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Who we are?

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Jisc is the UK higher, further education

and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services

and solutions

Operate shared digital

infrastructure and services

Provide trusted advice and practical assistance for

universities, colleges and learning providers

We…

Negotiate sector-wide deals with IT vendors

and commercial publishers

Our vision and mission

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MissionTo enable people in higher education, further education and skills to perform at the forefront of international practice by exploiting fully the possibilities of modern digital empowerment, content and connectivity

VisionTo make the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world

We do… 3 main things

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Shared digital

infrastructure and

services

Expert and trusted

advice and practical

assistance

Sector wide deals with IT vendors and commercial publishers

Current examples:

Janet network, shared data

centre, eduroam wireless,

geospatial services

Future examples:

Learner analytics,

research data management,

FE college in a box

Current examples:

Microsoft 365 email, Amazon web services,

e-journals, FE e-books

Future examples: Prevent web

filtering, Tableau, new models for

digital publishing

Current examples:

Financial x-ray, cloud advice,

cyber security/business continuity

Future examples:

FE mergers, open access good

practice, national monograph

strategy

Our customers and users

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Colleges UsersUniversities Skills providers

Our group structure

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Company number 02517018Charity number 1001127

Representative member of JiscCompany number 02600590

Charity number 1012218Representative member of Jisc

Company number 03216271Not a registered charity

Representative member of Jisc Institutional member of Jisc

HEIs and FECs from across the UK

Board of trustees= Directors of Jisc

Jiscom Board of Directors,

includes Jisc Trustees

Jisc Commercial Limited t/a “Jiscom” (Company limited by shares – Jisc is the sole shareholder)

Jisc Services Ltd Board comprises Jisc

Executive Group members

“Jisc” (A registered charity and company limited by guarantee)

Jisc Services Limited (Company limited by guarantee)


Regional and national engagement

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Jisc is based in seven UK nations and regions with dedicated account managers for each organisation so that…

…you have a complete view of Jisc services and

their benefits and ways to shape future services

…you get the greatest savings

and efficiencies and ways to improve the

learning, teaching and research

experience


A vision for research data shared infrastructure

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Research Data Shared Service

Vision»Visible data,

invisible infrastructure

For researchers: intuitive, easy functionality

For institutions: interoperable systems and best practice

Goals»Policy compliance» Increase sector

efficiencies» Improve integrity of

research »Address gaps»Accelerate RDM»Support for Open

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Why a Shared Service for research data?

»There is no “solution” easily available and that meets requirements for Universities to enable Research Data Management

»Cost savings and efficiencies»Common approaches and practice»Research system standardisation and

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Why a Shared Service?

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A **key** requirement

Towards an Integrated UK National Research Data Infrastructure

High level RDM Architecture

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Credit for Architecture concepts: John Lewis (Sheffield) & Stuart Lewis (Edinburgh) http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230

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http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230


Pilot Shared Service Scope

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Credit for Architecture concepts: John Lewis (Sheffield) & Stuart Lewis (Edinburgh) http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230

Pilot Shared Service Area

Other R@R Work Areas

Existing Jisc Services/Agreement Areas

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http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230


Where are we now?

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Research Data Shared Service Timeline

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Milestones 2015-18

Apr 2015-Dec 2015

Jan 2016 – July 2016 Aug-2016 -June 2017

Jul 2017-Sept 2017 Oct 2017-Apr 2018

-Requirements - HEI Pilots Selected-Procurement commences

- Support consultancy work begins-Supplier Framework selected

-Alpha Development-Alpha service tested and reviewed

-Beta Development-Feedback on Beta Service

- Business case decision

-If go then begin transition to production service

-Institutional survey-HEI and supplier workshops-Pilot HEI selection process

-Detailed HEI requirements and technical architecture-Contracting commences

-Development Phase-Contact additional early adopter HEI’s and promote Beta Service

-Business planning and Begin Business Case-Market Research and Consultation

-Promote service to institutions-Start on next phases (service enhancement/modular)


Pilots

» Cardiff University» CREST - Buckinghamshire

New University » CREST - Harper Adams » CREST - St Mary’s

Twickenham» CREST - UCA» Imperial College of Science,

Technology and Medicine» Middlesex University

» Plymouth University» Royal College of Music» St George's Hospital Medical

School» University of Cambridge» University of Lancaster» University of Lincoln» University of St Andrews» University of Surrey» University of York

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RD Shared Service Framework Lots

» Lot 1 - Research Data Repositories (4)» Lot 2- Repository Interfaces (6)» Lot 3 - Research Data Exchange Interface (3)» Lot 4 - Research Information and Administration Systems

