Update: David Baker - About CASRAI

CASRAI UPDATE

• Why CASRAI? What problem needs solving?• CASRAI Status: Where do we stand now?• CASRAI Horizon: Where to next?

TODAY

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WHY?

Research proposal

Research activity Person Research

results

Financial reporting

Funderpolicies

Institutional policies

Data management plans & infra

Impacts – social, economic

& culturalSubstantive

reporting Metrics

Research services data Budget Research

classificationHQP

trainingData

IDPerson

ID

Outcomes(e.g. Knowledge advancement)

Regulatoryrequirements

Ethics approval

& monitoring

Peerreview

Organization ID

Contributorroles

Collaborative types Outputs

Some elements of a complex ecosystem that we track

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RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION DATA

All Funding Agencies are…

All Institutions are…

All Governments are…

All Industry Partners are…

...but each in a silo

• Substantive reporting

• Metrics

• Impacts – social, economic& cultural

• Outcomes(e.g. Knowledge advancement)

• Data ID

• Person ID

• Outputs

• Research classification

• Funderpolicies

• Financial reporting

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION DATAThe players and how they use research administration data

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ID-ing, Defining, Classifying, Grouping:

People, Orgs, Projects,

Equipment, Investments,

Outputs, Impacts

• Budget

• Data Management plans & infra

• Regulatoryrequirements

• Ethics approval & monitoring

• Collaborative types

• Peerreview

• Contributorroles

• HQPtraining

• Research servicesdata

All Funding Agencies are…

All Institutions are…

All Governments are…

All Industry Partners are…

ID-ing, Defining, Classifying, Grouping:

People, Orgs, Projects,

Equipment, Investments,

Outputs, Impacts

• Budget

• Data Management plans & infra

• Regulatoryrequirements

• Ethics approval & monitoring

• Collaborative types

• Peerreview

• Contributorroles

• HQPtraining

• Research servicesdata

• Substantive reporting

• Metrics

• Impacts – social, economic& cultural

• Outcomes(e.g. Knowledge advancement)

• Data ID

• Person ID

• Outputs

• Research classification

• Funderpolicies

• Financial reporting

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION DATABenefits of a practical, standards-based view

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STATUS

Number of organizations participating = 147

Number of countriesInvolved = 14

Number of Subject MatterExperts collaborating = 334

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The following organizations actively support the CASRAI mandate and make financial, leadership and subject matter expert contributions to the standards and to CASRAI operations.

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ORGANIZATIONS – SUSTAINING (1/3)

INSTITUTIONS• National Library of Sweden (SE)• OCAD University (CA)• University of Prince Edward Island (CA)• Queen’s University (CA)• University of Saskatchewan (CA)• University of Toronto (CA)• University of Waterloo (CA)• York University (CA)

• University of Alberta (CA)• University of British Columbia (CA)• Carleton University (CA)• Concordia University (CA)• Denison University (US)• University of Guelph (CA)• McGill University (CA)• University of Montreal (CA)

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ORGANIZATIONS – SUSTAINING (2/3)

FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS

• Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (CA)• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CA)• Fonds de recherche du Quebec (CA)• Foundation for Science and Technology (PT)• Research Manitoba (CA)• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research

Council of Canada (CA)• Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (CA)

• New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (CA)

• Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (CA)

• Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (CA)

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (CA)

• The Swedish Research Council (SE)• Wellcome Trust (UK)• Jisc (UK)

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ORGANIZATIONS – SUSTAINING (3/3)

SUPPLIERS

• Digital Science (UK)• Elsevier Inc. (DK)• eVision Inc (CA)• F1000 Research Ltd. (UK)• ForTheResearch Consulting Services (CA)• MindShare Inc (CA)• Process Pathways Inc (CA)• Proximify Inc (CA)

• Smartsimple Inc (CA)• Standford IT (SE)• Symplectic Inc (UK)• Thomson Reuters (US)• UberResearch Inc. (US)

The following organizations share an interest in the CASRAI mandate and actively collaborate in the standards-setting process.

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ORGANIZATIONS – PARTNERING

• Association of Commonwealth Universities (UK)• Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CA)• Canadian Association of University Research Administrators (CA)• Confederation of Open Access Repositories (DE)• euroCRIS (NL)• National Information Standards Organization (US)• ORCID (US)• SRI International (US)• VIVO (US)

The following organizations provide subject matter expertise to the standards-setting process.

