Supporting change: RDM at UvA & in The Netherlands

Driek Heesakkers, University of AmsterdamOCLC RLP meeting, June 2014

Library of the University of Amsterdam

This presentation

Context UvA RDM Programme Trends & roles Library perspective

Dutch Academic landscape

Pop. 16 mln14 Research universities248k students, 25k researchers2% GERD (EU average)

Researchers per university

OU TiU EUR WU UM RU UT LEI VU RUG TUE UvA UU TUD0

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5

Nationwide institutions

VSNU, KNAW, NWO (ZonMw, FOM, STW)

SURF: Foundation, Market, Services, Sara

DANS & 3TU.Datacentrum=RDNL alliance

UvA RDM Programme

Silo’s

1.private 2.group 3.public

Inspired by Treloar, Andrew, David Groenewegen, and Cathrine Harboe-Ree. “The Data Curation Continuum: Managing Data Objects in Institutional Repositories.” D-Lib Magazine 13, no. 9/10 (n.d.).

policy

infrastructure support

1.private 2.group 3.public

1.private 2.group 3.public 1.private 2.group 3.public

Academic affairs& faculties

ICT services Library

1.private 2.group 3.public

1.private 2.group 3.public 1.private 2.group 3.public

& Library

Guiding principles1. Support all silo’s2. Coordinate policy, tech and support3. Don’t reinvent the wheel!

RDM goals for 2015

Policy: on institutional and faculty level Technology: services for silo’s 1, 2 and 3 Support: full one-stop-shop

Projects 2013-15

8 pilot research groups from 4 facultiesfor all projects!

1: policy

2: support3a: storage during research (silo 1+2): pilot3b: storage during research (silo 1+2): roll-out 4: data repository (silo 3)

The Library’s role Policy:assist, lobby(LERU, UKB)

Support: our opportunity!

Technology: assist, lobby(silo 1+2),

lead (silo 3)

faculty liaisonsall things Metadata

publication, citation, reuse

1.private 2.group 3.public

Shifting roles?

RDM service providers RDNL front/backoffice model Policies, guidelines & legislation

Lessons so far Foster collaboration Storage, boring but necessary Market still developing Don’t outsource our strengths!

Thank you:Creative Commons licensed photo’s: flickr.com/photos/jannekestaaks

‘Data scrabble’ photo series, by Janneke Staaks - CC BY flickr.com/photos/kristavandervoorden/2970289232

Kinderdijk, by Krista van der Voorden - BY-NC-ND flickr.com/photos/meanestindian/2186972664

Stacked, by Meena Kadri - BY flickr.com/photos/54159370@N08/6360456997

Minnesota Farm, by keeva999 - BY-NC-SA flickr.com/photos/__my__photos/5025541044

Wheel, by Pauline Mak - BY flickr.com/photos/liffu/2293056827

Sottosopra in superficie, by Dino Soru - BY-NC-SA www.flickr.com/photos/xiaming/476229544

Be careful of caution, by Ming Xia – BY-NC-SAThis presentation licensed underCreative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0 unported)

Thank you!

Driek Heesakkers - h.j.heesakkers@uva.nl

Library of the University of Amsterdam