Learning Hands-on and by Trial & Error with Data Curation Profiles

D. Scott Brandtassoc dean for research

Framing the digital curation curriculumInternational Conference

Florence, Italy / 6 - 7 May 2013

Who’s willing to share what with whom? 2007: interviews with 20 data

producing researchers found they has similar questions/concerns about their data— this resulted in the development of the Data Curation Profile, and became the basis for the subsequent Toolkit.

http://datacurationprofiles.org

*D. Scott Brandt. Provost Fellowship, Final Report 2009 (unpublished)

“small science” – single PI in a fairly small lab setting Such researchers self report: no specific person for data management/curation; data is likely saved to hard drives in the lab and backed up on CDs, usually by the students. While students have received “research integrity” training (which focuses on making data available upon request by funder, publisher, or FOIA, etc.) it is not likely that anyone could retrieve usable data easily or quickly.*

Single PI/Small lab scenarios

Hands on Trail & Error

Researcharticle

DCPinterview

DataCurationProfile

Researchdata

repository

DCP

Initial goal: create DCP, toolkit, workshops on how to use, resource of Profiles

Toolkit DIY instructions

Tutorial learning objectives

Workshop lesson planUnderstanding data curation/managementin academic setting

Can the Curriculum Framework help assess ‘curriculum’ going forward?

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Outcome of 12 DCP Toolkit Workshops

Knowledge and principles Skills and competences Audience/profile types Part of digital curation lifecycle Teaching methods/training deliveryProfessional context

DIYDCP

DCP workshop

DCP tutorial

Curriculum Framework and DCP…

other?

1. Knowledge: data curation, the DCP as instrument, research project, data lifecycle…

2. Skills and competences: depends on context 3. Audience/profile types: multiple perspectives4. Part of digital curation lifecycle: curation?

research? data? scholarly communication?5. Teaching methods/training delivery: lecture,

reading, modeling, scenarios, video, exercises, problem solving, reflection and peer review

6. Professional context: which perspective

Framework, Profiles and Preservation…

Researcher DataRepository

3.2 Data kinds3.3 Target data

2.Descriptionof data

5. Organization and Description

6. Ingest/Transfer

4.4 Attribution

8. Discovery

10. Interoperability

7. Sharing & Access

13. Preservation

12. Data Mgmt

understanding negotiation

4. IntellectualProperty

Digital --- Curation --- Preservation

Tell me where is curation bred, in the heart or in the head?

To best use Framework for Data Curation Profile training, I need to more clearly identify

• what is curricular, what is extra-curricular…• what is requisite and prerequisite• if multiple perspectives can be represented• how much about digital curation a librarian

needs to interview a researcher about her/his research data and workflow and sharing

DCP Directory launched January 2013 30 published Profiles

as of February Purdue Libraries Publishing Services provides platform and sustainability

Profiles are citable publications w/ DOIs

Editorially revieweddocs.lib.purdue.edu/dcp/

One of those times where, even if your parents don’t understand what you do,

they can at least say, “well you must half way know what you’re doing…”

Michael Witt, Jake Carlson, D. Scott Brandt

D. Scott Brandt techman@purdue.edu

Framing the digital curation curriculumInternational Conference

Florence, Italy / 6 - 7 May 2013

grazie mille