The DCC: Helping you curate your reputation

Because good research needs good data

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The DCC: helping you curate your reputation

Kevin Ashley

Director, DCC

[email protected]

JISC Future of Research, 2010-10-19 Kevin Ashley


Why care about research data?• Data is expensive – an investment• Reuse:

• More research• Teaching & Learning• Planning

• Impact – with or without publication• Accountability• Legal requirements



One approach to reputation management

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Two sides to reputation• Managing threats

• Questionable research• Suspected fraud

• Enhancing the positive• Showcasing outputs• Highlighting collaboration• Promoting reuse• Demonstrating reuse



The Path to Nirvana• Good practice key to both• Supported nationally & locally• Researchers key; but institution important

before and after• Planning; costing; curating; access; ethics…



Where can it happen

Global, international

Nationally

InstitutionBy Subject

Research Group






Because good research needs good data1. Leadership 2. Policy 3. Planning

4. Audit

6. Repositories & Quality assurance

8. Access & Re-use

10. Community building

9. Training & skills

Data Informatics

Top 10

5. Engagement7. Sustainability



Tools to aid planninghttp://www.dcc.ac.uk/dmponline



4. Audit/Assessment

Dealing with Data: Rec 4

Benefits:

Prioritisation of resources

Capacity development and planning

Efficiency savings – move data to more cost-effective storage

Manage risks associated with data loss

Realise value through improved access & re-use

Scale:

Departments, institutions


Because good research needs good data6. Repositories


Because good research needs good data9. Training & Skills

• DC 101 + DC 101 Lite courses• Lectures + hands-on• Audience: researchers, information professionals • Based on Curation Lifecycle Model + research

project scenario• Online version in prep.

“excellent : probably the best course I have been on since starting my role as an Informatics Liaison Officer”

Dealing with Data : Rec 33


Because good research needs good data10. Community-building• Bring diverse groups together: data

centre and IR managers, librarians, funders, policy makers, researchers• Facilitate co-operation

• Exchange experience and best practice

• Research Data Management Forum http://www.dcc.ac.uk/data-forum/

• 1) Roles & Responsibilities

• 2) Value & Benefits

• International Digital Curation Conference

• DCC roadshows – institution focus. First in Bath, 2-4 November 2010

• IJDC

Dealing with Data : Rec 5 http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3266530240&size=large



Making tools production-ready• Take tools from CS & informatics groups• Work on UI, robustness• Promote for daily use• Database archiver, database wiki, database-

as-service



Liaison• Bridge between IT services, libraries,

researchers• Bridge between publishers, researchers,

national libraries• Helping funders understand institutional cost

of data curation





Research Data and Reputation• Know what you’ve got• Know who was responsible• Know what’s yours that’s elsewhere• Know what is being done with it• Understand and measure its value• Cultivate the knowledge to do more of it

The DCC: Helping you curate your reputation

Education

data loss

data centre

planning http

researchers bridge

researchers key

subject research group

reputation management

planning efficiency