1. Collaborating to Manage Research Data
Zheng (John) Wang
Rick Johnson
Hesburgh Libraries
University of Notre Dame
This session provides Notre Dame¹s experience as a case study to
provision research data curation and access services. Managing research
outputs becomes a tall order of many universities, given their determined
agenda to pursue research excellence. In a world of increasingly
data-intensive research, data is rising as a critical component of
scholarly communication, often mandated by granting agencies. Data
curation, preservation, and access are paramount to university academic
mission, and academic and research libraries are some of the few entities
of the universities that carry such functions; however, library enduring
commitments in print and current operations, and complex campus
organizations often hinder libraries¹ ability to quickly respond to the
data needs of the academy. Notre Dame¹s investment in research was
recently reinforced by the university¹s approval of the expansion of ten
disciplines, such as computational data, adult stem cell research, and
nuclear physics. There is much needed support for research data on campus.
The Hesburgh Libraries has been building an institutional digital
repository since winter To respond to the trending needs, the
Libraries switched gears to a user-centered and agile approach to develop
data curation and access services since June Our goal remains to
accept all scholarly outputs (text, images, video and audio), but with an
imminent emphasis on research support. Our strategy is to grow our data
curation services and our user base simultaneously, and to build success
stories to drive adoptions along the way. Early adopters were identified
with the help of our subject librarians, and they determined the most
critical baseline features for the Libraries to develop. We also leveraged
Hydra open source solutions and collaborated with Northwestern University,
Indiana University, and the University of Virginia to create a new
community shared Institutional Repository (IR) system. We have worked with
our early adopters to pilot features since summer. We plan to launch an
early access release by November 2013 and a full rollout by April We
will share our development philosophy to overcome resource shortages to
meet high demands on research support, our strategy to reach and develop
our user base and roadmap, our insights on faculty¹s needs on research
support, and our methodology to leverage and contribute to open source
tools. A quick demo of our curation tool will be provided at the end of
the session.
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2. Notre Dame Research Profile - Research & Sponsored Programs Revenue
FY09: $120.9 million
FY14: $189.7 million
$68.8 million (56.9%) increase
9.4% annual growth rate
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3. Data Growth Potential - Investment in Research
FY09: $88.9 million
FY14: $161.9 million
$73 million increase (82.1%)
12.7% annual growth rate
Advancing Our Vision
$13 million recurring investment
10 Disciplines (i.e. computational data, adult stem cell, nuclear physics)
80 new faculty
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4. Nature of Research Data
Often requires enormous storage (volume, accumulative)
Often exists in diverse formats
Increasingly owned by faculty across institutions
Requires intensive resources and new expertise
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5. Related Materials: Any Format
Statistical Data
Article
ETD
Image Data
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6. Library Context - Institutional Digital Repository
Part of Hydra community
Vertical Successes
High demand due to the Open Data Mandate and Public Access Policies
Storage allocation internal to library needs
Digital Initiative Program staffing level
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7. User-Centric Personas
Faculty
Grad Students
Librarians
Curators
Targeted Early Adopters
Core Features
Engineering
Science
Arts & Humanities
Every discipline, project, and researcher different
Ramp up direct engagement with researchers earlier in the process (even before any tools may exist)
Determine Core Features Important to researchers
Targeted Early Adopters
Core Features
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8. Design Strategy
Design for everyone, but optimize for intermediate (Alan cooper)
Critical needs
What are the core? Other advanced services?
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9. Partnerships are Key Increasing complexity demands support of experts
Funding Agency Requirements
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Metadata and Data Structuring
Data sharing and Preservation
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10. How Do We Connect with Researchers?
Top Down
Office of Research
Colleges and Departments
Researchers
Pre/Post Award Grant Consultants
Collaborators
Subject Liaisons
Colleagues
Grass Roots
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11. Priorities First Phase
Wide format support, with mixed collections
Focus on Preservation and Curation
Get Users Engaged Early
Release Early; Release Often
Faculty proxy
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12. Grow Together User Base Features
Grow services and user base simultaneously
[Insert chart showing increase in users plotted against increase in features and complexity]
[show a tree with early adopters and roots at the bottom from various disciplines…build the trunk, start to add branches
Features
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13. Layered Continuous Improvement
Advanced Discovery, Harvesting, Curation, Analysis, Computation
Feedback determines Investment in most impactful advanced services
Enhanced Management, Presentation, Publishing, Collaboration
Continous Feedback from Growing User Base
Core Features: Wide Format Support, Preservation, Sharing
Users validate and shape direction of services to best fit THEIR needs. Invest in features and services that matter the most
Early User Feedback
Identify Target Users and Most Common Needs
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14. Release Early; Release Often
Early Access Release
Nov 2013
Point Release One
Every 3-4 sprints (6-8 weeks)
Point Release Two …
Next Major Release
Larger releases broken into smaller point releases to deliver fixes and enhancements quickly based on feedback
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15. Sustain through Community
Center for Research Computing
Hesburgh Libraries
Office of Research
OIT
Collaborate with campus partners
Outreach and partner with critical campus communities
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16. Sustain through Community
Shared IR Project
Complete Multi-Institutional Collaboration from top to bottom within the Hydra Community
Shared Roadmapping and Governance
Community and Local Roles
Rotate Resources
DATA CURATION EXPERTS
We have aligned with several partners, but how do you sustain and synchronize priorities? The result is a top to bottom collaboration within each organization with shared roadmapping, governance, implementation, and maintenance by multiple institutions …
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17. Community Development & Adoption
Curate
Notre Dame CurateND
Duke
DCE
LSE?
Penn State
Indiana
Northwestern
Va Tech
Cincinnati
Uva Libra2.0
Circles in Red are those that have already contributing , Orange circles are those coming on shortly, and green circles are those that have expressed interest.
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18. Mixed Architecture
Many Formats; Many Contributors
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19. Future Priorities By April
Improved Organization and Managed Collection Support
Submission, Review, and Publish Workflows
Integration with ORCiD
Bulk Ingest Support
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20. Future Priorities April and beyond
Enhanced Publishing Layer to Digital Exhibits, Online Journals
Tuned and Optimized for large datasets
Integration with SHARE
Pluggable support for solution bundles
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21. Future long term view
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22. Quick Demo
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23. FAQ Zheng (John) Wang, zheng.wang@nd.edu
Rick Johnson,
Hydra Shared IR Project Wiki:
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