University Libraries/ITS Content Stewardship Program Mairéad Martin, Sr. Director, ITS Digital Library Technologies Presentation to FACAC March 1, 2011

Joint strategic initiative in ITS/UL current strategic plans Overarching goal: To provide a cohesive suite of services to provide access, discovery, security, preservation, curation, repository, storage, and archival services for born digital data

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Curation Services Architecture

NSF Data Management Plan Requirements 1.The types of data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project; 2.The standards to be used for data and metadata format and content (where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies); 3.Policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or other rights or requirements 4.Policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives; and 5.Plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of access to them.* * NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG): Chapter II:C:2:j. Special Information and Supplementary Documentation.

Likely service and infrastructure needs Storage services Support for variety of data formats Support for digital preservation Repository services (e.g., ingest, sharing, access, and preservation) Curation tools (e.g., data analysis, visualization) Supporting infrastructure (eg., data center facilities, networking) Security controls (eg., system security, access controls)

Data Curation Working Group Charged by Kevin Morooney and Barbara Dewey Focus on: NSF Data Management Plan Requirements Data curation services One or more demonstration projects First action – survey of existing practices and gaps Mike Furlough (UL) and Mairead Martin (ITS), Co-Chairs; Lisa German (UL); Patricia Hswe (UL); Mike Giarlo (ITS); Jim Leous (ITS); Vijay Agarwala (ITS); David Richardson (Office of Research); Padma Raghavan (Institute for CyberSciences); Peter Hudson (The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences); Tom Richard (Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment)

PSUL Data Management Guide