Outcomes: UC3 Curation Workshops Patricia Cruse University of California Curation Center California...

Outcomes: UC3 Curation Workshops

Patricia CruseUniversity of California Curation Center

California Digital Library

Overview of workshops

• 2 workshops • Fall 2012: north and south• 108 participants (mix of staff)• Purpose:

– introduce library staff to basic data curation concepts, – discuss the challenges and solutions involved in delivering data

curation services, – provide information about UC3’s tools and services, and – share campus solutions and approaches to data curation services

• Internal goal: better understand how to enhance our engagement with the campus libraries around data curation issues

UC libraries e-research workshop

2-day agenda

Day 1: level the playing field• What libraries can contribute to

the data curation conversation• Data curation from a research

scientists perspective• The research lifecycle• Supporting the research life

cycle: campus stakeholders and libraries

• Impediments to delivering data curation services

• Solutions

Day 2: Digging in• Small group training on:

– DMPTool– DataUp– e-scholarship– EZID– Merritt– Web Archiving Service

• Example from UCLA and UCSD on how they are organized

• Example how services are being used: ResearchHub, UCB and DataShare, UCSF

the outcome

1. Basic data curation concepts

2. Challenges and solutions involved in delivering data

curation services

3. Overview of UC3's tools and services

4. Campus solutions and approaches to data curation

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Breakout session: the challenges

“What do you think the challenges are in delivering data curation services

on your campus?”

1. Time, expertise, staff resources, training2. Leadership and priority setting3. Communication, advocacy, and marketing4. Getting started

Challenge 1: time, expertise, staff resources, training

1. Not sure what to stop doing so that resources can be devoted to data curation space

2. Staffing issues: not adequate and lack of skills 3. Librarians need new skills. are afraid/intimidated by the

subject4. Librarians are not skilled in this area5. Lack of funding6. Staffing and resources in general. it’s a challenge. Need people

who are educated and knowledgeable in data curation, IT7. Time constraints8. Lack of knowledge/skills for librarians

Challenge 2: leadership and priority setting

1. Need strong Leadership in libraries to develop data curation services2. Leadership3. Providing priorities4. Lack of understanding and awareness about data curation importance5. Why data curation is important and why librarians should be working

on this6. Developing partnerships outside the library7. Unclear roles for campus/IT/library 8. Getting buy-in from admin and stakeholders for financial support9. Organizational confusion: who takes the lead?10. Poor understanding of value of data curation, both internally (library)

and externally (campus)

Challenge 3: communication, advocacy, marketing

1. Communication and outreach2. Lack of understanding and awareness about data curation importance3. No effective marketing/outreach. Need better way to communicate

existing services, but also articulate a broader vision of role for libraries4. Communication issues: why data curation is important and why librarians

should be working on this5. Poor understanding of value of data curation, both internally (library) and

externally (campus)6. Lack of demand: convincing faculty they need data curation7. How to connect with faculty and researchers8. How to find audiences, partners9. Relationships with researchers: getting into the pipeline; knowledge of

projects - lack of what's going on campus; persuading researchers to use the tools; educating researchers - doing needs assessments

Challenge 4: getting started

1. Consider challenges 1-3 and staff are stuck2. Is this a priority (again)? 3. Not sure how to start working in this space4. My 2 cents