Research Data Guidance. Turning policy into practice.
Wendy White24 October 2012
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Guiding principles• Mixed authorship - Research and Innovation
Services, iSolutions (IT), Library, helped share knowledge across services
• Practical – iterate with academic community, scenarios and FAQs
• Signposting – service, discipline and external expertise
• Context – set with other research support e.g. bibliometrics, open access, identifier assignation
• Visible - first DMP query came from someone who found pages via Google!
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DataPool Service Model
adapted with permission from Martin Lewis (2012) Working with other RDM actors slide 2(http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/clarifying-roles-libraries-research-data-management-discussion-day-find-creative-
solutions Firefox only)
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Seeding - Serendipitous discovery important Challenges when ideas are exciting but also hard to deliver Invite discovery and
engagement
Peer word of mouth
Informal networks e.g. USRGs
Senior staff to endorse culture
Balance between individual enthusiast and institutional service
IRRI Imageshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ricephotos/367687156/
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Lessons - unpacking specific queries
I just need a
statement to cut
and paste into bid
Can I have some more
storage?
I would like
others to be able to
query these data
I need to do a DMP
by this afternoon
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Peganumhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/peganum/3556523794/
Enrichment
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Full institutional engagement
Top down/bottom up & broad coverage/specific queries
Today is a Good Dayhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/good_day/11621713/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Main challenge - Reach
Nuance of sub-disciplinesMultidisciplinary synergiesCommunication networksTrusted approach to sharing
Knowledge
ImpactRelevance
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