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Towards ongoingResearch Data Management

Stephen GrayIT Services R&D/ILRTUniversity of Bristol

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Discussed ~

• Existing research data storage

• The data.bris ‘research data service’ pilot

• The current phase: a plan for a permanent service by Jan 25th 2013

• What's decided• What's nearly decided• What's not even nearly decided

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Research Data Storage

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Research Data Storage Facility (RDSF)

• £2m petascale research data storage facility launched in 2011

• Has ongoing investment

• Overseen by Research Data Storage (and now Management) Board (RDSMB)

• representatives from all faculty and support services• reports to HPC Board which is chaired by PVC for Research

• Each ‘Data Steward’ (researcher) has 5TB for free, additional storage available at a cost…

• …now moving to ‘Pay Once, Store Forever’ model

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What Bristol hadn’t got

• Historically, no mechanism for collaborative research

• No means to publish data

• No easy way to transfer data to anyone who might publish it

• No requirement for research data to be retained, have metadata, be curated (or even sorted)

• No way for ROSE (Institutional Repository) to accept data deposits

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Research Data Management

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RDM: The Plan

#1 eighteen-month data.bris pilot in Faculty of Arts & Humanities

#2 three-year roll out across the University, starting Aug 2013

#3 data.bris as a permanent research data service

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Some data.bris pilot deliverables

• UoB Institutional Research Data Management Principles

• Research data deposit web interface: Temple Cloud

• Web interface/s for publication of deposited datasets

• Integration of datasets with Research Information System (Pure)

• Guidance and training materials for research staff

• Business Plan

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APPROVED

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The next 3 years: Decided

• Managing what? (Primarily) datasets which underpin outputs

• Nature of work to be done?

• Providing training, advice on DMPs and promoting good RDM

• Doing hands-on curating, checking metadata, gathering usage stats

• A Manager, some Developer time & trainee posts

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• Do we want a ‘basic’ or ‘full’ service?

• What’s the difference?...

The next 3 years: Nearly decided

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Minimal service

• Compliance

• Little subject-specific knowledge

• Generic training & guidance

• Little/no individual DMP checking

• No institutional policing of external mandates

The next 3 years: Nearly decided

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Full-service, over 3 years

• Discipline-specific knowledge (esp. metadata & training)

• ‘Policing’ of funder/publisher mandates esp. EPSRC & mandatory deposit to data services

• Checking individual DMPs

• Some hands-on curation…

• …the flexibility to dedicate effort /staff at project level

The next 3 years: Nearly decided

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• What does RDM really cost and what does it generate?

• In addition to the storage policy, can you have a ‘Pay Once, Manage Forever’ model?

• Are funders willing to contribute directly, towards RDM?

• And how will other HEIs react..?

The next 3 years: Not nearly decided

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A reminder

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