UKOLN is supported by:

Digital Preservation Benefits Tools Project

Dissemination Workshop

Dr Liz Lyon, Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK

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Intro : Brief History

• 2008 – KRDS 1 report – Activity Model• 2009/10 – KRDS2 report – Benefits Framework (v1)

• 2010 – Keepit Repository Preservation course• 2010 – JISC RDMI project benefit case studies• 2010 – I2S2 Value Chain and Benefits Impact (v1)• 2010 – Dryad Repository Sustainability Planning• 2010 – KRDS User Guide and Factsheet (Framework v2)

• 2011 – Benefits Analysis Toolkit (Framework v3 + Value-chain and Impact v2)

Structural Sciences Infrastructure

Research Outputs

Citations, References

User registration data; Instrument allocation data

etc.

Comments, annotations, ratings etc.

Risk assessment data; other sample data

Process &Analyse

Derived Data

Research Concept and/or

Experiment Design

Start Project

Peer-review Proposal

Conduct ExperimentGenerate, Create,

& Collect Raw Data

Check & CleanRaw Data

Interpret & Analyse

Results Data

Archive, Preservation & Curation(OAIS conformant; Representation Information etc.)

IPR, Embargo & Access Control

Discover, Access, Validate, Reuse

& Repurpose Data

Publish Research

Results Data Derived DataProcessed Data Raw Data

Documentation, Metadata & Storage (Reference, Provenance, Context, Calibration etc.)

Acquire Sample

Write Proposal

(include DMP)

Scholarly Knowledge

Write Usage Report

Research Activity Administrative Activity

Curation Activity

Information Flow

KEY:

Peer Review

Prepare Manuscript

Prepare Supplementary

Data

Publications Database

Publication Activity

Appraisal & Quality Control

Programs (generate customised software)

Papers, articles, presentations,

reports

An Idealised Scientific Research Data Lifecycle Model

Demonstrating Value?

I2S2 Outcomes 2010-11KRDS Activity Model Benefits & MetricsUse Case 1: National Crystallography ServiceUse Case 2: Researcher in the lab

2011 ChallengesHow to articulate “Benefits” and “Value”?Value to whom? Community scope? Benchmark, test and refine tools

Project Overview

• 6 month project starting Feb 2011

• Funded by JISC

• Testing, developing and documenting for users two evolving tools– KRDS Benefits Framework– KRDS/I2S2 Value Chain & Benefit Impact Tool

• Partners CB, UKOLN/DCC, UKDA, ADS, UCL, OCLC

• Project close and tools release 31 July