ThebuzzaroundthewordOPENisgettinglouder

Openaccess…. OpenData… OpenScience… OpenEducation…

Iamverypleased tobeheretodaytotalkabouttheCanadianlandscapeandsomeofthewayslibrariesaregettinginvolvedinaboutopenaccessanddatasharingandwhatwearedoinghereatMcGillLibraries.

BeforeIstartmypresentation,IwanttoaskyouifthenameScottS.Reubenringsabell?

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ScottSReubenislistedontheRetractionwatchleaderboardlist.

HewasonceheldinhighesteemforresearchheconductedwhileemployedasaprofessoratTuftsUniversityonanesthesiologyandpainmedicine.

In2009hewasconvictedforfabricatingdatain21majorpublicationsoveraperiodof15 years.(Shafer2009)

Reuben’sworkwasandstilliswidelyquoted.Atthetimeofthescandal,hehadbeencitednearly1200timesandhisworkwasreferredtoinseveralguidelinesandsystematicreviews.(Rittner etal.2009).Withhisnow25retractions,heisnotevenclosetobeingatthetopoftheRetractionwatchleaderboardlist.

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ThenumberonespotbelongstoYoshitakaFujii withmorethan180retractions.

LikeReubenandFijii,theothersontheretractionwatchlistwerewidelyrespectedresearchers

• Theypublishprolifically• Gothire, promotedandreceivedawards;and• Theyreceivedmoregrantfundingandspeakingengagements.

Thatis….untilsomeonetookalookattheirdata.

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Thenumberofretractedarticlesseemtobeincreasing.Morethan2000papersarecurrentlyindexedasretractedinPubMed.

AccordingtoaresearchernamedFang,thepotentialreasonsforretractionsareerrors,duplicatepublicationandplagiarism;morethan40 %ofretractions,however,areattributedtofraud(Fangetal.2012)

Indrugtherapystudiesthisproportionisinexcessof70 %(Samp etal.2012).

Newthinkingisreferringtothearticleasjustthe advertisingoftheresearchdata.Basically, ifwewanttotrustadiscovery,weneed:• Asummaryofthefindings(thepeerreviewedarticle);• Thedata;and• Thecode

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Therearemanyargumentsforwhysharingisagoodthing

Forscience• IsmeansValidation• replication• re-analysis• newanalysis• re-interpretationor• inclusionintometa-analyses

Others arguethattransparencybenefitssocietyAndTaxpayersfeelthattheypaidfortheproductsofresearchandassuchoughttohavetherighttoaccess andre-usethat samedataovertime.

Andintermsofcompliance:• Somescientificpublicationsrequirethatdatabeavailableat

thesametimeassubmission;and• Moreandmorefundingagenciesrequirethatdatabe

depositedinapublicarchive

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InCanada,aselsewhere,datasharingpracticesareverydisciplinespecific.Insomefields- suchasgenomicsandproteomics,dataarchivingandsharingisthenorm.Inotherfieldsnosuchtraditionsexist.Regardlessifthedisciplinethereis,agrowingawarenessacrossthescholarlycommunitythattherearesignificantpotentialbenefitsinmakingresearchdataavailableforre-use.

In2004,CanadaadoptedtheOECDDeclarationonAccesstoResearchDataFromPublicFunding.Itdeclaredpublicly-fundedresearchdataasapublicgoodthatshouldbeopenlyavailable.

- Canadadidnottakeanyrealactionatthetimebutotherpoliciesgoverningvariousaspectofthemanagementofresearchdatabegantoappear.(listedabove)

MostrecentlytheTriAgencyStatementofPrinciplesonDDM~~~~~~~~~AroundthesametimeasthisStatementwasprobablybeingdrafted.Librariesstatedpayingattentiontothetrendandin2014,theCanadianAssociationofResearchLibraries, launchedPortage.Portageisanetworkthatworkwithinthelibrarycommunitytocoordinateexpertise,services,andtechnologyinresearchdatamanagement,seekingtocollaboratewith

otherresearchdatamanagementstakeholders.

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ThePortagewebsitecontains contentandresourcesforresearchers,librarians,anddatastewards.

IwillcomebacktotheDMPassistantinanotherslide.(theorangebit)

soIwanttofocusquicklyontherecentNEWSontheportagewebsite.

OnOctober24th,Portageannounced thattheyhavejoinedforceswithComputeCanadatobuildanationalresearchdataplatform.Itwillhavethreecomponents:repository,preservationsystem,anddiscoveryengine.

TheTriAgencydocumentationsuggeststhatPoliciesthatrequiredatasharingwillnotbeimplementedwithoutcorrespondinginfrastructuresandothersupportmechanismsbeinginplacefirst.

Therearesomelargescaleinternationaldatarepositoriesincertainfields,suchasPubChem,GenBank,ProteinDataBank,BUTRepositoriesdonotexistforallsubjectareas,andthevastmajorityofresearchdatastillrestsonresearchers’harddrivesorlockedincabinets. ThisisgoodnewsforCanadianresearcherswhodonothaveaeasysolutionforarchivingtheirdata.

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OntheMcGillcampus,wehavealotofworktodotogetreadyforanypotentialdatasharingpoliciesfromfundingagencies.

Itisgoingtotakeavillage.Itisgoingtotakethedevelopmentbestpractices,workflowsandthedeepeningofrelationships.

TheLibraryisengagedinmakingsurewedooutpartingettingready

Ourcurrentstrategyfocuseson:

1. UpskillingLibrarian/Staff2. Relationshipbuilding(peopleinthecircleabove)3. ProvidingResearchersupport,advocacy,outreach,promotion

andeducationabouttheRDMlifecycleand4. connectingacoresuiteofresearchdataservicesinoneplace…

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EnterthenewpageonthelibrarywebsiteforLibraryResearchDataServices

Thelibraryhaslonghistoryofofferingservicesthatprovideaccesstodatahousedelsewhere(e.g.,StatisticsCanadadata)throughresearchdatacentres,(thebrownandgreenbits)

Forthemostpartthough,datamanagementanddatasharingsupportthroughthelibraryisinitsinfancy. (theblueandredbits)

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Weareputtingactionintoplacesothatlibrarianscanassistresearchersin

• Planningfordatamanagement• Preparingdata• Documentingdata- METADATA!!

describingdatasootherscanunderstand&useit• Archivingdata–PRESERVATION!!

findinganappropriaterepositoryorarchive

• Makingdatadiscoverable– DISCOVERY!!promotingopenaccess,indexing,helpingassignaDOI

Inthespring,thelibrarybuiltacustomized versionofthePortageNetworkDMPAssistant.

DMPAssistant isatoolthatwillguidearesearcherorresearchteamthroughaseriesofquestionsthatneedtobethoughtfullyansweredforadatamanagementplan.McGillresearcherscansigninwiththeirMcGillcredentialsandgetstartedoncreatingaDMP.

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Ifdatasharingissomethingyouwishtoapplytoyourresearch,Iencourageyoutotakethefollowingsteps:

1. incorporatedatamanagementbestpracticesintoyourresearch2. developdatamanagementplanstoguideyouthroughouttheentire

lifecycleofaresearchprojectandbeyond3. followtherequirementsofyourfundingagencypoliciesand

disciplinarystandards4. acknowledgeandcitedatasetsthatcontributetoyourresearch

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Ifyouwanttotakeastance…considercreatingapledgeliketheoneErinMcKiernantookwhenshewasanearlycareerresearchandapostdoc.

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Ifmorepeopletakepledgelikehers,wemay seefewersituationslikeReuben.

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Sourcesandlinksabove,..Mydata;-)

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