1. Towards a policy for Research DataManagement at UAL 6th March 2013

2. Background to UAL and the case study The RDM working group DCC InstitutionalEngagement EnvironmentalAssessment Survey Towards a definition ofresearch data RDM Policy Progress Training Key achievements 3. Working group First met 10 April 2012,then monthly Membership Library Services Research Management &Administration Research active community IT Services 4. DCC Institutional Engagement Developing an RDM Policy at UAL 5. DCC Institutional Engagement Strategy action plan agreed 4 week timetable (Mid-July deadline) Identify currently funded research projects Telephone interviews achieved Transcriptions analysed in a meeting with DCC Post Doc support provided a sounding board In depth follow-up interviews arrangedOutcomes Technical Infrastructure Diagram Draft RDM PolicyDeveloping an RDM Policy at UAL 6. Environmental analysis Research Data terminology is not understood Practice-based research process is unique in visual arts Ethical implications addressed throughout the process Curatorial and archiving advice is needed by researchers Owl by Roger Warren University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection 7. Towards a definition of research data in the visualarts the output is built in to the very process. Whats an output and whats the research is very slippery. ...sometimes I will be doing what I would call a more conventional researchers role; at other times I will be working in a very practice led way in a studio with actors trying out ideas. a lot of practice based research...is data in a way, in a sense, its how you start to build your work and your process through just these incidentals. A lot of artistic practice work is research fieldwork. Paul Ryan Sketchbooks http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulryanandsketchbooks/ 2906508327/in/set-72157607661375770/ 8. Towards a definition of research data in the visualarts"terminology is important (...) and phrases must (where possible) be drawnfrom within the arts rather than library science or similar.(JISC Incremental project) Output is the process (practice based research) evidence of the journey archiving your process pre-production... working notes tacit knowledge 9. Survey results revealed a variety of research dataImagesInterviewsWebsitesObservationsMoviesSketchbooksPapers Image Hodes, Charlotte 10. Ropetackle Lenses by Amanda Hopkins, Senior Researcher, Central Saint Martins.Images Hopkins, Amanda and Geliot, Steve and Twinham-Cauci, Anna. 11. Fragmented Images: papercuts and ceramicsCharlotte Hodes, London College of Fashion Images Hodes, Charlotte 12. UAL Research Data Management Policy 13. RDM Policy at UALhttp://www.arts.ac.uk/research/data-management/ 14. Training KAPTUR training event was held at UAL in November Further training will be offered from 2013/2014 to: Early Career Researchers Research students New Research Staff 15. Social media and dissemination An active Twitter account forUAL representing Kaptur https://twitter.com/UALKaptur 321 Tweets with 83 followers Blog posts 16. Key RDM AchievementsMonthly meetings UAL RDM Policy andof the UAL RDM procedures approvedWorking Groupin October 2012Buy-in and support Commitment to an RDMfrom key Policy and EPSRCstakeholders: IT,Roadmap from SeniorLibrary, SeniorManagementresearchers 17. For further information http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/data-management/ s.mahurter@arts.ac.uk