1. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk UKOLN is supported by: Libraries and Team Science Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre ICSTI Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

2. Running order 1.Team Science : doing C21st research 2.Data Informatics Top Ten : (for Libraries) 3.Looking to the Future? http://www.flickr.com/photos/texaseagle/3335901360/sizes/o/

3. Team Science : doing C21st research http://www.flickr.com/photos/good_day/10303261/sizes/l/

4. What do we mean by Team Science? Science as a social activity Tweet Blog Comment Rate Vote Recommend Tag Share Mash Increasingly open Multi-disciplinary Core team skills Trust is key Inter-institutional collaboration – better science (Brian Uzzi, 2008)

5. Simon Coles, Mike Hursthouse, Jeremy Frey, Cameron Neylon, Andrew Milsted, Richard Stephenson, Jamie Robinson, Steven Wilson, Andrew Bailey, Mark Borkum Dave DeRoure, Les Carr, Monica Schraefel, Chris Gutteridge, Tim Myles-Board, Arouna Woukei, Dave Tarrant, Stuart Middleton Liz Lyon, Manjula Patel, Rachel Heery, Monica Duke, Michael Day, Traugott Koch, Pete Cliff Domain (Chemists) Computer science Informatics eCrystals Team

6. Data Informatics Top 10 (for Libraries)…

8. 1. Leadership 2. Policy 3. Planning 4. Audit 6. Repositories & Quality assurance 8. Access & Re-use 10. Community building 9. Training & skills Data Informatics Top 10 5. Engagement 7. Sustainability

9. 1. Leadership Leadership (institution senior managers) –VC : Strategic imperative –PVC / VP research : Data policy development –IT Director : Storage infrastructure provision Co-ordination –Faculty audit co- ordination Awareness & Advocacy –Workshops –Promote best practice –Curation Lifecycle management Delivery –New support services

10. 2. Policy international… National...

11. JISC Digital Preservation Policies Study Neil Beagrie, October 2008 High-level pointers and guidance Outline policy model/framework Mappings to UK institutional strategies Exemplars …and local Dealing with Data : Rec 10

12. 3. Planning Introduction & context Legal, rights & ethical issues Access, data sharing & re-use Data collection / development methods Data standards Short-term data storage & data management Deposit & long-term preservation Resourcing Compliance & review Agreement/ratification by stakeholders Dealing with Data : Rec 9

13. Work in progress…

14. 4. Audit Dealing with Data: Rec 4 Benefits: Prioritisation of resources Capacity development and planning Efficiency savings – move data to more cost-effective storage Manage risks associated with data loss Realise value through improved access & re-use Scale: Departments, institutions

15. Data Audit Framework pilots May-July 2008

16. Some lessons learned…. CeRch had four false starts before finding a willing audit partner Pick your moment ….Timing is key (avoid exams, field trips, Boards…) Plan well in advance! Be prepared to badger senior management Little documentation/knowledge of what exists:a nightmare Defining the scope and granularity is crucial Collect as much information as possible in interviews/surveys Variable openness of staff and their data

17. Remote support or integrated team science? Passive observation or proactive participation? Models? –Role extension (Faculty / subject / liaison librarians) –Secondments –Joint R&D projects –Immersive disciplinary case studies 5. Engagement

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/30435752@N08/2892112112/ SCARP Case studies Atmospheric data Neuro-imaging Tele-health Architecture Mouse Atlas

19. 6. Repositories

20. Quality Assurance Trust Standards Audit and certification tools TRAC DRAMBORA PLATTER NESTOR Data Seal of Approval Cost models Life2 Neil Beagrie: Keeping Research Data Safe 2

21. 7. Sustainability PREMIS Data Dictionary OAIS Representation Information Registry/Repository RRORI

22. 8. Access & Re-use Community Criteria for Interoperability (Scaling Up Report 2008) Domain data format standard: CIF Domain data validation standard: CheckCIF Metadata schema: eCrystals Application Profile http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/schemas/ Crystallography Data Commons: TIDCC Data Model in development Domain identifier: International Chemical Identifier Citation & linking: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk/145 Embargo & Rights http://ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk/rights.html

23. 9. Training & Skills DC 101 + DC 101 Lite courses Lectures + hands-on Audience: researchers, information professionals Based on Curation Lifecycle Model + research project scenario Online version in prep. excellent : probably the best course I have been on since starting my role as an Informatics Liaison Officer Dealing with Data : Rec 33

24. 10. Community-building Bring diverse groups together: data centre and IR managers, librarians, funders, policy makers, researchers –Facilitate co-operation –Exchange experience and best practice Research Data Management Forum http://www.dcc.ac.uk/data-forum/ –1) Roles & Responsibilities –2) Value & Benefits International Digital Curation Conference Dealing with Data : Rec 5

25. Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity & Diversity http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3266530240&size=large

26. Looking to the Future? http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyber_chof/1246303241/sizes/m/

27. The role of the Library in data-intensive research is important and a strategic repositioning of the Library with respect to research support is now appropriate. there are…not enough specialised data librarians yet Recommendation: The research library community in the UK should work with universities and research institutes to define properly and to formalise the role of data librarians, and to develop a curriculum that ensures a suitable supply of librarians skilled in data handling. Dealing with Data : Rec 34 Only 5 in UK - accidental?? Cilip Update June 2008

28. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk IJDC 2009 (in press) Increase capacity & capability Embed skills in LIS curriculum Develop career paths, incentivise

29. Take homes 1.Library is in data informatics team 2.Human curation infrastructure.... 3.Increase capacity & capability NOW http://english.china.com/zh_cn/Olympic/other/11068324/2008 0819/images/15037801_2008081911114295214300.jpg

30. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk Slides will be available at : http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html http://www.dcc.ac.uk/