Research data in institutional repositories: DIGITAL.CSIC experience

EPOS IP Multi-scale laboratories meeting 2018

Isabel Bernal DIGITAL.CSIC

Unit of Scientific Information for Research Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

About DIGITAL.CSIC

• Launched in 2008

• Multidisciplinary repository for 120 research centers and institutes + legacy institutes

• Almost 165,000 items (top research outputs types are journal articles, conference contributions, datasets)

• Largest Open Access repository in Spain

• Runs on DSPACE-CRIS v4.3

• Open Science Laboratory

https://digital.csic.es/

Launch and development of data collections

• First datasets collection was created in 2010 (related to drought and climate change)

• Most datasets relate to Agricultural Sciences, Natural Resources, Biology, Humanities, Biomedicine, Marine Sciences

• 11,600 items are datasets (more than 8,300 are Open Access)

• Maps, images, archaeological data, description sheets, surveys, lab notebook data, observational, experimental data…

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Types of research outputs on DIGITAL.CSIC

Artículo

Comunicación decongreso

Dataset

Capítulo de libro

Póster

Tesis

Trabajo de divulgación

Informe Técnico

Patente

Documento de trabajo

Solicitud de patente

DIGITAL.CSIC basic information

• RDM policy: http://digital.csic.es/dc/politicas/politicaDatos.jsp

• DIGITAL.CSIC services to comply with funders’ open data policies: http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/164332

Research data management agenda

• DOIs minting • Data management plans for

projects under H2020 framework and Spain’s Research Plan

• Flexible options to Access (restricted, embargoed, open) and license datasets (Creative Commons and Open Data Commons)

• Description according to standards

• Institutional strategy for long term digital preservation and Open Science

Main incentives to upload research data into DIGITAL.CSIC (from

researchers perspective)

Increase visibility DOIs Compliance with

journals data policies

Compliance with funders open data policies

Hosting of heavy files

SOME EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF OPEN DATA AT DIGITAL.CSIC

Routes to deposit research data

AUTOMATED UPLOADS

• Managed by the repository’s administrators

• Batch import of metadata and associated files (datasets)

• Work intensive phase prior to import: data structure, file renaming, metadata crosswalks and enrichment

• The data are often the result of finalized, long term projects

MANUAL DEPOSITS

• Managed by the repository’s administrators, libraries or researchers

• Generally speaking, long tail of research (1 or 2 files, not so large) and linked to journals articles

Datasets description • Template based on DataCite schema

(MEMBER OF DATACITE METADATA SCHEMA WORKING GROUP

SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017)

• Metadata in English

• Strong recommendation to describe the data as fully as possible, not simply upload the files

• Good metadata help discovery, citation and reuse

• Include information about reuse conditions, methodology/software used, technical requirements to visualize and reproduce

• Citation of associated publication/s

• Version of the dataset if more than one

• File naming and consistency

• Readme file

http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/81323

Upgrading skills and developing new services

DIGITAL.CSIC TRAINING

AND SUPPORT

Training of selected tools to manage and visualize data

DOI for other non traditional

outputs

Tool to comply with journals data sharing

policies

• Preprints and reports

• Software • Open Lab

Notebooks

Datasets ready for EPOS

• 4 collections of datasets

• Manual uploads to test the validity of the metadata model (based on GFZ metadata editor), automation soon

• Extension of Dublin Core Qualified metadata schema

• Types of ICTJA datasets available: embargoed and open Access; current and legacy datasets

http://dx.doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8545 http://dx.doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8549 http://dx.doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8553 http://dx.doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8554

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

Isabel.bernal@bib.csic.es