Outcomes: UC3 Curation Workshops Patricia Cruse University of California Curation Center California Digital Library

Overview of workshops 2 workshops Fall 2012: north and south 108 participants (mix of staff) Purpose: – introduce library staff to basic data curation concepts, – discuss the challenges and solutions involved in delivering data curation services, – provide information about UC3’s tools and services, and – share campus solutions and approaches to data curation services Internal goal: better understand how to enhance our engagement with the campus libraries around data curation issues

UC libraries e-research workshop 2-day agenda Day 1: level the playing field What libraries can contribute to the data curation conversation Data curation from a research scientists perspective The research lifecycle Supporting the research life cycle: campus stakeholders and libraries Impediments to delivering data curation services Solutions Day 2: Digging in Small group training on: – DMPTool – DataUp – e-scholarship – EZID – Merritt – Web Archiving Service Example from UCLA and UCSD on how they are organized Example how services are being used: ResearchHub, UCB and DataShare, UCSF

the outcome

Breakout session: the challenges “What do you think the challenges are in delivering data curation services on your campus?” 1.Time, expertise, staff resources, training 2.Leadership and priority setting 3.Communication, advocacy, and marketing 4.Getting started

Challenge 1: time, expertise, staff resources, training 1.Not sure what to stop doing so that resources can be devoted to data curation space 2.Staffing issues: not adequate and lack of skills 3.Librarians need new skills. are afraid/intimidated by the subject 4.Librarians are not skilled in this area 5.Lack of funding 6.Staffing and resources in general. it’s a challenge. Need people who are educated and knowledgeable in data curation, IT 7.Time constraints 8.Lack of knowledge/skills for librarians

Challenge 2: leadership and priority setting 1.Need strong Leadership in libraries to develop data curation services 2.Leadership 3.Providing priorities 4.Lack of understanding and awareness about data curation importance 5.Why data curation is important and why librarians should be working on this 6.Developing partnerships outside the library 7.Unclear roles for campus/IT/library 8.Getting buy-in from admin and stakeholders for financial support 9.Organizational confusion: who takes the lead? 10.Poor understanding of value of data curation, both internally (library) and externally (campus)

Challenge 3: communication, advocacy, marketing 1.Communication and outreach 2.Lack of understanding and awareness about data curation importance 3.No effective marketing/outreach. Need better way to communicate existing services, but also articulate a broader vision of role for libraries 4.Communication issues: why data curation is important and why librarians should be working on this 5.Poor understanding of value of data curation, both internally (library) and externally (campus) 6.Lack of demand: convincing faculty they need data curation 7.How to connect with faculty and researchers 8.How to find audiences, partners 9.Relationships with researchers: getting into the pipeline; knowledge of projects - lack of what's going on campus; persuading researchers to use the tools; educating researchers - doing needs assessments

Challenge 4: getting started 1.Consider challenges 1-3 and staff are stuck 2.Is this a priority (again)? 3.Not sure how to start working in this space 4.My 2 cents