RDAP14: Developing a cross-institutional data management plan for a major particle physics project
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Building a cross-institutional data management plan or: what could possibly go wrong? Steve Van Tuyl Data Services Librarian Carnegie Mellon University - University Libraries [email protected] www.cmu.edu/research/data-management
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Building a cross-institutional data management plan
or: what could possibly go wrong?
Steve Van Tuyl Data Services Librarian
Carnegie Mellon University - University Libraries [email protected]
www.cmu.edu/research/data-management
GlueX Experiment:
30+ Institutions 1 National Lab 1 Spokesperson (not in charge) 15 Petabytes/year 0 Data Management Plans
AND THEN WE TOLD THEM
TO CREATE A CONSISTENT DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT APPLIES TO ALL
COLLABORATORS
“What?! You’re sharing research data outside of the institution!?”
- The Lawyers
What could possibly go wrong? In theory, the major collaborating institutions are on the hook for: • Responsibility management • Infrastructure management • Intellectual property • Data ownership • Export controls • Etc.
We have a hard enough time doing this WITHIN our institution…
“You could argue that the field has suffered from [a lack of data sharing]. We all could have gone back and looked at the Mark II data and found cool stuff there if that wasn’t so frickin’ impossible”
- Jefferson Lab Staff Scientist
“We’re really interested to see what you come up with because we don’t know anyone who has tried to do this before”
- Research compliance officer at CMU
