1. 1. Research Data and the Role ofUniversity LibrariesJohn Murtagh, Research Data ManagementOfficer, Library and Learning ServicesLondon Information & Knowledge Exchange 25 April 2013
2. 2. Outline1. Context at UEL2. Why librarians, and the skills gap3. Learning resource supportDM4. Setting up an RDM support service
3. 3. Lovely Acronyms RDM = Research Data Management Jisc = Joint Information ServicesCommittee EPSRC = Engineering & PhysicalSciences Research Council RCUK = umbrella organisation ofResearch Councils UK DCC Digital Curation Centre
4. 4. UEL and data management Identified RDM as issue in 2009 followingKeeping Research Data Safe Report Responded to EPSRC letter by drafting apolicy - adopted March 2012 Bespoke support under DCCs InstitutionalEngagement programme
5. 5. Why is it important (now)?
6. 6. Funders want wider access to researchthey paid for starting to demandaccesshttp://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies
7. 7. 26/04/2013 The University of SheffieldPrevention/detection of fraud
8. 8. 26/04/2013 The University of SheffieldSharing and publishing Data Growing interest in publishingdata papers which can be citedin a similar method to normalpapers via DOIs DataCite (www.datacite.org) isan example of generating DOIsfor data citation New Journal of OpenPsychology Data (Ubiquitypress) Such papers describe what thedata is, how it was collected,methodology, variables,suggested reuse and a link tothe actual data Get academic credit for sharingdata
9. 9. Benefits of sharing dataImage from Journal of Open Psychology Data, Ubiquity
10. 10. Why are Universities involved? Public pressure - E.g. The British MedicalJournals open data campaign to achieveindependent scrutiny of data from clinical trials Researchers themselves research integrityfor prevention/detection of fraud in research(replicable results of data) Universities (obligations to research record andassets) Research Data Policies Edinburgh toOxford to UEL
11. 11. Why are Universities involved? IT Services face increasing demands forstorage and support and cloud storage for largeresearch data sets Research Offices need to ensure compliancewith Funder grants, monitor DMPs and asguarantors for funding e.g. EPSRC Libraries natural role of knowledge exchangeand information expertise.
12. 12. Why are libraries involved? Academics need help Libraries have sought involvement Libraries have permanence, infrastructureand staff Librarians have relevant skills Will also involve IT, Research Offices etc.
13. 13. What will/might librarians do? Help with data management plans Data repositories, and help in transferringto data archives Quality metadata Appraisal of datasets what to keep? Training and guidance
14. 14. Why are libraries leading RDM? Most of the Jisc RDM projects are library-led not all, and often working inconjunction with IT and/or Research Office Close to researchers as library users Data are a form of information librariansmanage information Libraries are trusted partners (impartial)&we committed to long-termscientific/scholarly endeavour
15. 15. What is the TraD project? Embedding good RDM practice at UEL Training doctoral students in Psychology Training MSc taught students in Geo-informatics Generic workshop in Graduate School Training course for liaison librarians Create, deliver and evaluate materials Seek to adopt in curricula and trainingprogrammes
16. 16. Sheila Corrall, Univ. of PittsburghPowerful synergies exist between thelongstanding library commitment to openaccess and the philosophy of open science,between the principles underpinning librarycollection management and emerging protocolsfor curating digital data, between the track recordof libraries in technology adoption and systemsdevelopment and the complex demands forintegrated infrastructure and novel workflows,and between the teaching mission of librariansand the educational agenda for e-research.Corrall, Sheila (2012), "Roles and responsibilities: libraries, librarians and data", In: Pryor, G.(ed.), Managing research data. Facet Publishing, ISBN 978-1-85604-756-2.
17. 17. TraD is a Jisc-funded project of Library andLearning Services at the University of East London.With the support of the Digital Curation Centre.John MurtaghEmail j.p.murtagh@uel.ac.ukWeb www.uel.ac.uk/trad/Blog datamanagementuel.wordpress.comThank you