Benefits and Metrics for ADMIRe
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Benefits and Metrics for ADMIRe
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Type of Benefit
Benefit for Institution
Specific Benefit
Integrated policies around
research data management
Benefit for Institution
Integrated approach to research
data management, with greater
clarity of process
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Metric
Policy documents
Clearer process and workflow
models available for
stakeholders and actors within
the research process to help
clarify roles, spot pinch-points,
gaps and identify efficiencies.
Integrated approach to research Shared understanding of RDM
data management, with more
will help engagement and
widely shared joint
adoption of RDM processes by
understanding of research data
all actors and aid communication
management.
between researchers and
support services and between
services themselves.
Integrated approach to research Integration of approaches will
data management, with more
reduce overheads and
efficient working and support.
redundancies within the system,
identify authority sources for
information to increase accuracy.
Integrated internal interchange of Adoption of shared information
data and RDM information
standards will increase
through technical and systemic
efficiency, accuracy, reduce restandards
keying and may allow innovation
in development of other services
Integrated internal agreement on Agreement of authority and
authority for RDM management
clarity of processes and
Actual Measure
Existence and adoption by sign
off from relevant committees,
schools
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by Case Study
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by Case Study
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by Case Study
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by Case Study
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by Case Study
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data (including metadata) and
objects (Actual research data)
Compliance with funder policies
structures
Benefit for Institution
Compliance with external
technical standards
Technical interoperability and
standards compliance
Benefit for Institution
Greater availability of institutional Comparison of level of
research data for internal re-use availability of data internally preand post-project - through
search and surfacing through
services
Greater availability of institutional Comparison of level of
research data for external re-use availability of data externally
by other researchers
pre-and post-project - through
search and surfacing through
services
Greater availability of institutional Comparison of level of
research data for external re-use availability of data externally
by commercial bodies
surfaced through outreach,
engagement, knowledge transfer
conduits etc, pre-and postproject - through search and
surfacing through services
Easier availability of institutional
Comparison of ease of
research data for internal re-use availability of data internally preand post-project - through
search and surfacing through
services
Easier availability of institutional
Comparison of ease of
research data for external re-use availability of data externally
by other researchers
pre-and post-project - through
search and surfacing through
services
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Benefit for Institution
Completed research contract
documentation
Level of compliance through
internal quality assurance
process
Level of compliance through
internal quality assurance
process, by reference to external
standards
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
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Benefit for Institution
Easier availability of institutional
research data for external re-use
by commercial bodies
Comparison of ease of
availability of data externally
surfaced through outreach,
engagement, knowledge transfer
conduits etc, pre-and postproject - through search and
surfacing through services
Comparison of institutional
profile identified in appropriate
venues - focussed on quantity of
data available and recognised
Comparison of institutional
profile identified in appropriate
venues - focussed on recognised
ease of access to data
Existence of policies, processes
and structures, embedded into
permanent staffing resource and
institutional structure
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
Benefit for Institution
Raise profile of institution
through more accessible
research data
Benefit for Institution
Raise profile of institution
through more easily re-used
research data
Benefit for Institution
Sustainable RDM structure
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Increased awareness of funder
requirements
Knowledge of and response to
funder requirements
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Increased capacity for RDM
within Schools and Groups
Increased efficiency of, and
capacity for RDM at a local level
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Increased awareness of
importance of RDM
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Compliance with funder policies
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Compliance with external
technical standards
Increased knowledge and
awareness of responsibilities,
and possibilities from access to
others' data
Increased efficiency of, and
compliance with, grant contract
reporting
More efficient use of external
sources and of data by external
service
Record of compliance with
OA/closed URLs for outputs and
data
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by internal analysis
report
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by internal analysis
report
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
Qualitative benefit to be
evidenced by internal analysis
report
Level of compliance through
internal quality assurance
process
Level of compliance through
internal quality assurance
process with reference to
external bodies and standards
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Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Greater availability of institutional Better and greater use of
research data for internal re-use research data by internal
researchers
Studies of cross-disciplinary
collaborations, new partnerships
and work based on exposed
data
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Greater availability of institutional Better and greater use of
research data for external re-use research data by external
by other researchers
researchers
Benefit for Researchers and/or
Research Teams
Greater availability of institutional Better and greater use of
research data for external re-use research data by commercial
by commercial bodies
companies
Studies of research
collaborations, new partnerships
and work based on exposed
data
Studies of commercial
collaborations, commercial
exploitation return to institution
etc
Benefit for Support Services
Better integration between
institutional support services
Benefit for Support Services
More effective use (more/better)
of support services by
researchers
Known point of contact for
researchers for RDM, making
service response more efficient
Benefit for Support Services
Benefit for Scholarly
Communication and Access
More research data available
Benefit for Scholarly
Communication and Access
Research data easily available
Benefit for Scholarly
Communication and Access
Research data integrated with
outputs
Clarity of roles, absence of
overlaps, well-directed queries
from users
Increased use of services, more
satisfaction from use of services
Internal evaluation of service
provision
Improved efficiency of service
and satisfaction from users
Identifiable structure for contacts
with posts filled
Greater use of institutional
outputs by researchers within
and without institution
Easier use of institutional outputs
by researchers within and
without institution
More efficient use of institutional
outputs by researchers within
and without institution
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
Satisfaction and customer
relationship surveys
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
To be evidenced by appropriate
Case Studies
Bill Hubbard
Head, Centre for Research Communications
March 2012
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