Research Data Management
for Research Support staff
30th June 2015
Isabel Chadwick,
Research Data Management Librarian
rdm-project@open.ac.uk
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What is RDM?
Project update
Policy
Support for RDM
Coming soon...
What is research data?
“The evidence on which academic researchers
build their analytic or other work” (HEFCE 2008)
What is research data
management?
“Research data management concerns the
organisation of data, from its entry to the research
cycle through to the dissemination and archiving of
valuable results. It aims to ensure reliable
verification of results, and permits new and
innovative research built on existing information."
Digital Curation Centre (2011)
Making the Case for Research Data Management
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/Making%20the%20case.pdf
Project update
• Initial project: Summer 2012-Winter
2014
• Infrastructure project: Summer 2014present
• Implementation: from September 2015
RCUK policy
“Publicly funded research data are a public good,
produced in the public interest, which should be made
openly available with as few restrictions as possible in a
timely and responsible manner that does not harm
intellectual property.”
RCUK Common Principles on Data Policy
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/datapolicy/
RCUK policy (2)
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies
Horizon 2020 pilot
“The notion of 'publication' increasingly includes the data
underpinning the publication and results presented, also
referred to as 'underlying' data. This data is needed to
validate the results presented in the deposited scientific
publication and is therefore seen as a crucial part of the
publication and an important ingredient enabling
scientific best practice.”
Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hioa-pilot-guide_en.pdf
Other funders
OU Principles of Research
Data Management
“Research data must be managed to
the highest standards throughout their
lifecycle in order to support excellence
in research practice”
Appendix to the OU Research Code of Practice
Selling RDM
• Work efficiently and
effectively
–Save time and reduce
frustration
–Highlight patterns or
connections that might
otherwise be missed
• Data is precious
• Enable data re-use and
sharing
Services available now
Creating data
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Intranet site
DMPonline
DMP checking
DMP examples
Costing RDM
Ethics – obtaining
consent to share data
• Drawing up
collaboration
agreements (with
CLS)
• Enquiries : rdmproject@open.ac.uk
Services available now (2)
Processing data
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Intranet site
Help with setting up
processes
Tailored training on
demand
Zendto
Services available now (3)
Analysing data
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Researcher knows
best!
IT provide software
packages (e.g.
NVIVO, SPSS)
Services available now (4)
Preserving data
•Advice on selection/
appraisal
•Preparation of data for
archive
•Help to find a suitable
repository
Services available now (5)
Giving access to
data
•Data catalogue (ORO)
•Data access statements
•Advice on licensing
•Help to decide access
restrictions
Services available now (6)
Re-using data
•Help understanding
licences
•Help to understand IP
and ownership
•Help to draw up
agreements with data
owners (with CLS)
Coming soon...
• Tool for secure
collaboration/storage
• Institutional data archive
• More training (online and F2F)
• Website review
Image credits
Unless otherwise stated, all images are by
Jørgen Stamp at http://www.digitalbevaring.dk