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eResearchAustralasiaConference|Melbourne–Australia|10-14October-2016
AligningonlineResearchDataManagementPlanningtoolstomaximiseresearcherengagement
PeterNeish,JenniferWarburton1UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia,[email protected],Melbourne,Australia,[email protected]
INTRODUCTIONGood Research Data Management Planning has many benefits for researchers helping to ensure data is accurate,complete,authentic,reliable,identifiable,secureandlegallyandethicallycompliant.FundersareincreasinglyrequiringevidenceofsounddatamanagementpracticesforprojectthattheyfundandtheUniversityofMelbournerequiresallresearchers (including PhD students) to complywith the policy for ResearchData and RecordsManagement,whichamongotherthings,statesthatallresearchprojectsshouldhaveaDataManagementPlan(DMP).Thispaperoutlinessomeoftheonlinedatamanagementtoolsthathavebeenevaluated,adaptedandimplementedattheUniversityofMelbourne.Inparticular,welookatthemotivationforresearcherstoundertaketheprocessofdatamanagement,especially‘whatisinitforme?’asawayofprovidinganincentivetoundertakethetrainingandenhanceparticipantmotivation.Byaligningtrainingwithdatamanagementplanningouraimwastokilltwobirdswithonestone–raiseawarenessofdatamanagementandhaveresearcherscreateadatamanagementplanfortheirownresearchprojectaspartofthetraining.Inanagewhereresearchersareincreasingaskedtodomoreandmore,wewantedtobringtheseactivitiestogethersothattheycouldbecompletedinthemostefficientmanner.
MELBOURNEMANTRARecognisingthe importanceofraisingawarenessofdatamanagementplanning, in2014theUniversityofMelbournepilotedanonlinedatamanagementtrainingpackagecalledMANTRAthatwasoriginallydevelopedbytheUniversityofEdinburgh [1]. The contentwas adapted tomake itmore relevant toAustralian researchers andwas pilotedwith acohortof146graduateresearchers.Althoughthepilotwaswellreceived,andgenerallyhadgoodfeedback,therewasasignificant attrition ratewith only 40 participants reaching the final evaluation stage. Itwas decided that therewasvalueinthetraining,butthatitneededtobereviewedandcondensed.
MANTRAPLUSDMPonlineWhilereviewingtheMANTRAcontentonememberoftheworkinggroupaskedifwouldbepossibletocreateadatamanagementplanwhile completing the training. Thiswouldhave thedoublebenefit of providing an incentive for aresearcher to undertake the training and would also provide a concrete practical application of the training. WeexploredthepossibilityofbuildingaplaninBlackBoard(theUniversity’sLearningManagementSystem),butthiswasnot technically feasible. Instead, we looked at whether we could integrate MANTRA (running in BlackBoard) andanotherdatamanagementplanningtoolDMPonline[2].Thispaperlooksatthebenefitsofintegratingtrainingaboutdatamanagementwiththecreationofdatamanagementplans.We also discuss potential challenges to this approach, such as creating a dependency between two differentsystemsandhowtoprovideapathwayforuserswhodonotneedorwanttocreateaDMP.
REFERENCES1. Mantrahttp://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/2. DMPonlinehttps://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/
eResearchAustralasiaConference|Melbourne–Australia|10-14October-2016
ABOUTTHEAUTHORSPeterNeishPeterNeish istheResearchDataCuratorattheUniversityofMelbournewhereheworkswithresearchersonawiderangeof researchdatamanagementprojects.Before thatheworkedat theVictorianParliamentaryLibraryusinghisbackgroundasaresearcherandcomputerscientisttomakedatabasesandparliamentaryinformationmoreavailable,standards-based and linked. Before Parliament, he worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne integratingbotanicalinformationandbiodiversitydatasystems,andhehascontributedtonationalandinternationalbiodiversityinitiativesanddatatransferstandards.JenniferWarburtonJennifer Warburton is the Manager, Library Research Partnerships and Programs (Research and Collections) at theUniversity ofMelbournewhere she focuses on engagement and research partnerships between Digital Scholarship,GraduateResearcherprograms,andliaisonwithScholarlyInformationlibrarianstodevelopresearchdatamanagementcapability and metrics for service delivery. Previously as the Program Leader, Research Impact and Training shecoordinatedRILAS,theUniversityofMelbourne’sresearchimpactadvisoryservice.In2015JenniferwastherecipientofaUniversitas21ScholarshipenablinghertoinvestigateresearchsupportserviceprovisionatanumberofacademiclibrariesintheUK,IrelandandSingapore.
