Web 2.0: A little less conversation, a little more action please IASSIST 2014 6W: Research Environments Time: Friday June 6 2014 9:00-10:20 Location: TRS 1-109 Chair: James Doiron Stream: Research Data Management Margaret Ward Jack Kneeshaw

What do we mean by conversation? Archive Archive

Why do we need more action? UK Data Service commitment to funders Feedback from user consultation Innovation fund projects, e.g. DataRelator Support our enthusiastic users To enable promotion of self/resources Provide mechanism for User-to-User help To encourage interaction Harness external expertise/crowdsourcing

User portfolio project - initial ideas Aim to create an interactive community with scope for user customisation A public-facing web ‘answers forum’ where ‘communities of practice’ can assist each other, permitting more targeted and less labour intensive levels of user support Experiment with the concept of the ‘documentation drop box’ where specialist users can augment documentation which can be re-published Create a public profile, incorporating other IDs (e.g., LinkedIn, ORCID) cont..

User portfolio project - initial ideas 2 Make current and past research projects more visible Upload and share syntax/code Comment, tag and add content on blogs, resources, records Provide advice to other users Store and share links to searches, resources etc. Include ideas from Innovation projects

What will success look like? User-generated content will be visible across the website – sharing information will seem normal Critical mass of Contributors: Engaging and Sharing, helping/advising/tagging/even disagreeing Contributors will surprise us – in a good way!

Where are we with the project?

Requirements: Phase 1 / Phase 2 Forum Documentation drop box Public profile Promote projects Share syntax Comment/tag Advise others Store/share links A balance of what is achievable quickly, is high priority and doesn’t clash with other developments

Public profile Personal details Mr John Smith University of Essex Professional activity University web page ORCiD Academia.edu LinkedIn Twitter slideshare weebly Blogger My case studies Case study title My syntax Syntax description

Adding syntax to catalogue records Syntax/Code SYNTAX/CODE Contribute your syntax/code Report an error Disclaimer smith_jfr_article.sps | SPSS | Code used to create variables and run analyses for my article in the Journal of Fictitious Research | John Smith, University of Essex equivalisedincome.do | Stata | Syntax to calculate household equivalised income variable for BSA 12 | Janet Brown, University of Manchester

Why sharing syntax is high priority Allows users to add their own content to resources and enlarge/enrich the Service’s set of resources A specific advantage is the novel facility to add one’s own syntax to the data used in a publication (cf. Picketty/Financial Times) Publication <> Data+Syntax

Timetable Phase 1: Requirements > Tech spec > Beta Q4 2014 Innovation Fund developments: Pilot work > Competition > Potential development in Q4 2014 Phase 2: 2015