RESEARCH DATA IN UQ ESPACE

ANDS WORKSHOP MANAGING RESEARCH DATA IN

REPOSITORIES

CASE STUDY:THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND LIBRARY

Andrew Heath

Scholarly Communication & Digitisation Services

The University of Queensland Library

WHAT WE HAVE DONE …

• RDM Guide• DMP Online tool • eSpace data collections repository• Training for Researchers and Librarians

RDM GUIDE

• Basic RDM concepts and theories• Useful links for more information• One-stop-shop for UQ specific RDM

requirements and how to guide

DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN ONLINE• UQ login• Two templates• Simple help/hints• Share with UQ collaborators• Copies saved on the university server• Printable and exportable

Create an account, sign in, start a new plan or go to an existing one to edit.

Put in the project information and select a template to start creating a plan

You can share your plan with any UQ people, you can also export or make a similar plan by Duplicating the current one.

UQ eSPACE DATA COLLECTIONS• ANDS standard metadata schema• Can upload datasets up to 10 GB• Link to related publications• Create DOIs• Records harvested to RDA and to DCI

TRAININGFor Researchers• Concepts and benefits• Funding requirements, journal requirements• Tools and “how to”, support and services

For Librarians• Concepts and roles• Funding requirements and UQ policies• Tools to support your researchers

WHAT’S NEXT?Publication driven data sharing investigations with UQ Research Computing Centre:

• surveying data sharing policies of top journals• investigating how can we support this activity• deposit and secure access as part of submission and

peer review process• ongoing access for access and integrity

UQ eSpace redevelopment – end to end solution that integrates DMP, grant applications and Grant IDs, ethical clearances, brokerage service for storage, working data registry and data collection for preservation discovery and access + integration of ORCID and contact info.