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Open Access Research Data. November 2013 update. Open Access Research Data SIG meeting. Research Support Kevin Schurer, Leicester Ricky Rankin, Queens Soma Mukherjee, Nottingham. IT Gavin McLachlin , UCL Sebastian Rahtz , Oxford Sean Duffy, Birmingham John Owen, Birmingham Library - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Open Access Research Data
November 2013 update
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IT Services
• IT• Gavin McLachlin, UCL• Sebastian Rahtz, Oxford• Sean Duffy, Birmingham• John Owen, Birmingham
• Library• Janet Peters, Cardiff• Mike Mertens, RLUK
• Research Support• Kevin Schurer, Leicester• Ricky Rankin, Queens• Soma Mukherjee, Nottingham
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Open Access Research Data SIG meeting
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• RLUK developing policy proposals• Issues of ‘double-dipping’ subscriptions/APCs• Possibility of ‘vouchers’ from publishers to use against subscriptions• Variety of business models still in play• Developing a modelling tool with Jisc Collections• Growing appetite for a shared publication service for HE
• Remove VAT and profit• For publications not targeting prestige journals
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Update on Open Access Publications
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• General HE stance• Respond positively, with legitimate concerns re practicality etc
• Protection of Freedoms Act 2012• Machine readable open data
• Three focuses• Delivering open access• Monitoring• Data security
• Push for central data repositories• Training to address skills gap
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Research Sector Transparency Board
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• RG survey – 6 respondents• Benefits
• OA supporting research, increased citations, v.little economic benefit• Risks
• Data (personal) security, loss of IP, misinterpretation of data• Barriers
• Researcher culture, ease of use / access• RDM policies within institutions• Skills• Costs
• Recognition of the scale – staff costs expected to exceed IT
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Russell Group initiative
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• The issue of internal recharges being accepted by funders• Possibility of whether ‘pure incremental hardware costs for a shared
central service’ would be acceptable• Re-emphasis on domain specific repositories where they exist
• National or institutional repositories for the rest• Challenge of international – collaboration, IP/licensing• Challenge of cross-disciplinary research
• Tiered .v. flat storage• Complexity, costs, economies
• Cultural change for researchers• Barrier, motivation, who is really interested in the data
• Standards for meta-data• Cross-university searching• Discipline driven
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Themes of discussion
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• Staff skills• Scarcity of data librarians across the sector
• Published open data able to be consumed• Documentation of the context / assumptions etc of the data• Design data for reuse from the outset
• License rights on the data• Legislation constraints – guidance needed• FOI – no right to distribute, OA – right to distribute
• 10 year rule (since last access)• Inability to predict cost
• UK sector repositories?• Critical mass – storage, curators• Regional groups?
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Themes of discussion
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• Learn from existing repositories – EBI, UK Data Archive• Draft a RG SIG position paper
• Desired principles – eg domain repositories, 10 yrs, standards• Assumptions
• What data is in scope for OA• Cross charging
• Identify further work required• Licensing• Attributions• Meta data standards• Search• Skills
• Develop jointly a ‘shared advocacy script’• RG, RLUK/SCONUL, UCISA, UUK, ARMA, RSTB
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Next steps