KEEPING THE MOMENTUM: MOVING AHEAD WITH RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT

Charleston Conference November 9, 2012

Barrie Hayes UNC Health Sciences Library

Hilary Davis & Steve Morris North Carolina State University Libraries

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SETTING THE SCENE – BEFORE E-SCIENCE INSTITUTE

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INSIGHTS FROM THE E-SCIENCE INSTITUTE

Researchers need help with:

• Data storage and optimize web presence

• Data discovery & open data

• Data sharing is critical

• Navigating IRB process

• “Human network” & awareness of resources

• Barriers: competing priorities, resources, and centralizing campus efforts

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM E-SCIENCE INSTITUTE

Take-aways:

• Lots of interviews!

• Non-librarian input (Research Administration)

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MOTIVATIONS & GOALS

• Doing nothing = Not an option

• Be proactively engaged, be ready to partner

• Make it easier for researchers

• Advocate for needs of researchers across campus

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT

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PARTNERSHIPS

• Research Administration

• Campus IT

• Colleges/School research administration & IT

• Library partners

• Institutes, Library Science programs

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT: CAMPUS-WIDE

Big Data Strategic Planning Initiative

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES

Geospatial and social science data services

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES

Visualization and collaboration facilities

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES

Digital repository services

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES

Data management planning

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UNC DATA MANAGEMENT SESSION ATTENDANCE

Information Session In class Online TOTAL

Understanding Data Management Plans & Funder Reqs (1/9/10) 30 72 102

UNC Resources: Dataverse & Carolina Digital Repository (11/16/10) 20 29 49

Data Management Plans for the Life Sciences and Dryad (1/31/2011) 17 0 17

Considerations and Strategies for Handling Sensitive Research Data (3/29/11)

7 40 47

Considerations and Strategies for Handling Sensitive Spatial Data (5/10/11)

16 15 31

Data Security: Policies and Regulations Impacting Research Data (3/20/2012)

45 76 121

DMP Tool (4/20/12) No data No data No data

Services and Resources for Research Computing at UNC-Chapel Hill (10/31/12)

10 35 45

Attendance Totals Across 8 Sessions 145+ 267+ 412+

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CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES

Staffing

• Repurposing existing staff and adding expertise

• UNC embedded TraCS librarian

• NCSU copyright, intellectual property, open access, publishing librarian

• Potential for adding visualization expertise

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CHALLENGES

• Rely on campus IT • Coordination among campus

is evolving • Institutional incentives

minimal • Funding? • Policies for data stewardship,

ownership, responsibilities • Staff capacity • Domain-specific data

management & metadata expertise

• Library repository expectations

• Measuring success

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IMMEDIATE ACTION AREAS

• Tools

• Data sharing & data publication

• Re-envision web resources/guides

• DMP success

• Campus collaborative

• Interviews with stakeholders

• Training, workshops, clinics – internal & external

• Carolina Center for Genome Sciences

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LOOKING AHEAD – FIVE YEAR HORIZON

• Extend e-research support

• Libraries as active connector across research areas

• Libraries enabling shared e-research infrastructure

• Dedicated staff – research data & visualization

• Deepen expertise in scientific domains & digital humanities

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION

Collaboration opportunities:

• Seminars/webinars

• Domain expertise

• Policy decision-making

• Data management planning best practices

• Licensing

• Networking for library staff responsible for e-research support

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THANK YOU!

Hilary Davis

hilary_davis@ncsu.edu

Associate Head, Collection Management &

Dir. Research Data Services

NCSU Libraries

Steve Morris steven_morris@ncsu.edu Head, Digital Library Initiatives and Digital Projects NCSU Libraries

Barrie Hayes bhayes@email.unc.edu Bioinformatics and Translational Science Librarian UNC Health Sciences Library

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REFERENCES

• ARL/DLF E-Science Institute: http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute • DataBib: http://databib.org/ • DataCite: http://datacite.org/ • DMPTool: https://dmp.cdlib.org/ • NCSU Advanced Computing Unit: http://oit.ncsu.edu/unit-ac/ac • NCSU Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/cdsc • NCSU Digital Repository: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/repository/ • NCSU Libraries’ Data Management Planning Guide: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/datamanagement/ • NCSU Libraries’ Hunt Library Visualization Technology: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/huntlibrary/faq_all.html#technology • NCSU Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance: http://research.ncsu.edu/sparcs/proposals/ • ORCID: http://about.orcid.org/ • Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI): http://www.renci.org/ • Research Data Stewardship at UNC report:

http://sils.unc.edu/sites/default/files/general/research/UNC_Research_Data_Stewardship_Report.pdf • UNC Carolina Center for Genome Sciences: http://genomics.unc.edu/ • UNC Carolina Digital Library and Archives: http://cdla.unc.edu/ • UNC Carolina Digital Repository (CDR): https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/ • UNC Health Sciences Library Collaboration Center: http://hsl.lib.unc.edu/collaborationcenter • UNC Libraries’ Research Data Toolkit: http://guides.lib.unc.edu/researchdatatoolkit • UNC NC TraCS Institute: http://tracs.unc.edu/ • UNC Odum Institute: http://www.irss.unc.edu/odum/ • UNC Research Computing: http://its.unc.edu/research/its-research-computing/ • UNC School of Library and Information Sciences: http://sils.unc.edu/ • UNC Vice Chancellor for Research: http://research.unc.edu/offices/vice-chancellor/index.htm

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