Transcript Community Capability Model – exploring the institutional case (a work in progress….) Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK Associate Director, UK.

Community Capability Model –
exploring the institutional case
(a work in progress….)
Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK
Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre
IDCC11: Workshop 3: Community Capability Model Workshop,
Bristol, 5 December 2011
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Digging deeper : HE institutions
Data-intensive research: Barriers?
Solutions? Advocacy? Support?
“Two sorts of data-intensive –
generating it and using other
people’s data.”
Q1
“Instrument-driven
research – new mass
spectroscopy
equipment delivered.”
“Automotive engine testing –
logged by tens of hundreds of
sensors for long periods of time.”
“Low levels of data-sharing in science
– data is not shared until it is Q2
published in peer-reviewed journals”
“With synthetic chemists it’s a
cultural thing….sharing happens
at the end of a project”
“If people don’t respect embargoes,
then these don’t help…”
”People want more
guidance at the start of “People make do with
their project – there is a what they can find –
black hole in this area.” this may not be best
practice”
“Researchers can hire cloud time but they
don’t know what to do with it yet.”
“Delivering entry-level training
for postgrads and researchers.”
Q3
“a data policy”…..
“Research360 will
spearhead a lot of
the barriers”
Research360@Bath
• Faculty-Industry
focus
• New institutional
data scientist role
• Addresses
EPSRC
expectations
• Doctoral Training
Centre hubs
• Faculty cascade
model
• Multi-team
approach
http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/research360/
“Implementing PURE as a RIM system for
Bath – aim to make info about our research Q4
more transparent in all its forms. Looking at
how we handle data as an output”
“we need a clear steer
that data-intensive
research has value.”
“needs to build on policy…policy
needs to come from the
institution but also from the
funders ie research councils.”
“The new R360 institutional data
scientist position should help a lot”
“It’s a bottom up thing from PhD
students as part of good research practice”
“there is an argument for the institution to do
more because people listen to the institution…”
How can the
emerging
CCM inform
decisionmaking?
What can the
model
provide?
”the CCM model could
provide a discussion
starter.”
“having some way of
flagging terms in
contracts which
might apply to data”
Q5
“The model should demonstrate long
term investment and maturity.”
“Good arguments are always useful –
articulation of impact and benefits;
risk is also an issue”
“indicators of potential data
requirements in future and ability to
model different scenarios”
“a predictor capability would be useful…with
a slider for different situations…”
“In the CCM it would be helpful to have a list
of what is already data-intensive and what
will become data-intensive over 5 years – by
research group ”
“through-life planning
plus market intelligence
enables you to model.”
“a stronger idea about how their
research will be used in a secondary
manner in future…a better strategic
idea.. Research is often tactical rather
than strategic.”
“The model should be a flow chart
based model….designed at 2 levels
a)high level b)ability to drop down”
“need to deliver the tool and the
environment around the tool with
ongoing support and maintenance”
“it should take you from concept, design,
inception, delivery…”
Next steps
• 2012 Prepare White Paper describing the CCM
Framework for consultation
• Develop case studies (PIs, institutions, funding
agencies) and business cases
• Australia and Washington DC workshops:
(validate) – begin to test the strawman Framework
http://communitymodel.sharepoint.com/