Post on 14-Dec-2014
description
Raising the profile
of Research Data
Management:
the UCA story
Anne Spalding
Kaptur Project Officer
Introduction
• The purpose of this presentation is to tell the story of raising the
profile of Research Data Management at UCA
• The who, where, when, why, what and how
• 20 mins. presentation with questions afterwards.
The beginning…
Once upon a time….
A voyage of discovery
“Very little is known about the curation and management of arts
research data in universities, although evidence does point to the fact
that it is handled on an ad hoc basis by individual researchers and
teams.”
(Garrett, 2011)
Kaptur at UCA
Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. –
Jun. 2012 Oct. 2012 Nov. 2012 Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013
Interview
Transcription
of interviews
Environmental
Assessment
Report
Research on
RDM policies,
meetings and
discussion on draft policy
Testing of
model
repository
Approval of
draft RDM
policy by
Academic
Board and
writing up of a
case study
Analysis of
transcripts
Discussion
paper written
and presented
to R+E
Committee
Presentation
of draft RDM
policy to R+E
Committee
RDM training Presentation
at Kaptur end
of project
conference
Chapter 1 – Unchartered Waters
• Interviews
• Analysis
• Environmental Assessment Report
Kaptur at UCA
Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. – Jun.
2012 Oct. 2012 Nov. 2012 Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013
Interview
Transcription
of interviews
Environmental
Assessment
Report
Research on
RDM policies,
meetings and
discussion on draft policy
Testing of
model
repository
Approval of
draft RDM
policy by
Academic
Board and
writing up
of case study
Analysis of
transcripts
Discussion
paper written
and presented
to R+E
Committee
Presentation
of draft RDM
policy to R+E
Committee
RDM training Presentation
at Kaptur end
of project
conference
Chapter 2 – Mar to Oct 2012
• Discussion paper
• Processes in creating an RDM policy
• RDM policy
Kaptur at UCA
Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. –
Jun. 2012 Oct. 2012 Nov. 2012 Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013
Interview
Transcription
of interviews
Environmental
Assessment
Report
Research on
RDM policies,
meetings and
discussion on draft policy
Testing of
model
repository
Approval of
draft RDM
policy by
Academic
Board and
writing of case
study
Analysis of
transcripts
Discussion
paper written
and presented
to R+E
Committee
Presentation
of draft RDM
policy to R+E
Committee
RDM training Presentation
at Kaptur end
of project
conference
Chapter 3 – Homeward Bound
• Testing of a model repository
• RDM training
• Case study
Kaptur at UCA
Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Apr. – Jun.
2012 Oct. 2012 Nov. 2012 Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013
Interview
Transcription
of interviews
Environmental
Assessment
Report
Research on
RDM policies,
meetings and
discussion on draft policy
Testing of
model
repository
Approval of
draft RDM
policy by
Academic
Board and
writing of case
study
Analysis of
transcripts
Discussion
paper written
and presented
to R+E
Committee
Presentation
of draft RDM
policy to R+E
Committee
RDM training Presentation
at Kaptur end
of project
conference
Chapter 4 - Reflection
• What next?
• Successful aspects of the project
• Conclusions
Fig. 1 head that is part of a votive necklace
Fig. 2 head
Summary
• Recap
• Lessons learned
– It takes time, it is worthwhile, an ongoing process
• Take away message
– communication, dissemination, collaboration
The end?
to be continued….
References and image credits
Garrett, L. (2011) £400,000 project seeks to transform arts research
data
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/article/35321/%26pound%3B400%2C000-
project-seeks-to-transform-arts-research-data (Accessed 29.11.2012)
Figure 1. head that is part of a votive necklace
At: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=585 (Accessed 01.02.2013)
Figure 2. head
At: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=667 (Accessed 01.02.2013)
Questions?
Thank you for listening