rdm presentation john murtagh library conference sep 2012
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Research Data Management at University of the Arts LondonJohn Murtagh
Library Services Conference - September 2012
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The word “data” means different things to different people in different contexts.
Different disciplines have and use discipline-specific language around the subject research data.
Some people refer to everything digital as “data”. Others refer to both analogue and digital materials as 'data'.
What is Research Data?
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It can also be created by researchers for one purpose and used by another set of researchers at a later date for a completely different research agenda.
ExampleCCTV footage may be archived (or destroyed) by a security firm. However when used by a researcher to study human behaviour or 21st century surveillance methods, the video footage becomes data for that researcher
What is Research Data?Reuse
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• Research data is very much about when it is used as well as what it constitutes and the purpose for which it is to be used
• ExampleA photographic image of an old building is an archived image. But when used by a researcher to study the history of a city, the image becomes data for that researcher
What is Research Data?
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The management of research data is recognised as one of the most pressing challenges facing the higher education and research sectors (JISC)
• Research data generated by publicly-funded research is seen as a public good and should be available for verification and re-use (RCUK)
• All UK Research Councils require their grant holders to manage and retain their research data for re-use, unless there are specific and valid reasons not to do so (RCUK)
• Research data can also be the subject of requests under Freedom of Information legislation or Environmental Information Regulations
Why it should be managed?
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KAPTUR will discover, create and pilot a sectoral model of best practice in the management of research data in the visual arts
18 months
Collaborative(Goldsmiths, U Creative Arts, Glasgow School of Art)
Ends March 2013
Various Outputs (environmental, technical, training)
The KAPTUR ProjectDCC Institutional Engagement
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Ability to advise on preserving research outputs (49% essential in 2-5 years;10% now)
Knowledge to advise on data management and curation, including ingest, discovery, access, Dissemination, preservation, and portability (48% essential in 2X5 years; 16% now)
Knowledge to support researchers in complying with the various mandates of funders, including open access requirements (40% essential in 2X5 years; 16% now)
Librarians: A skills gap?
Research Libraries UK (2012) ‘Re-skilling for research: an investigation into the role and skills of subject and liaison librarians required to effectively support the evolving information needs of researchers’ http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/re-skilling-research
Research Information Network (2008) ‘Mind the skills gap: information-handling training for researchers’, London: RIN
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“Building on existing competencies may only be part of the picture”. Graham Pryor, DCCRe-skilling for research - observations on an RLUK report
A shift? Subject Librarians are entering a world “beyond information discovery and management, collection development and information literacy training, to one in which they play a much greater part in the research process and in particular in the management, curation and preservation of research data”.
A shift?
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• Kaptur Project blog http://www.vads.ac.uk/kaptur/index.html
• Twitter @UAL_Kaptur #kaptur_mrd #jisc_mrd
Slide 1 photo London Hatwalk by kenjonbro
Slide 2 photo London Hatwalk by kenjonbro
Slide 3 Banksy photo by nolifebeforecoffee
Slide 4 photo by David Lauder
Slide 5 Beau Brummell – London Hatwalk by John Murtagh
Slide 7 The Librarian by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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