Presentations from the LIBER 2013 workshop on Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures: : 'New Horizons for Open Access Policies in Europe' and 'Ten Recommendations on Research Data Management - What's Next?'
1. Policies and InfrastructureTen Recommendations on Research Data Management - What's Next?
Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures Steering Group
Wolfram Horstmann
Associate Director, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
e-mail: wolfram.horstmann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
2. Today
Two examples – one medium, one large scale
Commonalities and differences
Reflections
3. Bielefeld: central RDM activities
Research Data Policy: “Principles”
Fully library led
IT Services provide servers and storage
Coordination post funded by the University
Focus group with leading academics
Colloquium Knowledge Infrastructure
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5. Bielefeld: centrally supported RDM activities
Data-Service Centre “Business and Organisational Data”
Infrastructure for Collaborative Research Project (50PIs,
12 Years) “From Heterogeneity to Inequality”
Excellence Cluster “Cognitive Interaction Robotics”
(100PIs, 10 years)
Services: metadata, DOIs, storage, VMs, software,
calendars, websites…
Storage and housing in IT Services
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9. Bielefeld: local RDM activities
The majority!
Desktops, departmental servers, Drop-Box etc.
Several larger specific RDM activities
Computer Science
Biotechnology/Nanotechnology
Spectroscopic Services (multi-department)
Physics
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10. Oxford: central RDM activities
RDM Policy
RDM working group
Multi-agency approach with Research Services, IT
Services, Library, eResearch and Divisions
Externally funded projects for development (e.g. JISC)
Research Services Website
Research Data Planning Tool
DataBank
DataStage
DataFinder etc.
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15. Oxford: centrally supported RDM activities
Training in Doctoral Training Centres
Storage and housing in IT Services
Generic, on demand services, e.g. DOIs, preservation in
the libraries
Digital Humanities specialization in the libraries
(…Rollout yet to come)
16. Oxford: local RDM activities
The majority!
Desktops, departmental servers, Drop-Box etc.
Several (really large) specific RDM activities
Medical Sciences
Supercomputing
Physics
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17. Commonalities
Mix of central, centrally supported and local stuff
Start with a policy
Collaboration of the library, IT and research services
18. Differences
Bielefeld with vertical rollout
Funding through subject specific research
University supports coordination post
Seeks to connect generic aspects of subject-specific services
Oxford with horizontal rollout
Funding for generic tools
University develops RDM business models
Seeks to adapt to subject specificity during roll out of generic
services
20. Reflections on the LIBER recommendations
4. Actively participate in institutional research data policy
development, including resource plans. Encourage and
adopt open data policies where appropriate in the
research data life cycle.
Contact University administration with concrete proposals
Build partnerships with individuals in administration
Make your numbers – there is nothing more effective than having
a price tag and benchmarking with competitors
21. Reflections on the LIBER recommendations
9. Get involved in subject specific data management
practice.
Liaise with researchers for common projects (as service partner)
Provide a PI role through the libraries
Identify library champions and encourage them to speak with
researchers
22. Reflections on the LIBER recommendations
10. Offer or mediate secure storage for dynamic and
static research data in co-operation with institutional IT
units and/or seek exploitation of appropriate cloud
services.
Work with IT Services, on the basis of a requirement spec.
Prepare very simple explanations for storage, preservation and
publication
And, again, numbers…
23. Take home message
RDM works (only) in partnership
Locally
with researchers, research services, IT services
Nationally and internationally
with subject specific data services, funders, organisations such as
LIBER