2nd KAPTUR Steering Group presentation by Leigh Garrett, VADS Director and Project Director for KAPTUR

1. KAPTUR
PROJECT STEERING GROUP
18TH JULY 2012
LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

2. Agenda
• Welcome and introductions.
• What has KAPTUR achieved so far?
• Lessons learned from developing draft RDM policies?
• Technical report and demonstration.
• How will KAPTUR support researchers and data managers?
• Sustainability of RDM practice post-KAPTUR?
• Plenary.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

3. Project Overview
OBJECTIVES
• To investigate the nature of research data in the visual arts.
• To consider the application of technology to support
collection, discoverability, usage and preservation of research
data in the area.
• To establish appropriate policies, procedures and systems
within the four partner institutions.
• To provide case studies and showcase good practice to the
wider higher education sector.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

4. Project Overview
BACKGROUND
• Research outputs are varied and complex in the visual arts.
• Little is known about the state of research data in the visual
arts.
• None of the specialist arts institutions have research data
management policies or infrastructure.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

5. Project Overview
METHOD
• Environmental analysis.
• User requirement, systems evaluation and piloting.
• Policy formation.
• Toolkits and training materials.
• Dissemination.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

6. Project Direction
USER REQUIREMENT, SYSTEMS EVALUATION AND PILOTING
• User requirement.
• Systems evaluation.
• Pilot research data management system.
• Deadline: October 2012.
• Partner institution adoption.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

7. Project Direction
POLICY FORMATION
• Partner institutional working groups established.
• Recommendations made to respective Research Committees.
• High level strategy based on the University of Edinburgh
model.
• Deadline: December 2012.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

8. Project Direction
CAPACITY BUILDING
• Internal dissemination.
• Creation of toolkits and training materials for researchers
and professional support staff.
• External dissemination.
• Partner institutional case studies.
• Project conference.
• Deadline: March 2013.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

9. Plenary
WORKING TOGETHER
• Policy Formation.
• Capacity Building.
• Sustaining and embedding practice - post KAPTUR.
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP : 18TH JULY : LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

10. KAPTUR
PROJECT STEERING GROUP
18TH JULY 2012
LONDON
VADS : GSA : GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC