Licensed Data Resources and Open Data: a research library perspective SELL meeting, EUI 23 May 2014 Thomas Bourke
Research Data: Social Sciences & Humanities Quantitative data : numerical/statistical data in Economics, Sociology, Political Science and History/Humanities Qualitative data : case studies, text coding/ analysis, interviews, images, maps and audio- visual materials
EUI Research Data Survey, November 2013: What kinds of data do you use?
What kind of data does your research project generate?
Traditional Library rôles Acquisition of paper and discs Classification and cataloguing Providing access: paper, free-standing disc / network Paper, CD-rom and reel preservation
Library Data Portal
Research cycle: Library rôles
D Research Data Cycle Generated data Surveys Licensed data (Library) Open data Data elaboration & sub-setting Research data outputs
Licensing / IP / Copyright Assistance and 'brokering' Research team ↔ Library ↔ Data © owner
Library Support Discovery (Data Portal): Both restricted & open data Metadata as a ‘checklist’ for data use and re-use Ontology (eg. ‘tree’ for multi-level datasets) Assistance with Data Management Plans (DMPs) Assistance with deposit and preservation
Where should research data be stored and made accessible? – Registry of research data repositories: re3data.orgre3data.org – Subject repositories: Gesis DatoriumGesis Datorium – International: ZenodoZenodo – Institutional data repositories – Journal archives: Political Analysis, PloSPolitical AnalysisPloS – Funding agencies’ repositories
EC Report: October 2013 Assist
Licensed Data Resources and Open Data: a research library perspective SELL meeting, EUI 23 May 2014 Thomas Bourke