Integrations (1) » Lot 5 -Research Data Preservation Platforms (2)» Lot 6 - Research Data Preservation tools development (2)» Lot 7 - Research Data Reporting (2)» Lot 8 - User Experience enhancements (4)14/06/2016


Links to R@R Portfolio

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Discovering research data

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UK Research data discovery service

A platform that enables the discovery of research data from across UK higher

education and national, discipline specific data acentres

More details: http://jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/uk-research-data-discovery

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http://jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/uk-research-data-discovery


Global landscape

https://researchdata.ands.org.au/

http://b2find.eudat.eu/

http://www.openresearchdata.ch/

http://etsin.avointiede.fi

http://www.europeandataportal.eu/ http://data.bnf.fr/

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http://etsin.avointiede.fi/

http://www.europeandataportal.eu/

http://www.europeandataportal.eu/

http://data.bnf.fr/

http://data.bnf.fr/


Participating organisations

Pilots»University of Hull»University of St Andrews»University of Glasgow»Oxford Brookes University»University of Edinburgh»University of Oxford»University of Southampton»University of Leeds»University of Lincoln

Data Centres»Archaeology Data

Centre»Cambridge

Crystallographic Data Centre

»ISIS/ICAT - STFC»UK Data Service»Visual Arts Data Centre»NERC

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Who’s it for? Gather user stories

http://rdds.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/05/08/initial-workshop/

» MoSCoW prioritisationProject / research manager»Reporting to funders»Find research outputs of my

institution

Researcher»Discover datasets»Discover related objects /

resources»Find data across disciplines by

location»Find exemplar data to inspire my

research»Targeted search for topical data»Visual search for data»Find linked open data»Understand metadata quality»Understand data quality»Show research impact

Machine»Harvestable registry»Show relationships between

resources

Data repository»Show repository impact»Metadata rights respected»Show licence and rights of data»Index to external services »Force refresh of registry content

System manager»No duplicate records»Harvest datasets »Update platform software

Funder»Return on investment

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Project to Service

ONGOING: Engage with participants, evaluated software, gathered user stories, prioritised requirementsNOW: Alpha site - http://ckan.data.alpha.jisc.ac.uk/ NEXT:

– System testing and gathering feedback as move to a beta test service

– Finalising the core metadata schema– Developing business case for running a sustainable

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http://ckan.data.alpha.jisc.ac.uk/


Research data spring

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The initiative

Develop tools to help researchers and institutionsEmpower and enable innovative collaborations

»Key features:› 3-phased approach› Check points and panel› Sector feedback and engagement14/06/201

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The approach

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Giving researchers credit for their dataDr. Fiona MurphyProject Manager and Research Data & Publications Specialist

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The solution

For researchers that want to publish data papers, our helper app allows them to pick a publisher template, populate it automatically

with the metadata and send the final paper and documentation to their selected journal.

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Carrot for data deposit“Submit data paper” button on repository

» Researcher gets› Another publication/citation

opportunity› (Data preserved)

» Publisher gets› More data paper submissions› Better quality (metadata already

curated by the repo)› Link referrals from data repositories

» Repositories get› More data deposits› Better metadata

» Funders get› More re-use› More impact

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The Business Case

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Searching the institutional repository

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Log into the app & create the data paper

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Confirm paper has been submitted

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Helping artists record their research

Dr. Athanasios VeliosReader Member of Ligatus Research Centre, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London

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The problem

Art is about the process not about the outcome

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Nick Pezzillo: Jackson Pollock https://flic.kr/p/PwuAx (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Gino Ballantyne: As Long as the Band Plays and Everyone Marches in Step


The solution for digital art Everything managed on the desktop

art/design software stored/modified files online research communication

Capture technique method / research output

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(wifi – GPS data)



Who cares? Artists

self-archiving Researchers interested in art history

data about context – mode of work Researchers interested in technique

data about software tools and settings authenticity of digital art

University administration provide data for REF

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Architecture

Artivity HTTP REST API

OpenLink Virtuoso

Agents

Artivity Explorer

Web GUI

FRONTENDS

MIDDLEWARE

BACKEND

Browsers, Creative Tools

JSON N3, libartivity (C++)JSON

SPARQL

User Daemon

https://bitbucket.org/semiodesk/artivity http://www.ligatus.org.uk/project/artivity

More details

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Thank you!And any questions?

Daniela Duca, Jisc @danielagducaMartin Hamilton, Jisc @martin_hamiltonFiona Murphy, Murphy Mitchell Consulting Ltd @DrFionalm Athanasios Velios, Ligatus @a_velios

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