18 May 2016Research Data Network, Cardiff University Rachel Bruce, Deputy Chief Innovation officer

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Programme for today Research Data NetworkResearch at Risk – background

Welcome !

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Research Data Network

Sharing information, ideas and solutions

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Research Data Network People network - meeting every 3 – 4 months

Thank you:

Cardiff University for today

University of Cambridge for the next one in September 2016

5Research Data Network a space for sharing

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researchdata.network» Place for community to share practical RDM implementation

outputs» Research Data Shared Service outputs will be shared

alongside » Welcome submission of materials from pilots» Types of materials:

– Requirements documents– Architectures– DAF reports/Surveys/Questionnaires– Metadata Schemas– Tools, Software, Code– Job Descriptions– Anything relevant!

» Can link from own publication space or use RDN Zenodo community or RDN owncloud docs.researchdata.network

» https://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/wp/ 

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Research at Risk

Shared Services

To determine the need and scope of a shared service, underpinned by a clear RDM architecture. To then procure the development & delivery of a shared service for RDM.

Shared services in active RDM & storage

•Start: April 2015•Blog: http://bit.ly/1IMKkn6•End Goals: HEIs can meet funder mandates easily and have a cost effective solution.

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To work with institutions to determine the need and scope of shared solutions to meeting research data needs for curation and preservation

Shared services in the preservation & curation gap

•Start: January 2015•Website: http://bit.ly/1IMKkn6

•End Goals: Shared service to meet preservation needs so HEIs have trusted long-term access to data.

HResearch Data Management Shared Service

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•Start: April 2015•End: December 2017•Blog: •End Goals: RDM shared service that enables easy implementation of a solution for RDM in UK HEIs

HHigh priority MMedium priority

LLow priority CCompleted

Shared Services

HHigh priority MMedium priority

LLow priority CCompleted

To develop a shared service to make research data easier to discover and re-use - this aims to be a shared national catalogue of research data

UK Research Data Discovery Service

•Start: November 2014•Website: http://bit.ly/1Iseikh

•End Goals: A shared service for research data to enhance re-use and impact of data; possibly part of the RDM shared service

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To increase understanding of metrics & usage for RD, to develop a usage statistics service to enable UK HEIs to count data use, to contribute to incentives for sharing research data & to contribute to determining the point of use

Usage Statistics for Research Data

•Blog: http://tinyurl.com/qcxfaao

•End Goals: a shared research data usage statistic service & common related standards

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To build consensus and standardisation around a core metadata schema that applies across disciplines

Research Data Metadata

•Start: July 2015•End Goals: a shared solution for non disciplinary specific RD metadata

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Research at Risk

A shared state of play and set of directions in consultation and collaboration with key stakeholders, in particular ARMA, SCONUL, RLUK, RUGIT and UCISA.

DIRECTIONS FOR RDM in UK Universities M

•Start: September 2014•Outputs: Workshop, http://bit.ly/1T4XG5lReport, http://bit.ly/1KqoUjI

•End Goals: A plan for the way ahead & a baseline for progress

Clear guidance on how to meet funder policies & engagement with Research Data Concordat Group on funder policy harmonisation and implementation.

Guidance on meeting Research Funder requirements

•Start: November 2014•Outputs: Guide on meeting the EPSRC research data policy & case studies http://bit.ly/1Jtpfko

•End Goals: funder policies are easier to meet.

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An agreed set of guidance for the case for RDM and costing information to support the business case in HEIs for research data management.

Business Case and Costing for RDM

•Start: July 2015•End Goals: Defined value of RDM, business case template and costing tool for HEIs

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HHigh priority MMedium priority

LLow priority CCompleted

To develop best practice on journal policies between publishers & other stakeholders. To make it easy for researchers to know how to follow policies and for journals to create RD policies

Journal Research Data Policies Registry

•Start: April 2015•Website: http://bit.ly/1Ks8jhb

•End Goals: best practice toolkit and guidelines to drive policy expressions for authors and support staff

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Over to Neil Penry from Cardiff University Research Data Network host this week…