1. Illinois Research Data Service
Heidi Imker, Phd
Director

2. Illinois Research Data Service (RDS)
Vice Chancellor for Research
Provost
Campus IT
 Provide the Illinois research community with the
expertise, tools, and infrastructure
necessary to manage and steward research data.
Research Data Service
(RDS)
Grad School of Lib and Info Sci
Super-computing Center
University Library

3. Illinois RDS Timeline ARL eScience Institute RDS Proposal
RDS in Campus Strategic Plan
Yr of Data Stewardship
RDS Hiring Initiated
2011
2012
2013
2014

4. Illinois RDS Timeline ARL eScience Institute RDS Proposal
RDS in Campus Strategic Plan
Yr of Data Stewardship
RDS Hiring Initiated
2011
2012
2013
2014
eResearch
Implementation Committee
Data Services Program
Data Management Outreach
eResearch Task Force

5. Illinois Data People & Resources
3 Data Librarians
eResearch Implementation Committee
13 Librarians and Library Staff covering: Archives, Content Access Management, Data Services, Digital Humanities, Engineering, International Studies, Library Tech, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Preservation, State Scientific Surveys
$450,000 US in committed funding for the RDS Program
Hired 1 dedicated RDS Director
Hiring 2 dedicated RDS Research Data Curators
Hiring 1 dedicated RDS Data Repository Developer

6. Current Illinois RDS Emphases
Outreach
Improving local data stewardship has the most universal impact
Infrastructure
Data Deposit for Public Access (Repository)

7. Universities: Diverse By Design
Recent “Illinois Campus Highlights”
of Published Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Psychological Science
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Nature (2)
Journal of Interpersonal Violence

8. Universities: Diverse By Design
RNAseq, gut microbiota, xylanolytic bacteria, hemicellulose, human nutrition, stars, divided attention, dual-task performance, distracted driving, aquarium, avian influenza, captive wildlife, emergency management, outbreak response, zoo, zoonotic disease, bullying, sexual harassment, adolescents, biosynthesis, enzyme mechanisms, X-ray crystallography

9. Universities: Diverse By Design
RNAseq, gut microbiota, xylanolytic bacteria, hemicellulose, human nutrition, stars, divided attention, dual-task performance, distracted driving, aquarium, avian influenza, captive wildlife, emergency management, outbreak response, zoo, zoonotic disease, bullying, sexual harassment, adolescents, biosynthesis, enzyme mechanisms, X-ray crystallography

10. Illinois Numbers 17 150+ 32,294 11,104 2,765 $349 Million ~ 6,500
colleges
150+
programs of study
32,294
undergraduates
11,104
postgraduates
2,765
faculty
$349 Million
total sponsored federal R&D expenditures
ave
~ 6,500
journal articles (Scopus)
2013

11. US National Data Policy
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP):
Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research
Key points:
free public access to research data
data management planning
citation of datasets
private sector collaborations
education and workforce development
assessment of data preservation needs
development of sustainable solutions
“requiring researchers to better account for and manage the digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research”  

12. Data Management Plans Data Management Plans (DMPs) generally cover:
What data is produced
How it will be made accessible to others
How it will be preserved
What access restrictions exist (e.g. personally identifiable)
DMPs are required by many federal funding agencies, including:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (>$500K)
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

13. 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

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

15. 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 I didn’t back-up my 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.

16. Data Management Workshops
@ Main Library but willing to travel!

17. Journal Policy

18. Data “Publication”
Making datasets (in and of themselves) publically accessible.
Journal supplement
Webpage
Dedicated “data” journal (e.g. Scientific Data)
Repository or database
“General” Repository (e.g. Dryad)
Domain-specific Repository (e.g. ICPSR)
Institutional Repository

19. Data Publication at Illinois
IDEALS Institutional Repository
Can accommodate files <2GB, static, flat
Intended long-term preservation
Illinois Data Bank (in planning)
Ability to mint DOIs for datasets (digital object identifiers)
Broader deposit capability
Medium term commitment (5 year) to online (or near-line) access
Build out preservation capabilities based on collection appraisal

20. NSF Biosketch “Products”

21. In Action – Warnow Paper
S. Mirarab, M. S. Bayzid, B. Boussau, T. Warnow,
Science 346, (2014).
Citations as of Feb 12th : 3

22. In Action – Warnow Data Downloads as of Feb 12th: 117
S. Mirarab, M. S. Bayzid, B. Boussau, T. Warnow, IDEALS (2014). 
Downloads as of Feb 12th: 117

23. Minting DOIs Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
A string that specifies a unique object within the DOI system.
doi: /J83X84KP
makes research data more discoverable and accessible
enables reuse and verification
allows the impact of data to be tracked (via citations)
enables the ability to recognize and reward data producers

24. What would it mean for you?
Gain Knowledge:
How data is generated and used (data lifecycle)
How academic research works (funding and rewards lifecycle)
Data formats
Data resources
New Opportunities:
Apply library and information expertise
Interact with faculty and researchers
Preserve previously neglected research content
Make previously neglected research content discoverable and accessible
Libraries and Librarians balancing “traditional” roles with new data-related roles.

25. Library Research Data Network
Geospatial Data
Life Sciences Data
Tools for Data
RDS

26. Example RDS Life Sciences Data
I saw in the Biology Dept. Newsletter than Prof X just published a paper in PNAS.
RDS

27. Example RDS Life Sciences Data
Using Biosharing.org, I found Data Repository A is a good home for that data.
I saw in the Biology Dept. Newsletter than Prof X just published a paper in PNAS.
RDS

28. Example RDS Life Sciences Data assigned to Biosharing.org
familiar with Biosharing.org
reports on Biosharing.org
Life Sciences Data
assigned to Bio Dept. Newsletter
follows (reads) the Bio Dept. Newsletter
reports on the Bio Dept. Newsletter
RDS

29. Challenges: Data Preservation
Bit-level file preservation
Format conversation
Software preservation
Loss of function
Loss of value
Loss of validity

30. Challenges: Data Appraisal
Prioritize effort based on:
Access frequency
Citation frequency
Associated publication citation frequency
Impact/magnitude of study/scholar
Uniqueness
Level of description
Preservability
Current relevance

31. All things are difficult before they are easy.
- Thomas Fuller
17th Century English Historian
and Churchman