Research Data Management:

introduction

Anne Spalding

16.06.2014

Session Outline

• Background and context for research data management

• Activities exploring research data and its importance

• Summary, questions and feedback

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the complex and diverse nature of research data in the visual and creative arts

• Discuss the nature of research data in your subject area

• State the importance of your research data

Timeline for funded projects in the arts

CAiRO – Curating Artistic Research OutputVADS4R – Visual Arts Data Skills 4 Researchers

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Kultur

CAiRO

Kaptur

VADS4R

Background

• Short history of RDM in the visual and creative arts

• Kaptur project – http://www.vads.ac.uk/kaptur/outputs/KAPTUR_final_report.pdf

• Kaptur – technical infrastructure– http://vads.ac.uk/kaptur/outputs/Technical2013.pdf

Context

• Funders

• Open Access

• Research practice

Defining Research Data

“Evidence which is used or created to generate new knowledge and interpretations. ‘Evidence’ may be intersubjective or subjective; physical or emotional; persistent or ephemeral; personal or public; explicit or tacit; and is consciously referenced by the researcher at some point during the course of their research. As part of the research process, research data may be collated in a structured way to create a dataset to substantiate a particular interpretation, analysis or argument. A dataset may or may not lead to a research output, which regardless of method of presentation, is a planned public statement of new knowledge or interpretation.”

Garrett, L. (2013) Introducing Research Data Management in the Visual Arts available online at: http://www.vads.ac.uk/vads4r/Falmouth.pdf (accessed 26.02.2014)

• Critically review the definition of research data in the visual arts

• Define research data in terms of your own field of enquiry

Word Cloud for Research Data in the Visual and Creative Arts

What is Research Data?

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Summary

Importance?

Activity 2

• Why is research data important to you?

• Why is research data important to your institution?

• Why is research data important to those outside your institution?

Importance?

• You – evidence of your research process and method– increased discoverability, visibility and citation – in the future may also provide a cultural record

• Institution– research data is expensive to create and therefore a valuable asset – supports external assessment exercises

• Funders– integral part of the research process– others could be interested in either re-using it or working collaboratively with you– most now have policies which require the research data to be a part of the

research

Defining Research Data

“Evidence which is used or created to generate new knowledge and interpretations. ‘Evidence’ may be intersubjective or subjective; physical or emotional; persistent or ephemeral; personal or public; explicit or tacit; and is consciously referenced by the researcher at some point during the course of their research. As part of the research process, research data may be collated in a structured way to create a dataset to substantiate a particular interpretation, analysis or argument. A dataset may or may not lead to a research output, which regardless of method of presentation, is a planned public statement of new knowledge or interpretation.”

Garrett, L. (2013) Introducing Research Data Management in the Visual Arts available online at: http://www.vads.ac.uk/vads4r/Falmouth.pdf (accessed 26.02.2014)

• Critically review the definition of research data in the visual arts

• Define research data in terms of your own field of enquiry

Questions?

Green post-it

What in your opinion makes arts research data different from other disciplines?

Orange post-it

What in your opinion makes arts research data similar to other disciplines?

Further Information

• http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/• http://www.dcc.ac.uk/• http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-lifecycle-model • http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/18272• http://kapturmrd01.eventbrite.co.uk/• http://www.research.ucreative.ac.uk/1054/• http://www.vads.ac.uk/vads4r/Falmouth.pdf • http://www.vads4r.ac.uk/kaptur/• http://vocab.bris.ac.uk/data/glossary• http:www.vads4r.vads.ac.uk• http:www.vads4r.vads.ac.uk/online-learning.html• http:www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/48241/Researcher-Development-Framework.html

Learning Outcomes Met

• Describe the complex and diverse nature of research data in the visual and creative arts

• Discuss the nature of research data in your subject area

• State the importance of your research data

Questions and Summary

• Any further questions?

• Summary of the session

Contact details:

aspalding2@ucreative.ac.uk

Thank you

for listening

and participating