NeDICC Its role and plans for 2016 · 12/6/2015 · community support & outreach research...
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Network of Data & Information Curation Communities http://nedicc.wordpress.com
NeDICC Its role and plans for 2016
Data citation as a catalyst for good RDM practices workshop
10 December 2015
CSIR Knowledge Commons, Pretoria
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Network of Data and Information Curation Communities (NeDICC) aims to promote
the development and use of standards and best practices to ensure the usability of
digital material in support of e-Research in South Africa
Who / What is NeDICC?
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• Current members
– ASSAf, ARC, CSIR, HSRC, NRF, UP, UNISA, WITS
• Organisations which have accepted an invitation to participate from Jan 2016
– SU, UCT, VUT
• Steering committee
– Johann van Wyk (UP), Ronel Bezuidenhout (UNISA), Lucia Lötter (HSRC)
Membership
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• A forum to exchange experience and opinions
• Promote communication and co-operation between members through meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences and collaborative projects to:
– Address issues of interest / concern
– Promote awareness and best practices
– Showcase work and initiatives
– Expose the community to new developments and trends
– Provide opportunities to engage with a wider audience
– Develop the knowledge and skills of members
– Develop shared tools
Aims of NeDICC
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NeDICC’s role
Industry
research collaborators
standards bodies
testbeds & tools
communities of practice:
users
community support & outreach
research
development
services management
& co-ordination
curation organisations
Collaborative Associates Network of Data Organisations
Source: Berry, D. 2004. UK e-Science, e-Science: Computational Grid Infrastructure and Scientific & Engineering Applications Delhi, February 2004
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NeDICC supporting RDM
Data stewardship: http://www.eresearch.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/140/DIRISA_busPlan_eResConf.pdf
Institutional level: Data stewards
NeDICC
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Recent NeDICC activities
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• Build relationships with external community and leverage relationships on behalf of NeDICC and in support of RDM – Active participation in forums (DIRISA, CODATA,
RDA, etc.)
• Sustain NeDICC – Extend invitations to more organisations to
participate
– Use of virtual communication technologies to support participation across various geographic locations
Goals for 2016
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• Support Research Data Management (RDM)
– Capacity building, shared tools and services
– Vehicles: Monthly meetings, NeDICC workshops, participation in training events, collaborative projects
– Approach: learning–teaching
Goals for 2016
Investigate Develop Share /
Use Review
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– Collaborative projects (NeDICC, DIRISA)
• Data Management Planning tool
• Islandora data repository
Programme for 2016
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Date Capacity building event
16 March 2016 Workshop: Services to support the life of research data
March 2016 Carnegie CPD Training
18 May 2016 Workshop: Researcher engagement around RDM
June 2016 Carnegie CPD Training
7-10 June 2016 RDM Workshop at the Southern African Online Information Meeting (SAOIM) Workshop
17 August 2016 Workshop: Data dissemination platforms
14 September 2016 Discussion: Change management, advocacy and lobbying in support of RDM
Programme for 2016
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• Connect people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to interact, either as frequently or at all.
• Provide a shared context for people to communicate and share information, stories, and personal experiences in a way that builds understanding and insight.
• Enable dialogue between people who come together to explore new possibilities, solve challenging problems, and create new, mutually beneficial opportunities.
• Stimulate learning by serving as a vehicle for authentic communication, mentoring, coaching, and self-reflection.
• Capture and diffuse existing knowledge to help people improve their practice by providing a forum to identify solutions to common problems and a process to collect and evaluate best practices.
• Introduce collaborative processes to groups and organizations as well as between organizations to encourage the free flow of ideas and exchange of information.
• Help people organize around purposeful actions that deliver tangible results.
• Generate new knowledge to help people transform their practice to accommodate changes in needs and technologies.
NeDICC – A value proposition
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/nli0531.pdf