TDL ForumWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Kristi ParkExecutive Director

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Ryan Steans Assistant Director

Agenda• Data Management at TDL• Other announcements

From Data Management Working Group Report Appendix D: Public Access Mandates of U.S. Federal Agencies

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/stats.php?la=en&mode=simple

Our goals• Help researchers comply with requirements for making

data publicly accessible• Support research grant-seekers by having infrastructure

available at the time of proposal• Provide academic libraries with infrastructure to support

data curation• Increase accessibility and re-usability of data…Accelerate

the pace of research...Enhance the public good

Phase 1: TDL Data Management Working Group (2013-15)

TDL Data Management Working GroupCharge: Help the Texas Digital Library determine what kinds of data management services it could provide at a consortial level.

Its objectives included:

• Articulating criteria for selecting pilot projects• Evaluating proposed projects based on that criteria• Selecting no more than three projects to implement• Investigating issues related to storage and accessibility of data sets• Documenting findings and recommendations for services

Members of the groupBruce Herbert, PhD (Chair), Texas A&M Libraries; Martha Buckbee, UT Southwestern Medical Library; Jeremy Donald, Trinity University; Maria Esteva, PhD, Texas Advanced Computing Center; Colleen Lyon, UT Austin; Christie Peters, University of Houston Libraries; Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library; Ryan Steans, Texas Digital Library; and Santi Thompson, University of Houston Libraries.

also thanks to Debra Hanken Kurtz, Joseph Tan, Megan Toups, Nick Lauland, Gad Krumholz

Methodology• Self-education and initial research• Researcher Use Cases• Evaluation Matrix• Testing

Use Cases

View Full Evaluation Matrix

Contributing factors• Feasibility of implementation with existing staff• Feasibility of implementation at a consortial level• Sustainability and upside of the platform

- Data Management Working Group Report

View Full Evaluation Matrix

Recommendation... Dataverse provides the best combination of system performance and robustness, user ease, platform scalability, and an active open source community that responds to the evolving needs of the user community. The group recommends that TDL, through its membership, adopt Dataverse to facilitate the discovery of research data and its associated metadata.

- Data Management Working Group Report

 

Strengths of Dataverse

● Relatively simple ingest for researchers

● Ability to share with trusted group of researchers prior to publication

● Ability to version datasets

● Supports recognition & credit via data citations

● Allows for control over branding

● Helps researchers fulfill Data Management Plan requirements

● Interoperability with other systems

 

Phase 2:Dataverse Implementation Working Group

Dataverse Implementation Working Group

Participants:Santi Thompson (UH) – CHAIR; Sean Buckner (TAMU); Jeremy Donald (Trinity); Bruce Herbert (TAMU); Wendi Kaspar (TAMU); Nick Lauland (TDL); Kristi Park (TDL); Todd Peters (Texas State); Denyse Rodgers (Baylor); Cecilia Smith (TAMU); Chris Starcher (Texas Tech); Ryan Steans (TDL); Maureen Sweeney (UTMB); Ray Uzwyshyn (Texas State)

Charge:Pilot test, assess, and launch a consortial repository for research data archiving and management.

Dataverse Implementation Working Group

This group will address:• Costs and possible funding models• Technical configuration• Workflows and outreach• Policy and governance• Metadata

Milestones:• The group will launch a pilot implementation of the repository by March 2016.• The group will assess and refine the pilot implementation by June 2016.• The group will launch a full implementation by September 2016.

Kick-off Meeting = September 21!

Questions and Discussion

Other announcements

Vireo 4 Development underway USETDA 2015 in two weeks! September 29-October 1

◦ Vireo Users Group Meeting September 30 On-site interviews for marketing coordinator Visits to TAMU-CC and Trinity since last Forum

◦ Upcoming: TAMIU (September 18), UH (October 16), ASU (TBD), UHCL (TBD), Baylor (TBD), UT Dallas (October 5)