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RDM SupportBasic training course for information specialistsIDCC15 workshop ‘Comparing Notes: Training Librarians for Research Data Management and Open Science Support’, 11 February 2015

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Context

UvA RDM Programme 2013-2016

RDM Support

Library

Data storage & sharing facilities

Library& ICT Services

RDM Policy

Academic Affairs

• Website• Service desk• Training

Not without the subject librarians…

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Target audience

23 subject librarians, 42 subject areas

Experience: information literacy training, reference

manager instruction, advising students and staff

Training focus on RDM knowledge, rather than skills

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Challenges

Diversity of participants: subject areas, computer skills

Time constraints: subject librarians are busy people

Content selection: what do participants need to know?

Retention: how to make knowledge stick?

Justification: timing and duration of training

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Design process

Research: literature, RDM websites, other courses

Questionnaire: what do participants already know?

Selection of themes, useful ideas and reusable materials

Drafting materials

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Themes

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Materials

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Questionnaire

Inspired by self evaluation tool from RDMRose

20 questions on research data management: rate on scale

of 0 (I don’t know the answer) – 4 (I can easily answer

this question)

Used before and after training

Before training

After training

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8. How can the Library support research data management?

9. How will your work change as a result of supporting research data management?

before after before after

I don’t know 2 0 4 3

I hardly know 3 1 2 3

I have a general idea 8 8 7 11

I know quite well 5 9 6 0

I know very well 2 1 1 2

20 19 20 19

8. How can the Library support research data management?

[after training]

9. How will your work change as a result of supporting research data management?

[after training]

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

don't know hardly know have a general idea know quite well know very wellI

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Findings

Increase of knowledge

Increase of uncertainty

Time will tell…

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Unconsciously incompetent

Consciously incompetent

Consciously competent

Unconsciously competent

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After training

Questionnaire: evaluation

Final assignment: writing discipline-specific web text

Reuse of materials

Brainstorm session with Library management

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Reuse of materials

Reuse in your training?

Structure and content of UvA RDM website

Exercise reused in Essentials 4 Data Support

Introductory workshops for researchers

Librarian training at HvA

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Training materials online

Outline of the course (incl. individual DOIs of all files)http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1285312

Questionnairehttp://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1285062

All files in one fileset (incl. Outline and Questionnaire)http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1285313

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Thank you!

Presentation: Mariëtte van Selm | selm@uva.nl | @mvanselm

Images on title slides Jørgen Stamp | http://www.digitalbevaring.dk/

Slide 7, lower middle image Edinburgh University Data Library [Data Library]. (2012, May 4). MANTRA – John MacInnes – Data documentation in secondary data analysis. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/Ebaiwg08CW8 [still from video]

Slide 7, image to the right UK Data Archive. (2011). Managing and sharing data. Training resources, p. 9 [screenshot]

M. van Selm, RDM Support. Basic training course for information specialists. Presentation for the IDCC15 workshop ‘Comparing Notes: Training Librarians for Research Data Management and Open Science Support’, 11 February 2015.

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