1. The Do-It-YourselfResearch Data ManagementTraining Kit for LibrariansRobin Rice, Data LibrarianEDINA and Data LibraryUniversity of EdinburghScotlandPK session, IASSIST 2013Cologne: 30 May 2013Picture courtesy GESIS, IASSIST 2013 website

2. IASSISTers and librariansare doing it for themselves!Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin video (from YouTube). Press play!

3. Background The Data Library as part of Information Services University of Edinburgh RDM activity:o Research Data Management Policyo Roadmap to implement policy Data Management Support in Roadmap Edinburgh pilot training in RDM for librarians

4. Data Library service at Edinburgh:since 1983findingaccessing using teaching managingChartsBin and mkandlez on flickr

5. Uni of Edinburghs RDM Policy

6. Our Research Data ManagementRoadmap (to implement the policy)Involvement from across University and Information Services

7. Data Management SupportGeneral consultancy and support servicethroughout the research process

8. Supporting and trainingresearchers Online guidance for academic staff Training PhD students and early career researchers Awareness-raising and service rollout Data management consultancy; grant-costed effortsuch as embedded librarians or data librarians Training librarians & IT staff to prepare for rollout

9. Research Data MANTRA Openly licensed online learningself-paced course in RDM forpostgrads and early careerresearchers Grounded in three disciplines,working with post-graduateschools Video stories from researchers invariety of settings Data handling exercises in foursoftware analysis packages http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantrabacklitbuddhaby.ashonFlickr

10. Online training for PhD studentsonline training course

11. A peak inside MANTRA (wordle)Wordle by Rocio von Jungenfeld

12. Challenges for Librarians in RDM Finding time to pursuenew activities Establishing credibility ina new area of expertise Learning new skills;getting techie Getting hands dirty withunpublished material*Iblametheconferencelackofreliableinternetforthelackofattributionoftheseimages

13. Liaison librarian training (2012-13) Data Library agreed to pilottraining with 4 liaison librarians Aimed to reuse MANTRA in ablended learning approach foracademic liaison librarians Idea inspired by DataIntelligence 4 Librarians hybridcourse from 3TU Delfthttp://www.mcphee.com/laf/

14. Approach: pilot librarian training Librarians are professionals with ownexperience and concerns to bring to training Obtain buy-in from start, from participants aswell as their managers Small group (4 plus facilitator), private setting,plenty of time for discussion, sharing stories Emphasis on facilitation rather than teaching

15. Five topics / modules Data management planning Documenting & organising data Data storage & security Ethics & copyright Data sharingTopics of interest agreed with participatinglibrarians before start of training. Loosecorrespondence to MANTRA units.

16. 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 DataArchive Train the Trainers workbook

17. 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)

18. Because we love librarians -DIY RDM Training Kit for Librarians

19. Contents of the training kit Overview for facilitators Course schedule Reflective questions for each session Selected group exercises from UK Data Archive Independent study assignment: Data CurationProfile, from D2C2, Purdue University Libraries Podcasts and presentations of short talks Evaluation formsAll CC-BY licensed so please reuse!