1. Protein Sequences in a Major Scientific Database
2009
~ 10 Million

2. Protein Sequences in a Major Scientific Database

3. Illinois Research Data Service
Heidi Imker, PhD
Director, Research Data Service
Associate Professor, University Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

4. Illinois Research Data Service (RDS)
OVCR
Provost
Tech Services
 Provide the Illinois research community with the
expertise, tools, and infrastructure
necessary to manage and steward research data.
Research Data Service
(RDS)
iSchool
NCSA
University Library

5. Who is the RDS? Four Full-Time Staff 1 Director (Heidi Imker)
2 Data Curators (Elise Dunham and Elizabeth Wickes)
1 Repository Developer (Colleen Fallaw)
Part Time/Voluntary
Postdoc (with iSchool)
User Experience Specialist (from Tech Services)
Graduate Students
Lots of interaction within the Library and elsewhere

6. Where is the interest in data coming from?

7. Funders
Researchers
Publishers

8. Scientific Data
digital recorded factual material commonly accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings including data sets used to support scholarly publications
but does not include ...
lab notebooks, preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific papers, plans for future research, peer review reports, communications with colleagues, or physical objects, such as lab specimens

9. Humanities Data
materials generated or collected during the course of conducting research including citations, software code, algorithms, digital tools, documentation, databases, geospatial coordinates, reports, articles.
but does not include…
preliminary analyses, paper drafts, plans for future research, peer- review assessments, communications with colleagues, materials that must remain confidential until published, Information if release results in an invasion of personal privacy

10. Funders

11. OSTP Memo on Public Access
“requiring researchers to better account for and manage the digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research”  
Data management plans will be come compulsory
Providing public access to data will become more routine

13. Publishers

15. Example Publisher Data Polices
Science
“After publication, all data and materials necessary to understand, assess, and extend the conclusions of the manuscript must be available to any reader of Science.”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)
“As a publisher, PNAS must be able to archive the data essential to a published article. Where such archiving is not possible, deposition of data in public databases… only links to websites that are permanent public repositories, such as self-perpetuating online resources funded by government, academia, and industry, are permitted. Links to an author's personal webpage are not acceptable.”
Genome Research
“Genome Research will not publish manuscripts where data used and/or reported in the paper is not freely available in either a public database or on the Genome Research website. There are no exceptions.” 

16. Researchers

17. (Public) Post Publication Review
Dedicated Sites
F1000Prime
PubMed Commons
ScienceOpen
PubPeer
Publons
The Winnower
Retraction Watch
Personal Blogs
Twitter

18. Post Publication Review
The Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Phytophthora infestans Translocates the CRN8 Kinase into Host Plant Cells
van Damme et al
PLoS Pathogens  2012
Posted on PubPeer

19. Data Management Practices
complete records
find
understand
back-up
migrate

20. Data Management Reality
I’ve lost two patent claims because we didn’t have complete records in lab notebooks.
I panic every time I try to find my students’ data.
I know I won’t be able to publish anything after my grad student leave because it’s too hard to understand what he/she did.
We don’t have the assay results with substrate X, because my student didn’t back-up their computer. And we’re out of substrate X.
The only reason I was able to do the analysis was because on a whim I decided to migrate some of my data off of floppy disks to CDs back in the 90s. I wish I had done all of it.

21. Research Data Service’s role?
So what is the
Research Data Service’s role?

22. Data Management Consultation
Walk through the research project and data management planning process
Help determine what data can or cannot be made accessible
Help determine what data can reasonably be preserved
Identify resources available on campus
Identify resources available elsewhere

23. Data Management Plan Review
Use or
We’ll request:
link to the application instructions
proposal abstract (confidential!)
deadline that the application needs to be OSP
We provide:
review in 1-2 business days
guidance including suggested resources, revisions, or language
We don’t provide:
a DMP written wholesale
funding guarantees

24. Data Management Workshops
Three-part series at Main Library
Introduction to Data Management
Data and Process Documentation and Organization
Data Publication and Sharing: Why, What, and How
Single session on-the-road
“Smart and Simple Data Management”
Generally minutes
Love to tailor for specific groups and disciplines

25. Data Sharing and Storage
Illinois Data Bank
Quickly and easily upload dataset of any type and format
Publically available with a persistent link and identifier (no link rot!)
Managed and maintained by the University Library (3 copies!)
Active Data Storage
Private, scalable storage from a few TB to over a PB
$8 / TB / Month
managed and stored by NCSA

26. Opportunities in your area?
Every single grad student at Illinois to attend a “Smart and Simple Data Management” workshop.
Every researcher writing a grant know that we can help improve their Data Management Plan.
No research data being posted to websites that are not intended for to provide long-term, stable access and preservation.

27. What can we do for you?
We have variety of blurbs and text about the RDS and the Illinois Data Bank on hand for newsletters.
We have collateral and swag.
We can engage with you on Twitter.
We can give a workshop or seminar ranging from 5 minutes to 2 hours with essentially no notice needed.
We are charming lunch and dinner guests.

28. Contacts walk: 310-312 Main Library
click:
call: (217)
tweet: @ILresearchdata