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ORGANIZATIONS – PARTICIPATING (1/4)

• University of Victoria (CA)• University of Ottawa (CA)• University of Calgary (CA)• Dennis Rank and Associates (CA)

CANADA• BioMed Central (UK)• Bournemouth University (UK)• British Library (UK)• Cambridge University Press (UK)• Centre for Internet Technologies (UK)• Clax Ltd (UK)• Cranfield School of Management (UK)• CrossRef (UK)• Department for Employment and Learning (UK)• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK)• GigaScience (UK)• Higher Education Funding Council for England (UK)

UK

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ORGANIZATIONS – PARTICIPATING (2/4)

UK• The Economic and Social Research Council (UK)• Universities and Colleges Information Systems

Association (UK)• University College London (UK)• University of Bath (UK)• University of Edinburgh (UK)• University of Essex (UK)• University of Exeter (UK)• University of Glasgow (UK)• University of Kent (UK)• University of Manchester (UK)• University of Oxford (UK)• University of Southampton (UK)• University of St Andrews (UK)

• Higher Education Statistics Agency (UK)• The UK’s Research and Education Network (UK)• King’s College (UK)• Medical Research Council (UK)• Mimas (UK)• Moore Answers Ltd. (UK)• Natural Environment Research Council (UK)• Nature Publishing Group (UK)• Research Consulting (UK)• Research Information Network (UK)• Research Libraries United Kingdom (UK)• Research Research Limited (UK)• Scmoller.net (UK)• Sussex University (UK)

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ORGANIZATIONS – PARTICIPATING (3/4)

• International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (FR)

• The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (FR)

• Evora University (PT)• Porto University (PT)• Universitat de Valencia (ES)• Karolinska Institute (SE)

EUROPE UNITED STATES

• American Chemical Society (US)• American College of Physicians

(US)• American Geophysical Union (US)• American Institutes for Research

(US)• American Physical Society (US)• American Psychological

Association (US)• Aries Systems Corp (US)• Autism Speaks (US)• Columbia University (US)• Cornell University (US)• Environmental Protections Agency

(US)

• Food and Drug Administration (US)• Hypothes.is (US)• Leidos (US)• Medical University of South

Carolina (US)• MIT Libraries (US)• National Institutes of Health (US)• National Science Foundation (US)• OCLC Research (US)• Office of Scientific and Technical

Information (US)• Oregon Health & Science

University (US)• Origin Editorial (US)

UNITED STATES

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ORGANIZATIONS – PARTICIPATING (4/4)

• Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment (NZ)

• The University of Hong Kong (HK)

OTHER

• PeerJ (US)• PLOS (US)• Rubriq (US)• Science/AAAS (US)• ScienceOpen Inc. (US)• SHARE (US)• Sideview (US)• Smithsonian Institution (US)

• Smithsonian Libraries (US)• The Winnower (US)• Twin Arch Technologies

(US)• University of California San

Francisco (US)• USDA/NAL (US)• Washington University (US)• Wiley (US)

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RECIPE FOR CASRAI SUCCESS

From content stakeholders (institutions, libraries, funders, governments)• 1 part shared financial investment• 2 to 3 parts strong leadership• 10 to 15 parts keen subject matter expertise• broad community review (to taste)

From CASRAI office (facilitation, coordination, analysis)• 1 part harmonization analysis• 1 part coordination/support• 1 part dissemination• 1 part external subject matter experts (if needed)

From software stakeholders (IT departments, vendors, other data suppliers)• Technical modelling (to taste)• Technology implementation (to taste)

INGREDIENTSMix strong leadership and subject matter expertise (external if needed) in a small project. Knead a simple information agreement until ready for review (some tougher subjects may need more kneading - results may vary). Place into broad open review and let rise. Trim edges and further shape before packaging in technology. Place in maintenance fridge - good for 1 to 5 years. Meet regularly to monitor freshness.

PROCEDURE

HORIZON

Research Classification

Research Impact

Research Contributions

ResearchData

ManagementPlanning

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• CRediT (Wellcome Trust / Digital Science)• Peer Review Services (ORCID / F1000)• Organization IDs (Jisc / RCUK / UK Institutions)• Artistic/Performance Outputs (Swedish Research Council)

KEY CASRAI PROJECTS

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• Snowball Metrics (UK/US/AUS Institutions / ELSEVIER)• National CV standards (NL Institutions & Funders)• Data Management Plans (Jisc / UK Institutions)• Open Access Reporting (UK, COAR)

UPCOMING CASRAI PROJECTS

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• Portfolio Classification (Quebec / Alberta leading)• Impact Reporting (Alberta leading)• Common Funding Announcements (uToronto / NSERC/SSHRC leading)• Research Admin KPI - Interest Group (uGuelph leading)

CANADIAN PROJECTS

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• Co-Projects: when subject matter overlaps• Research Data Intersect Group: RDA/CASRAI linkage• De-chapterizing: more fluid, informal stakeholder structures• Membership Drive: lower rates, more options (to reflect our growth)

UPCOMING AT CASRAI

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• Neutral body convening/facilitating the table • Known community leaders (chairs) as champions coordinators (volition)• Representative subject experts (working groups) focus on the content• Scope containment - small projects that fit into a larger whole• Unambiguous agreements for IT/software experts• Standardize the policy agreements - a common reporting format• Least imperfect solution to a hard problem

WHERE CASRAI ADDS VALUE

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• Join CASRAI – the whole idea depends upon the network effect• Take a look at existing projects and see where they fit your strategy• Launch new CASRAI projects to solve key local challenges

HOW YOU CAN HELP

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