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Fresh minted research:
Stephen Grace
Research Services Librarian
DataCite, DOIs and Theses, British Library, 16 January 2015
assigning DOIs to theses and their underlying data
Theses and DOIs
1. Why it’s worth doing
2. How to do it (UEL-style)
3. Live demonstration
4. Questions and discussion
Why assign DOIs?
• Theses are really popular when made OA, so we should make them easy to cite too
• They are strong evidence of research activity at somewhere like UEL
Most downloaded items in ROAR for 2014:
1. The multi-dimensional analysis of social exclusion 4,7922. Hygrothermal performance of hemp based thermal insulation materials in
the UK 2,5273. ‘Vaping’ profiles and preferences: an online survey of electronic cigarette
users 1,5024. Developing Electronic Government Models for Nigeria: An Analysis 1,1355. Applicability of Neural Networks to Software Security 1,0996. Determination of void content in filament wound composites 1,0817. Big and Pumped: Embodied Masculinity in Homosocial Sporting Environments 1,0268. Survivors Online: A netnographic analysis of the emerging role played by
the Internet as a source of support for survivors of sexual violence 8719. Teachers talking: critical events in the life history of staff working with children with special educational needs 84310. Emancipatory research with children in Pupil Referral Units: a Foucauldian
perspective on policy and practice 821
How many were theses? 6 out of 10
The pain of appendicitis
• Data have been presented in tables at the back of theses (Appendices)
• With e-theses this need not be the case– Separate files for appendices, in the most
appropriate formats– Separate records for datasets and other
objects where these might be cited in their own right
– What do your Regulations allow?
What is being submitted?
“If your thesis includes supplementary material that is not incorporated in the main body of the text, please contact Stephen Grace [[email protected]] to discuss the format for supply.”
‘Sat at the back’ data
© O’Mahoney, Joseph (2012) Coping with Critical Incidents: A Critical Appraisal of Stress Management And Social Support within the Retained Fire Service in Ireland. DOccPsy thesis, University of East London, p224. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10552/3990
‘Supporting cast’ data
© Daniels, Jill (2014) Memory, Place and Subjectivity: Experiments in Independent Documentary Filmmaking. PhD thesis, University of East London. Film ‘not reconciled’ available at http://hdl.handle.net/10552/3929
Widening typology of theses
• Single monograph (with appendices)• Monograph and associated data files in
their native formats• Thesis by publication• Thesis by practice-as-research• PhDs as components of a Research
Group’s programme of work – links between theses and to other outputs
• … and who knows what next
So, DOIs for the data too
• Are the data likely to be cited in their own right?
• Would there be adequate (or indeed any) documentation with the data?
Not forgetting
UEL’s likely approach
• Assign ORCID and DOI-to-be to students in advance
• Treat supplementary files as data.uel objects, except PDFs
• Mint DOI for the thesis (and any data items)
• Speak to Graduate School
• Revise guidance to students (supervisors, examiners?)
• Promote data citation to stimulate students
• Consider earlier capture of theses for deposit
Demo /1
– CoinDOI of a single-record thesis
Demo /2
– CoinDOI of a data collection supporting a publication
– Repository-Repository links
Questions for your institution
• When in the process do you get your hands on the thesis?– At submission, post award etc.
• Who does the depositing and/or publishing?• What system/software do you use?• Can you mint a DOI via your DataCite or
CrossRef membership?• Administrative changes or revision of
Academic Regulations?
Thank youStephen Gracehttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8874-2671
@StephenGraceful
Repos roar.uel.ac.uk and data.uel.ac.uk
Blog datamanagementuel.wordpress.com
Thanks to Rory McNicholl, ULCC, for developing CoinDOI plugin for [email protected]
@RoryMcN
