3. Policy drivers Code of good research conduct data should be preserved and accessible for 10 years + E Funders’ data policies… Your HEI’s Code www.shef.ac.uk/content/ 1/c6/07/20/99/GRPcollated.pdf declaration data are a public good and should be openly available
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5. Funders’ data policies www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies
6. Explanation of each funder’s policy www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/ policy-and-legal/funders-data-policies Links to data & publications policies Abstract of main stipulations
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11. Data Management Plan guidance www.lib.unc.edu/reference/data_services/researchdatatoolkit/examples.html MRD projects : Draft IdMRC Projects DMP http://opus.bath.ac.uk/22200/ DMTPsych Psychology specific DMP guidance doc www.dmtpsych.york.ac.uk/ Example DMPs www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/dmp/other-plans.jsp
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Will talk about data policy landscape (institutional / funder requirements – specifically regarding DMPs) Pre-course evaluation suggested you want examples and case studies - how are institutions addressing/embedding RDM and engaging researchers
There are various drivers: - OECD declaration – data are public good. Paid for out of public money so should be public - Funders have various data policies, which I’ll go into in more detail - RCUK has a code of good research conduct, which states data should be managed and kept accessible for 10+ years (institutions typically have a local version of this)
Sheffield’s Good Research Practice Guidelines states (amongst other things) Data important too not just publications Keep data & publications for periods set out by sponsors (10-20 years)
The DCC has looked at funders’ policies for data curation and compared these in a table, which is available online They all have policies on publications and many have data policies. The stipulations vary but there are often: Time limits for making publications and data accessible Requirements to submit data management and sharing plans at the application stage Expectations on data sharing / access and preservation None really has robust monitoring processes and support provided is patchy – role falling to institutions.
Click any of the funder links in the table and you’ll get: - Links to their policies - Overview explaining what the stipulations are
One of the main requirements from UK Research Funders is the submission of data management and sharing plans at the grant proposal stage. They typically want to know five things (see above). Taking on significance in other countries too - National Science Foundation in US recently brought in a DMP requirement.
Main differences in UK requirements are that: Two funders ask specific questions – most want a statement covering broad themes as applicable to your research BBSRC, MRC and Wellcome Trust place far greater emphasis on data sharing NERC produces overarching data management plans at a thematic programme level.
Funders tend to be moving towards open, prose statements. New ESRC requirement comes into force in Spring 2011 and AHRC has been consulting on their Technical Appendix with a plan to review. NERC policy addresses hot topics (linking publications with data; data selection/value; resourcing). Likely to lead way in UK developments? RCUK planning joint principles statement on expectations and support to data mgmt services – Juan Biccaregui will speak about this at RDMF 6 in May. Lots going on in US due to NIH/NSF requirements – working with them on the DMP Online tool
Few slides now to point out some examples of recent activity Not all funders offer data centres so work can fall to institution. Oxford and Edinburgh has responded by creating policies.
Lots of people have been looking at examples / guidance to help write data management plans. ICPSR (US social science organisation like UKDA) have collated a list of examples JISC MRD projects e.g. ERIM (engineering) and DMTPsych (Psychology) have come up with guidelines for their areas Lots of excellent new ones springing up all over the place – see UNC. Concise definitions / intro with quick examples of the kind of thing you may include
Not just guidance though – support is needed to help researchers write DMPs ARL in US has written a guide to help librarian offer such support. RDMF 6 covering data management planning specifically and one of the talk will come from a computing officer at Glasgow about going from plan to action
Some of the work we’ve done at Glasgow: Collated existing guidance and details of support & services to raise awareness Observations showed researchers didn’t know where to turn, so ended each FAQ on ‘Who can help’ and invited service staff to speak at training / workshops Offered case studies on training to show how one project took basic principles and applied to their context Videoing researchers & experts sharing their lessons You’re welcome to take any of this content and reuse it for non-commercial, educational purposes
There’s lots more coming out of JISC MRD Programme in this area, so keep tabs on outputs over coming months.