ResearchDataManagement:EdinburghUniversityLibrary’sApproach
DominicTate
HeadofLibraryResearchSupportLibrary&UniversityCollections
UniversityofEdinburgh
Overview
• IntroductiontotheUniversityandLibraryTeams
• EuropeanandUKContext
• LibraryServicestosupportResearchDataManagement
• Specificconsiderationsformedicalresearchdata
TheUniversityofEdinburgh
• Foundedin1583:Sixth-oldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworldandoneofScotland'sancientuniversities
• LargestuniversityinScotlandwith13,800staffand35,500students
• Research-ledinstitution- memberoftheRussellGroup,CoimbraGroup,LERUandUniversitas21
• 21NobellaureatesaffiliatedwiththeUniversity
InformationServices
Library&UniversityCollections
UserServicesDivision
ITInfrastructure
ITApplications
Learning,Teaching,and
Web
EDINAandtheDataLibrary
DigitalCurationCentre(DCC)
ConvergedLibrary&IT
LibraryResearchSupportTeams
LibraryResearchSupport
ScholarlyCommunications
ResearchInformationSystems
ResearchDataManagement
ScholarlyCommunicationsTeam
• ProvidessupportforstaffandstudentsregardingtheresearchpublicationprocessandOpenAccess
• Providesadviceonmatterstodowithcopyright
• ManagesfundstopayforOpenAccessarticle-processingcharges(APCs)
ResearchInformationSystemsTeam
• ManagestheUniversity’sthreeresearchinformationsystems(PURE,Worktribe,ResearchProfessional)
• Providessupportandtrainingtousethesesystems
• Providesreportsandmanagementinformationtosupportdecision-makingandUniversitystrategy
ResearchDataSupportTeam
• TwomembersofLibrarystaffworkwithanotherfivestaffbasedinEDINA
• ProvidetrainingandadvicetostaffandstudentsonallmattersrelatingtoRDM
• AdviseonimprovementstoUniversityinfrastructuretosupporttheRDMagenda
• Supportstaffwithdatamanagementplanning
• Managehelpdeskandconsultancyservice.
RDMinEurope
“Theproductionofdataisexpandingatanastonishingrate:expertsnowpointtoa4300%increaseinannualdatagenerationby2020.Despitethis,researchinstitutesanduniversitiesoftenhavenostandardpolicyforresearchersonhowtostoretheirresearchdata.”
http://libereurope.eu/blog/2015/10/06/implementing-the-leru-research-data-roadmap-and-toolkit/
EuropeanCommissionReportOctober2016- EuropeanCommissionReport:“RealisingtheEuropeanOpenScienceCloud”
FirstreportoftheHighLevelExpertGroupontheEuropeanOpenScienceCloud
“Theyestimatethatonaverageabout5%oftotalresearchexpenditureshouldbespentonproperlymanagingand'stewarding'datainanintegratedfashion.”
http://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm?pg=open-science-cloud
FAIRDataManagementinHorizon2020Researchdatashouldbefindable,accessible,interoperable andreusable(FAIR)
ResearcherscanmeettheserequirementsbydevelopingaDataManagementPlan(DMP)
TherearemanyEuropeanprojectstoencourageresearcherstogetintothehabitofwritingDataManagementPlans.
UKResearchDataConcordat1. Openaccesstoresearchdataisanenablerofhighqualityresearch,afacilitator
ofinnovationandsafeguardsgoodresearchpractice.
