1. Preservation Arrives at the Research Lab: Diving into Data Management
David B. Lowe
Data Management Services Librarian
University of Connecticut Libraries
ALA/ALCTS/PARS Digital Preservation Interest Group

2. Institutional case study To-do list for campus discussions
Problem statement
Brief history of [digital] research data management (RDM)
Rationale for preservation-related staff
Institutional case study
To-do list for campus discussions
Tools & other resources

3. Problem: Campus RDM Brief history:
1989: WWW invented by Tim
1993: WWW to Public Domain
: NIH OA publishing in PMC requirement
2009: 4th Paradigm (describe, generalize, simulate, unify)
: NSF Data Management Plan requirement
2013: OSTP expands OA requirement to all federally funded projects
: Publishers’ CHORUS and ARL’s SHARE

4. RDM Staffing: Why Library Preservation as a Source?
Been there:
Years of experience (on the heels of Berners-Lee)
Familiarity with scale (microfilming, mass digitization)
Handling mixed data types/formats (even weird stuff)
Making mistakes and knowing how to recover (.pcd)
Routing master/access (without ideal solutions in hand)
Job description revamping (to include digital)
Recent success with more adequate tools, standards, best practices (TDR/TRAC)
So, Big Data V’s: volume, variety, velocity, veracity

5. Case Study: UConn 1990’s: Early digital projects 2001: .pcd project
: JPEG 2000 project
2005: [Digital] Preservation Librarian hired
2006: Institutional Repository (IR) [1st phase]
: Internet Archive mass digitization
2010- : RDM Workshops & 1:1 Consultations
2014- : Islandora Repository

7. RDM To-Do List
If not involved, find out if your preservation experience might be needed, tuning in to
Subject specialists
Grants office staff
Central IT
To help at point of need, compile local resources list for
Active data
Static data
Based on resources’ restrictions, chart decisions

9. Active Data Working Space Decisions (see handout versions)
Acronyms:
B2B (from options matrix): Business-to-Business, viz.: UITS to your department
B2C (from options matrix): Business-to-Customer, viz.: UITS to you
DoD: Department of Defense (restricted for national security)
ECM (from options matrix): Enterprise Content Management
EFS (from options matrix): Enterprise File Servers
NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement (restricted by contract with a business entity)
PII: Personally Identifiable Information (restricted by laws for individual privacy)
RNAS: Research Networked Attached Storage

10. A few words about plans…

11. UCSD’s Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI)

12. http://www. slideshare

13. Tools & Resources DMPtool
Grant-section templating for RDM plan
Tailored
To grant opportunity
To institution, authenticating via Shib/InCommon
UMassMed’s New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC)
Presentation Slides
Case Studies
7 Modules

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