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Dr Liz Lyon
Associate Director, Outreach
Funders:
Engaging the Users:
the Outreach & Community Support Programme
Digital Curation Centrea centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
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Overview
Raising awareness and dissemination
•Web portal
•Electronic Journal
•Annual International Conference
Understanding the users and their needs
•Creating a taxonomy
•Gathering requirements
The Associates Network
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DCC Web site
www.dcc.ac.uk
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Draft Home page of new DCC eJournal
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Sample issue
January 2005 Launch
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1st DCC International Conference
Planning so far:
•Location - Bath UK
•September 2005 (tbc)
•2-day event
•Invited speakers
•Peer-reviewed research papers
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User requirements analysis
Commissioned study
•Leona Carpenter
•Reporting now
•Desk-based research
•Focus groups
•Interviews
Results will inform research, development service definition / delivery and outreach
Recommendations and priority tasks
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Outline Taxonomy of digital curation users by role
1. Data Creators
2. Data Curators
3. Data Re-users
4. Policy makers
-funding bodies
-other leaders
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Outline Taxonomy by significant function of organisational entity
1. Research
2. Service provision
3. Learning
& teaching
4. Funders
5. Policy / strategy makers
“Designated communities”
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Research & Development
Annotation services
Ontology development
Automating metadata creation
Tools and toolkits
Data Format Description Language
Identifiers
Registries
Economic and cost-benefits studies
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Advisory services
“Ask-a-Curator”
FAQs, reports, briefings, awareness-raising materials
Best practice guidance
Storage media
“Like Erpanet”
Advise Government, Research Councils, funding bodies
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Professional development
Short courses
Certification
Conferences, seminars, workshops
Secondments to DCC and to working repository services
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Outreach & Community-building
Leadership for the future
Case studies
Sharing solutions
Collaboration with other partners
International peers
Industry links
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Associates Network
Goals
Develop understanding, share best practice, advance research, promote recognition, develop consensus
Membership
HEIs, FEIs, national bodies, industry partners, funders, research groups, individuals……
Benefits
Early access to R&D outputs, advisory services, training, input to definition and design, community participation
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