2. Therearesoundreasonswhytheopennessofresearchdatamayneedtoberestrictedbutanyrestrictionsmustbejustifiedandjustifiable.
3. Openaccesstoresearchdatacarriesasignificantcost,whichshouldberespectedbyallparties.
4. Therightofthecreatorsofresearchdatatoreasonablefirstuseisrecognised.
5. Useofothers’datashouldalwaysconformtolegal,ethicalandregulatoryframeworksincludingappropriateacknowledgement.
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/concordatonopenresearchdata-pdf/
UKResearchDataConcordat
6. Gooddatamanagementisfundamentaltoallstagesoftheresearchprocessandshouldbeestablishedattheoutset.
7. Datacurationisvitaltomakedatausefulforothersandforlong-termpreservationofdata
8. Datasupportingpublicationsshouldbeaccessiblebythepublicationdateandshouldbeinaciteableform.
9. Supportforthedevelopmentofappropriatedataskillsisrecognisedasaresponsibilityforallstakeholders.
10. Regularreviewsofprogresstowardsopenresearchdatashouldbeundertaken.
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/concordatonopenresearchdata-pdf/
Howweclassifyourservices
Data Management Support
Data Management
PlanningActive Data
InfrastructureData
Stewardship
Howweclassifyourservices
Beforeresearch Duringresearch Afterresearch
Data Management Support
Data Management
PlanningActive Data
InfrastructureData
Stewardship
DataManagementPlanningSystems
Data Management Support
Data Management
PlanningActive Data
InfrastructureData
Stewardship
DataManagementPlanning
• DMPOnline– DMPOnline:NationallydevelopedtoolbytheDigitalCurationCentre,fundedbyJisc.
Data Management
Planning
ActiveDataInfrastructure
Active Data Infrastructure
– 0.5TB(500GB)forallresearchers– staffandpostgraduateresearchers
– Extrastoragecanbepurchased- £200(CHF245)perTBperyear(normallythiswouldbechargedtoagrantforthedurationoftheresearchproject).
– DataSync providessecure,“dropbox”-likefunctionalitytosupportcollaborationbothwithinandoutwith theUniversityduringtheresearchproject.
ResearchDataSafeHaven
Active Data Infrastructure
– Currentlyunderconstruction…expectedlaunchinearly2018
– Providessecureenvironmentforcontrolledaccesstohighlysensitivedatasets.Littleriskofdatalossorbreachofdataprotection
– MeetsISO/IEC27001standardsforinformationsecurity
– AllowstheUniversitytomeetincreasinglystringentfunderrequirements.
DataStewardshipSystems
Data Management Support
Data Management
PlanningActive Data
InfrastructureData
Stewardship
ThreeDataStewardshipSystems
• Data Asset Register– DataAssetRegister(describe).
• DataShare– DataShare (share).
• Data Vault– DataVault(archive).
MedicalResearchData- Openness
• Wepreferdatatobeopenwhereverpossible(ideallybydefault)
• Oftennotpossibleformedicaldata
• Anonymisation/Pseudonymisation critical
MedicalResearchData- GDPR
• GeneralDataProtectionRegulationsaretobeadoptedintheUK(despiteBrexit)
• CommunicationsaroundGDPRcausesuncertainty,whichismakingthe‘open’messagemoredifficult.
• Weseethisasanopportunity totalktoresearchersaboutdatamanagementskills
Finally- SeizetheOpportunity!
• LibrariansandInformationProfessionalsplayakeyroleintheRDMagenda(weliketothinkweOWNit)!
• Services,traininganddatastewardshiparetheykeyareasinwhichwecanprovidelong-termsupport
• Bewheretheresearchersare– offertrainingthroughresearchfacilityorfunderprogrammes,notinthelibrary.
Questions?DominicTateHeadofLibraryResearchSupportEdinburghUniversityLibrary
@DominicTate
+44(0)1316515279
References– Q&ASession
• MantraRDMTraininghttp://mantra.edina.ac.uk/• RDMMOOChttps://www.coursera.org/learn/data-management• UoEResearchDataServicehttp://www.ed.ac.uk/information-
services/research-support/research-data-service• ARMAAssociationofResearchManagersandAdministrators
https://arma.ac.uk/• GRPRGeneralDataProtectionRegulationshttps://ico.org.uk/for-
organisations/data-protection-reform/overview-of-the-gdpr/• ListofMetadataStandardsforDatasets
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards/list• ResearchDataManagementJobDescriptionsintheUK- canbe
foundinadvertsathttp://www.jobs.ac.uk/ Searchfor“researchdata”。