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A consortial approach to RDMS14/7/2015

Developing sustainable, accessible and integrated research data management systems for small and specialist universities

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A consortial approach to developing integrated research data management systems: Small and Specialist

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A consortial approach to developing integrated research data management systems

Wiley

UK Archivematica Users Group

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Valuation» What makes your project amazing & useful for the sector?

It is clear from the research undertaken through this project that many institutions are struggling with RDM. By developing streamlined systems addressing the needs of the CREST and RDIVA networks and the many institutions who have contributed to the project in Stage 1, as well as the technical expertise of ULCC, Arkivum and the various commercial contributors, this project:› makes RDM easy (or easier!), affordable and sustainable;

› levels the playing field for smaller institutions;

› fills the need of defining and managing research data within the visual and creative arts sector.

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» If it becomes a proper national/shared solution, why you think people will love it and commit to applying it?The project provides solutions that address the diversity of the UK HE market for RDMS, ensuring that institutions have access to sustainable open source and commercial options, now and in the future. In short:

› A consortial, shared services approach addresses the ‘skills and effort’ gap as well as budgets and institutional resources.

› It has a proven technology backing the application: most of the current specialist and / or arts institutions already use the core software.

› The project also encourages commercial providers to develop affordable and sustainable solutions addressing the various elements of RDM that address the needs of the full HE sector.

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» What are your plans for sustainability?

As well as encouraging development and implementation of RDMS that make the most of shared resources and expertise, the sub-networks that have developed over the course of the project can now be sustained through the project group and CREST. These engage:

› those institutions who opt in for a shared RDMS, utilising a core software that is supported by an open source community.

› those institutions who choose to work with commercial developers, building on the streamlined implementation articulated in this project; and

› those specialist institutions who are working to understand how to capture, curate and reuse research data in non-STEM disciplines, and to generate templates and guidance to aid institutions and researchers.

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Progress

»What have you achieved in the first phase? = all Phase 1 deliverables (phew!), available on project blog (through Figshare and CREST Collections)

– Project overview and report (with CREST survey and workshop results)– Report with case studies: RDM workflows and integrations for HEIs using

hosted services – Case study: RDM in the visual arts and its focus on Open Source Software– Pilot service: Addressing the issues of multiple plugins not working within

the same repository– Case study: Working with Elsevier to deliver a new streamlined

implementation of PURE

As well as…

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Progress

»What have you achieved in the first phase? = cont.› Project blog› RDIVA Workshop (14th May)› UAL Communities of Practice: Open discussion on

Research Data (19th May)› CREST Collections (Eprints) and RDM: Use, Expansion

and Development Seminar with ULCC (12th June)› CREST Research Leads RDMS Workshop (23rd June)› CERN

Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) in Geneva (17th to 19th June 2015) 

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Next phase

» What are your plans for Phase 2?– Arkivum and ULCC create a PoC for a shared service– Arkivum and ULCC to implement a generic ‘Arts-like’ process workflow

which encompasses the current sector needs

– milestones– Implement core workflow(s) in PoC– Standardisation of ‘Arts’ plugins

– deliverables– Public online demonstrator of the shared service– Single installation of ‘RDM Arts Plugin’ will bring up the needed tools

(and additional plugins) to have a standard point of reference and start uploading artistic research data

– What would success be like?– Institutions say ‘we love it, can we have it now?’

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Funding

» Phase 2 = 4 months› CREST: £5kProject Management, coordination with CREST Research Leads and sub-networks; administration of blog and various disseminations› Arkivum: £8k› ULCC: £7kPoC and Workflows› UCA: £8kTechnical work on arts plug-ins; coordination / consultation with RDIVA network › LTU: £8kAcademic engagement with repository; sharing best practice within CREST; consultation to appoint shared resource within CREST to support/advise on RDM.› General travel and dissemination events budget: £3k

Total: £39k

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