A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk

UKOLN is supported by:

Libraries and Team Science

Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK

Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre

ICSTI Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2009

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Running order1. Team Science :

doing C21st research

2. Data Informatics Top Ten : (for Libraries)

3. Looking to the Future?

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Team Science : doing C21st research

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What do we mean by Team Science?• Science as a

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ShareMash• Increasingly “open”

• Multi-disciplinary

• Core team skills

• Trust is key• Inter-institutional

collaboration –better science (Brian Uzzi, 2008)

Simon Coles, Mike Hursthouse, Jeremy Frey, Cameron Neylon, Andrew

Milsted, Richard Stephenson, Jamie Robinson, Steven

Wilson, Andrew Bailey, Mark Borkum

Dave DeRoure, Les Carr, Monica Schraefel, Chris

Gutteridge, Tim Myles-Board, Arouna Woukei, Dave

Tarrant, Stuart Middleton

Liz Lyon, Manjula Patel, Rachel Heery, Monica Duke, Michael Day, Traugott Koch,

Pete Cliff

Domain (Chemists)

Computer science

Informatics

eCrystals Team

Data Informatics Top 10 (for Libraries)…

1. 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

1. Leadership• Leadership (institution

senior managers)– VC : Strategic

imperative– PVC / VP research :

Data policy development

– IT Director : Storage infrastructure provision

• Co-ordination– Faculty audit co-

ordination

• Awareness & Advocacy– Workshops– Promote best practice– Curation Lifecycle management

• Delivery– New support services

2. Policy

international…

National...

JISC Digital Preservation Policies Study Neil Beagrie, October 2008

High-level pointers and guidance

Outline policy model/framework

Mappings to UK institutional strategies

Exemplars

…and local

Dealing with Data : Rec 10

3. Planning Introduction & context

Legal, rights & ethical issues

Access, data sharing & re-use

Data collection / development methods

Data standards

Short-term data storage & data management

Deposit & long-term preservation

Resourcing

Compliance & review

Agreement/ratification by stakeholdersDealing with Data : Rec 9

Work in progress…

4. Audit

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

Data Audit Framework pilots May-July 2008

Some lessons learned….

“CeRch had four false starts before finding a willing audit partner”“Pick your moment” ….“Timing is key” (avoid exams, field trips,

Boards…)

Plan well in advance!“Be prepared to badger senior management”

Little documentation/knowledge of what exists:“a nightmare”

Defining the scope and granularity is crucial

Collect as much information as possible in interviews/surveys

Variable openness of staff and their data

• Remote support or integrated team science?

• Passive observation or proactive participation?

• Models?– Role extension (Faculty / subject / liaison librarians)– Secondments– Joint R&D projects– Immersive disciplinary case studies

5. Engagement

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SCARP Case studies

• Atmospheric data

• Neuro-imaging

• Tele-health

• Architecture

• Mouse Atlas

6. Repositories

Quality AssuranceTrust

Standards

Audit and certification tools

• TRAC

• DRAMBORA

• PLATTER

• NESTOR

• Data Seal of Approval

Cost models

• Life2

• Neil Beagrie: Keeping Research Data Safe 2

7. Sustainability

PREMIS Data Dictionary

OAIS

• Representation Information

• Registry/Repository RRORI

8. Access & Re-use

“Community Criteria for Interoperability” (Scaling Up Report 2008)

• Domain data format standard: CIF• Domain data validation standard: CheckCIF• Metadata schema: eCrystals Application Profile

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/schemas/

• Crystallography Data Commons: TIDCC Data Model in development

• Domain identifier: International Chemical Identifier • Citation & linking: DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk/145

• Embargo & Rights http://ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk/rights.html

9. 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

10. 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

Dealing with Data : Rec 5

Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity & Diversity

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Looking to the Future?

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“The role of the Library in data-intensive research is important and a strategic repositioning of the Library with respect to research support is now appropriate.”

“there are…not enough specialised data librarians yet”

“Recommendation: The research library community in the UK should work with universities and research institutes to define properly and to formalise the role of data librarians, and to develop a curriculum that ensures a suitable supply of librarians skilled in data handling.”

Dealing with Data : Rec 34

Only 5 in UK -

Only 5 in UK -

“accidental”??

“accidental”??

Cilip Update June 2008

Cilip Update June 2008

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk

IJDC 2009 (in press)

• Increase capacity & capability• Embed skills in LIS curriculum• Develop career paths, incentivise

Take homes1. Library is in data

informatics team

2. Human curation infrastructure....

3. Increase capacity & capability NOW

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A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk

Slides will be available at :

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