Because good research needs good data
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© Digital Curation Centre, 2009. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Scotland:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/scotland/
Data and the web manager
Kevin Ashley
Director, DCC
CC-BY
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 2
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 3
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 4
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 5
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 6
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 7
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 8
•OPEN DATA•LINKED DATA
•RESEARCH DATA•ACTIVITY DATA
•SENSITIVE DATA
Because good research needs good data
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An explosion of data…
Because good research needs good data
•PDB
•GenBank
•UniProt
•Pfam
Spreadsheets, Notebooks
Local, Lost
CATH, SCOP
(Protein Structure Classification)
ChemSpider
“small science” : the long tail
•Slide: Carole Goble
Because good research needs good data
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22.0 3540304 232. -12 0.90000343 1e20 -0.000232323 234E15 7656 27627 27e7 2 2 3838 47264 1737 4737 1 2 3 4 4 1 1666 233 2737 173727 1737 2727 36564 522 22 1 283 2384756519957635 272 3727 273 1727 3727 1 3764 3636 4 2626 1636 45766162 737 27 5 2 273 47475899746 37647 76377 4747 3737
Because good research needs good data
Enough of anything becomes data…• Tag galaxy: http://taggalaxy.de/• Amsterdam: http://vimeo.com/2312662
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Because good research needs good data
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Why care?
• Data is expensive – an investment• Reuse:
• More research• Teaching & Learning• Planning
• Impact – with or without publication• Accountability• Legal & regulatory requirements
Because good research needs good data
5-year programme to realise maximum value and benefit from research data
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Focus on creating capacity and capability within research institutions
National services, support, coordination from DCC
Because good research needs good data
2012-06-18 Kevin Ashley, DCC; IWMW12; CC-BY 15
Without good RDM – BAD THINGS HAPPEN
With good RDM – GOOD STUFF HAPPENS
Because good research needs good data
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Funder pressures
Researcher demand
Legal issues
Value Realisation
Because good research needs good data
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http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/standards/researchdata/Pages/expectations.aspx
EPSRC expects all those institutions it funds
•to develop a roadmap that aligns … with EPSRC’s expectations by 1st May 2012;
•to be fully compliant … by 1st May 2015.
Because good research needs good data
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• Awareness of regulatory environment
• Data access statement
• Policies and processes
• Data storage
• Structured metadata descriptions
• DOIs for data
• Securely preserved for a minimum of 10 years from last use
Because good research needs good data
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•NERC
•European Commission
•Wellcome
•MRC
•ESRC
•BBSRC
•NSF
Because good research needs good data
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TOOLS & SERVICES
ON-SITE SUPPORT
ADVICE
Because good research needs good data
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Because good research needs good data
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Understanding Data Requirements
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/
Because good research needs good data
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Data management plans
Because good research needs good data
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How to cite data
What data to keep
Because good research needs good data
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Data Licensing
• Bespoke licences• Standard licences• Multiple licensing• Licence mechanisms
Because good research needs good data
Institutional Engagement
• In-depth support from team of DCC staff• Helping with:
• Re-skilling• Policy development• Costing• Use of tools• Professional liaison
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Because good research needs good data
•Institutional Policy
•…article in
•International Journal of Digital Curation www.ijdc.net
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Because good research needs good data
•Institutional Policy
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Because good research needs good data
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Because good research needs good data
What’s it to you ?• Discovery is key• Integration of data with institutional web
presence• Highlighting, visualising the gems• Linking what you have & what you claim
credit for• Customising our tools
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Because good research needs good data
Don’t put stuff in boxes
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Publication Repository
Web CMS
Research Admin (CRIS)
Our data RepositoryTheir data
Repository
OER Repository
Because good research needs good data
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Data in, data out…
Andy Todd @ building-blocks.com
Because good research needs good data
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Because good research needs good data
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Because good research needs good data
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Why care?
• Data is expensive – an investment• Reuse:
• More research• Teaching & Learning• Planning
• Impact – with or without publication• Accountability• Legal & regulatory requirements
Because good research needs good data
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Early results: public data archiving increases scientific contribution by one third
Because good research needs good data
Data drives impact• Making data:
• Findable• Reusable• Visible• Shared• Linked to publications
• … increases reuse, citation & impact
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Because good research needs good data
Letting data out to play• http://www.globe4d.com/
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Because good research needs good data
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•OVER TO YOU
•http://slideshare.net/kevinashley
•Or2012.ed.ac.uk 9-13 July 2012
IDCC13
14-16 January 2013
Amsterdam
Call for papers now open
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