Digital Curation Centre
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
Engaging the Users:
the Outreach & Community
Support Programme
Dr Liz Lyon
Associate Director, Outreach
Funders:
Overview
Raising awareness and dissemination
•Web portal
•Electronic Journal
•Annual International Conference
Understanding the users and their needs
•Creating a taxonomy
•Gathering requirements
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The Associates Network
DCC Web site
www.dcc.ac.uk
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Draft Home page of new
DCC eJournal
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Sample issue
January 2005 Launch
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1st DCC International Conference
Planning so far:
•Location - Bath UK
•September 2005 (tbc)
•2-day event
•Invited speakers
•Peer-reviewed
research papers
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User requirements analysis
Commissioned study
•Leona Carpenter
•Reporting now
•Desk-based research
•Focus groups
•Interviews
Results will inform research, development
service definition / delivery and outreach
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Recommendations and priority tasks
Outline Taxonomy of digital
curation users by role
4. Policy
makers
2. Data
Curators
-funding
bodies
1. Data
Creators
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-other
leaders
3. Data
Re-users
Outline Taxonomy by significant
function of organisational entity
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Research
4. Funders
2. Service
provision
3.
Learning
&
teaching
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5. Policy /
strategy
makers
“Designated communities”
Research & Development
Annotation services
Ontology development
Automating metadata creation
Tools and toolkits
Data Format Description Language
Identifiers
Registries
Economic and cost-benefits studies
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Advisory services
“Ask-a-Curator”
FAQs, reports, briefings, awareness-raising materials
Best practice guidance
Storage media
“Like Erpanet”
Advise Government, Research Councils, funding bodies
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Professional development
Short courses
Certification
Conferences, seminars, workshops
Secondments to DCC and to working
repository services
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Outreach & Community-building
Leadership for the future
Case studies
Sharing solutions
Collaboration with other
partners
International peers
Industry links
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Associates Network
Goals
Develop understanding, share best practice, advance
research, promote recognition, develop consensus
Membership
HEIs, FEIs, national bodies, industry partners, funders,
research groups, individuals……
Benefits
Early access to R&D outputs, advisory services, training,
input to definition and design, community participation
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