitter: #jiscmrd
E-mail: [email protected]
