1. Research Data Services: survey
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Research Data Management
Workshop 2.1

2. 23+ Things
http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/openexeterrdm/blog/category/holistic-librarian/
• Where could a researcher go to get help writing a data management plan?
• Have you got an institutional research data policy: if so, what does it say
and where does it sit in wider policy structures? How does it compare to
that of University of Manchester? If there is not one, is there one in
preparation?
• Has your institution done a DAF survey? If so, what were some of the key
results? If not try and find the outcomes of one done at a comparable
institution: what findings stand out?
• Which criteria could a researcher use to select which research data they
need to preserve in the long-term?
• A researcher wants to archive sensitive research data securely for long-
term preservation. What options do they have?
• Which factors could affect the Intellectual Property Rights of a dataset?
Where can you find guidance on this?
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3. Working on your table
• … report back on what you found
• Be prepared to pick out a few of the most
interesting points for the rest of the group
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4. Research Data Services
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5. DDC SURVEY (2014) RESULTS
HTTPS://ZENODO.ORG/COLLECTION/USER-DCC-RDM-2014
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6. Overview
• 61 institutions, but includes 100% Russell Group
• Lead on RDM: 87% Library; 77% IT; 54% Research
office at Russell Group – 54%, 38%, 85% at
“other”
• Key drivers: 97% RCUK funding policies; 67%
strategy to support research; 62% governance
and integrity; 62% Horizon 2020 (Russell Group) –
Government open data policy important to
“other” group
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7. RDS
• RDM policy approved 54% (Russell group);
25% (other research intensive) 46% (other)
• Requirements being investigated: 44%; 40%;
31%
• Solutions being piloted: 26%; 17%; 8%
• Live service: 10%; 6%; 0%
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8. RDM skills training & consultancy
• No option to say it’s not a priority!
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10%
46%
18%
11%
11%
3%
Service managers recognise a
need for change
Requirements are being
investigated
Solutions are being tested
through small-scale trials
Solutions are being piloted
across the institution
Live service with process for
continuous improvement
Not stated

9. Data management and sharing plans
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10%
39%
24%
12%
15%
0%
Service managers recognise a
need for change
Requirements are being
investigated
Solutions are being tested
through small-scale trials
Solutions are being piloted
across the institution
Live service with process for
continuous improvement
Not stated

10. Access and storage systems
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10%
47%
19%
12%
12%
0%
Service managers recognise a
need for change
Requirements are being
investigated
Solutions are being tested
through small-scale trials
Solutions are being piloted
across the institution
Live service with process for
continuous improvement
Don’t know

11. Governance of data
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18%
50%
5%
15%
12%
0%
Service managers recognise a
need for change
Requirements are being
investigated
Solutions are being tested
through small-scale trials
Solutions are being piloted
across the institution
Live service with process for
continuous improvement
Don’t know

12. CASE STUDY WORK
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13. Learning from the experience of others
• Where to start? With policy or data collection or
pilot services (if services, which ones)?
• What services they developed and how – eg how
did they build things up from data gathering to
services?
• What influenced their decisions?
• How did they solve the problems they
encountered?
• What went wrong and how did they fix it?
• What is their future plan?
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14. MATURITY MODEL
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15. Maturity model
• What do you think defines maturity, in RDM
terms?
• Tools:
– CARDIO, mini CARDIO,
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/projects/cardio
– UWE’s maturity model,
http://www2.uwe.ac.uk/services/library/using_th
e_library/Services%20for%20researchers/maturity
-model-v.1.1.pdf
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16. IMAGES
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17. Images
• Slide 4:
– http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-
guides/how-develop-rdm-services
• Slides 8-11:
– WHERE DO THESE IMAGES COME FROM?
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