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RoaDMaP
LEEDS RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT PILOT
Research data Management
Workshop
Welcome!
Why are we here?
Objectives:
• Attendees will be better equipped to advise grant applicants
on data management planning and costs
• Attendees will have had the opportunity to feed into the
requirements for a research data service
• (code for “we want to pick your brains”)
Who are you?
One thing you want to get out of today?
RoaDMaP
LEEDS RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT PILOT
What do I need to know about
research data management? The
return!
http://library.leeds.ac.uk/roadmap-project
[email protected]
Rachel Proudfoot, RoaDMaP Project Manager
What we covered..
1. What are data
2. Introduction to research data management
3. Why researchers would / wouldn’t share data
•
drivers
•
benefits
Feedback..
4. Developments at Leeds
5. Data Management Planning
•
roles
•
Referrals
http://tinyurl.com/a49hyd5
Questions
are good..
What is research data?
All manner of things that
researchers produce in the
course of their work
Leeds Research Data Survey
2012
Top 10 research data formats
Format
Number
Documents (e.g. text, Microsoft Word, PDF), spreadsheets:
164
Statistical data sets (e.g. SPSS, Stata, SAS):
82
Books, Manuscripts (including musical scores):
74
Laboratory notebooks, field notebooks, diaries:
72
Questionnaires:
68
Photographs / other images:
68
Interviews (including transcripts):
67
Laboratory instrument data (e.g. from microscopes, chemical
analysers, monitors etc.):
58
Computer software (e.g modeling / simulation, schemas):
57
Models, algorithms, scripts:
49
How do you decide if
something is data?
EPSRC
“Research data is defined as recorded factual material commonly
retained by and accepted in the scientific community as necessary to
validate research findings; although the majority of such data is
created in digital format, all research data is included irrespective of
the format in which it is created.”
Australian National Data Service: What is research data?
“..ask the question ‘what needs to be kept to validate the results of
research?’ This may provide a different response, and allows the
researcher, rather than the institution, to focus what needs to be kept.”
“..what is needed for validation and re-use, rather than on the intrinsic
attributes of research data” ... (metadata and documentation)
What is research data
management
CREATING
DATA
RE-USING
DATA
PROCESSING
DATA
UKDA
GIVING
ACCESS TO
DATA
ANALYSING
DATA
PRESERVING
DATA
“the active management
and appraisal of data
over the lifecycle of
scholarly and scientific
interest”
Data management is
part of good research
practice
What is involved in research data
management?
- Data Management Planning (DMPs)
- Creating data
- Documenting data
- Storing data
- Sharing data
- Preserving data
- Recognising your own ‘data’
Why?
• Society
• Government
• Research Funders
• University
• Individual
Why?
• Society
• Government
• Research Funders
• University
• Individual
• research is a public good
• should be made openly available
with as few restrictions as possible
• social and economic benefits
Why?
• Society
• Government
• Research Funders
Common principles on data policy
•
•
• University
• Individual
•
•
•
public good
institutional and project specific data
management policies and plans
metadata
legal, ethical and commercial constraints
It is appropriate to use public funds to
support the management and sharing of
publicly-funded research data
Why?
• Society
• Government
• Research Funders
Research Data Management Policy
(July 2012)
The management of Research Data
reflects our:
• commitment to research excellence
• recognition of our duty to our funders
• appreciation of the value of our data
- to us and to others
• University
• Individual
Research Data Steering Group (2011)
Chair: PVC for R&I Innovation, Prof David Hogg
Research Data Working Group
Chair: Pro Dean for Research, PVAC, Prof Mick Wallis
Why?
• Society
• Government
• Research Funders
• University
• Individual
(Piwowar, 2007, PLoS)
Sharing leads to impact
Data sharing builds communities
- Stronger networks
- More collaboration
- Better science
Only way to tackle ‘grand
challenges’
So others can validate the results
Desire for the ‘data behind the graph’
to promote research integrity and scrutiny
Why can’t data be shared?
Because of ethical concerns
Ensure researchers have anonymised data and
considered all relevant options e.g. to use secure
data services to restrict how data can be
accessed/reused.
Most research data can be successfully shared
under certain conditions, if consent has been
provided.
UK Data Archive offers great advice and guidance on dealing with sensitive data.
http://data-archive.ac.uk/create-manage/consent-ethics
To keep a competitive advantage
Researchers fear being ‘scooped’ and want to
make sure that they make the discoveries from
their data
Funders allow embargo periods to give
researchers time to publish before sharing data
Due to commercial constraints
Because it’s not worth it
• Sharing data costs money and requires effort
• If data are of a poor quality, are not well-documented, or aren’t useful
/understandable to others, it may not be worth sharing
• Weigh up the cost and benefits
RoaDMaP / Leeds
• RDM Policy (handout)
• RoaDMaP- JISC project
(Jan 2012 – June 2013)
• Requirements analysis
• Support and training
• Storage (a bit)
• Data repository
• Data management planning
• Embedding and
sustainability
Questions so far?
Next... Data management
planning
KRISTAL / DMP / RDRA
Risk Review Dashboard http://ris.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/452/risk_review_
dashboard - PI to complete tab
KRISTAL tick box – links to page on DMP with options /
guidance
Q. RDRA - how does this work at the moment? Lessons
learnt?
NB We want to reach researchers who aren’t applying for a
grant.
Potential model
ESSL
Support for DMPs provided by Tim Banks, Faculty IT Manager
• 2-3 hours for first one
• 1 hour average
DMP created in DMPOnline, shared with PI. Filled in
collaboratively.
Model:
Faculty Research Office creates plan? (Project Title)
Shares with IT staff, PI?
https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/
Group discussion
1. Read DMP – tick if activity, tick if likely to need costing over
and above institutional infrastructure