Research data spring

Unlocking thesis data through persistent identifers27/2/2015

Increasing visibilityImproving discoverabilityEnabling reuse potential

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Team

»University of East London

»University of Southampton

»London School of Economics

»University of St Andrews

»University of the Arts London

»University of Northampton

»University of Bristol tbc

»EThOS, British Library

»Support and interest from c.40 institutions at two community meetings Nov 14 and Jan 15

»Support from DataCite UK and ORCiD

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Scope and Gap

»Introducing students to the new norm of data sharing and identifiers

»Students – Institutions – Funders

»Enhancing national scale thesis discovery to make space for data/software

»Tracking student careers via ORCiD

»Better tracking of theses/data through citations and metrics

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Impact and Benefits

»For students: bridge to norms of being a career researcher, visibility and citations

»For funders: value for money, impact reporting

»For institutions: profile of doctoral research

»For researchers: availability of valuable research content, replication, building on previous research, repurposing data/software, cross-discipline

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Sustainability

»Not a problem to fix, but an opportunity to embrace the inevitable world of identifiers and data sharing at a national scale

»This will become the new business-as-usual for HEIs across the EThOS network

»Existing and agreed standards, matching with other developments like RIOXX, Casrai, Jisc Pathfinders etc

»Leveraging sustainability of ORCiD and DOI systems

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Outputs, milestones and indicators of success

»Phase 1: survey results, 5 case studies with PID overlay, synthesis and recommendations for next steps

»Phase 2: draft recommendations to HEIs, proof of concept in 3 HEIs, clinics to work through institutional implementation, solution for smaller institutions

»Phase 3: final metadata requirements, software development of Eprints,Dspace, EThOS itself, toolkit and guidance for implementing across national network

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Funding

»Phase 1: £19k

»Phase 2: £39k

»Phase 3: £59k