Licensed Data Resources and Open Data:
a research library perspective
SELL meeting, EUI
23 May 2014
Research Data:
Social Sciences & Humanities
Quantitative data: numerical/statistical
data in Economics, Sociology, Political Science
and History/Humanities
Qualitative data: case studies, text coding/
analysis, interviews, images, maps and audiovisual materials
EUI Research Data Survey, November 2013:
What kinds of data do you use?
47
33
11
18
9
6
6
What kind of data does your research
project generate?
38
7
13
15
11
8
5
Traditional Library rôles
• Acquisition of paper and discs
• Classification and cataloguing
• Providing access: paper, free-standing disc /
network
• Paper, CD-rom and reel preservation
Library Data Portal
Research cycle: Library rôles
D Research Data Cycle
Generated data
Surveys
Licensed data (Library)
Open data
Data
elaboration &
sub-setting
Research
data
outputs
Licensing / IP / Copyright
• Assistance and 'brokering'
• Research team ↔ Library ↔ Data © owner
Library Support
•
•
•
•
•
Discovery (Data Portal): Both restricted & open data
Metadata as a ‘checklist’ for data use and re-use
Ontology (eg. ‘tree’ for multi-level datasets)
Assistance with Data Management Plans (DMPs)
Assistance with deposit and preservation
Where should research data be
stored and made accessible?
– Registry of research data repositories: re3data.org
– Subject repositories: Gesis Datorium
– International: Zenodo
– Institutional data repositories
– Journal archives: Political Analysis, PloS
– Funding agencies’ repositories
EC Report: October 2013
• Assist
Licensed Data Resources and Open Data:
a research library perspective
SELL meeting, EUI
23 May 2014