Old  wine  in  new  bo+les  

Sally  Rumsey  Sarah  Barkla  David  Tomkins  

BDLSS  

Mary  Harssch  www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/132558912/    CC  BY-­‐NC-­‐SA  2.0  

Roles  for  librarians  in  insJtuJonal  repositories  and  scholarly  communicaJons  

Scholarly  communicaJons  

Scholarly  communica.on  is  the  process  of  academics,  scholars  and  researchers  sharing  and  publishing  their  research  findings  so  that  they  are  available  to  the  wider  academic  community  (such  

as  university  academics)  and  beyond  

Among  the  many  scholarly  communicaJons  issues  include:  •  author  rights  •  the  peer  review  process  •  the  economics  of  scholarly  resources  •  new  models  of  publishing  (including  open  access  and  insJtuJonal  repositories)    •  rights  and  access  to  federally  funded  research  •  preservaJon  of  intellectual  assets.  

h+ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarly_communicaJon  

h+ps://becker.wustl.edu/services/scholarly/whaJs.html  

•  DisseminaJng  research  findings  and  outputs  at  Oxford  via  ORA  

•  Research  funders  funding  OA  and  data  inc.  governments  

•  Incorporates  research  informaJon  management  [data  ABOUT  research]  

•  Offices  for  scholarly  communicaJons  •  Jisc  iniJaJve  h+p://scholarlycommunicaJons.jiscinvolve.org/wp/  

Scholarly  communicaJons  iniJaJves  

•  Describing  publicaJons  and  other  outputs  using  common  standards  

•  Keeping  copies  safely/preservaJon  •  Discovery  •  Access  •  Understanding  research  process  •  Liaison  with  researchers  

A  familiar  role  for  librarians  

Old  wine  •  Describe  a  resource  to  create  

a  catalogue  record  

•  Author  authority  files  •  Controlled  vocabularies  

•  Copyright  •  Advising  scholars  about  print  

and  e-­‐resources  •  Journal  impact  factors,  e-­‐

journal  accesses  and  stats  •  DOIs  

New  boCles  •  Describe  a  publicaJon  or  

dataset  to  create  an  online  record  

•  ORCIDs    •  Controlled  vocabularies  inc  IDs  

for  funders  etc  •  Copyright  •  Advising  scholars  about  OA  

and  data  outputs  •  Weblog  stats  and  other  

measures  •  DOIs  

Examples  of  library  areas  of  experJse  

Repositories  then  and  now  

•  2002  –    Geang  going  –  part  of  an  exisJng  role.  Commonly  subject  librarian  

•  2005  –  Repository    managers  •  2010  –  Adding    in  data  •  2012  –  Data    management  managers  and  associated  roles  

Loads  of  jobs   From  Jisc-­‐repositories  mailing  list  Page  one  

As  I  was  wriJng  this  presentaJon…  EPSRC  Data  Manager  Role  at  Bristol  The  SPHERE  project  (irc-­‐sphere.ac.uk)  is  looking  for  a  highly  moJvated  individual  that  will  take  responsibility  for  the  day  to  day  development  of  a  SPHERE  Data  Hub  and  for  the  operaJonal  running  of  the  processing,  storage,  release  and  medium  term  curaJon  of  all  SPHERE  data.  This  will  entail  working  on  new  data  collecJon  exercises  from  their  incepJon  to  ensure  data  collecJon  procedures  are  compaJble  with  the  project’s  data  management  plan,  through  to  making  the  data  available  to  the  scienJfic  community  in  a  Jmely  manner  with  appropriate  documentaJon  and  cataloguing  thereby  ensuring  its  long-­‐term  availability  and  usability.      For  more  informaJon  please  visit:  h+p://Jnyurl.com/oqqmgjs    Research  Data  Service,  University  of  Bristol  Arts  &  Social  Sciences  Library,  Tyndall  Avenue,  Bristol  BS8  1TJ  

Job  opportunity:  Senior  Research  InformaNon  Assistant  An  exciJng  opportunity  has  arisen  to  join  the  University  of  West  London’s  Library  Services  department  as  a  Senior  Research  InformaJon  Assistant  (full-­‐Jme,  fixed  term  for  one  year).      The  postholder  will  play  a  pivotal  role  in  both  the  administraJon  of  the  UWL  Repository  and  Open  Access  promoJon,  as  well  as  the  preparaJon  of  the  University’s  future  REF  submission.    Working  closely  with  the  Research  &  Enterprise  department,  the  postholder  will  ensure  that  accurate  data  is  collected  systemaJcally  and  proacJvely,  especially  in  the  emerging  field  of  research  impact  metrics.      Applicants  will  be  computer  literate,  with  experience  of  working  in  an  HE  environment,  especially  in  a  library  or  research  administraJon  context,  and  have  an  awareness  and  understanding  of  current  scholarly  communicaJon  processes  and  Open  Access.        For  more  informaJon  please  see  h+p://jobs.uwl.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=LIB044  

h+p://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5951/4/JR0034_RDM_report_200315_v5.pdf  

“The  data  equivalent  of  subject  or  liaison  librarians  –  ‘blended  individuals’  who  will  be  data  specialists  –  will    need  appropriate  career  structures  of  their  own.    

What  does  an  RDM  all-­‐rounder  look  like?    Ideally,  they  would  have  skills  in:  •  Policy  development  •  Business  analysis  •  Advocacy  •  Project  management  •  Metadata  cataloguing  •  Data  archiving  and  preservaJon    They  would  also  have  a  good  working  knowledge  of:  •  Data  Management  Planning  advice  and  policies  •  The  insJtuJon’s  procedures,  processes  and  

personnel    •  (and  the  soo  skills  to  get  things  done)  •  Relevant  legal  and  ethical  issues  •  Researcher  workflows  and  pracJce  •  The  IT  environment  

P11  DirecJons  for  Research  Data  Management  in  UK  UniversiJes    h+p://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5951/4/JR0034_RDM_report_200315_v5.pdf  

h+p://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/rdm-­‐librarians  

RDM  for  librarians  online  courses  and  support  

MANTRA:  Do-­‐It-­‐Yourself  Research  Data  Management  Training  Kit  for  Librarians  

Training  for  Data  Management    

EssenJals  4  Data  Support  is  an  introductory  course  for  those  people  who  (want  to)  support  researchers  in  storing,  managing,  archiving  and  sharing  their  research  data.    

The  Bodleian  winery  

My  vintage  

Growth  and  harvesJng  

MaturaJon  and  bo+ling  

MarJn  Smith  (CC  BY  NC)  -­‐  h+ps://creaJvecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐nc/2.0/  

Dave  Price  (CC  BY  NC  ND)  hCps://creaNvecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐nc-­‐nd/2.0/  

The  ORA  winery  and  disJllery  

ORA-­‐Data    

Delivering  a  research  data  archiving  service  for  a  research-­‐intensive  university  

   

 A  research-­‐intensive  university  

 

 Research  data  

 

“That  which  is  collected,  observed,  or  created  in  a  digital  form,  for  purposes  of  analysing  to  produce  original  research  results”  

Edinburgh  DataShare  

 Advantages  of  archiving  research  data  

 

•  SupporJng  evidence  •  CitaJon  •  Digital  Object  IdenJfiers  •  Linking  •  Sharing  •  Archiving  •  PreservaJon  •  Discovery    

 ORA-­‐Data  

 

 What’s  required…  

 •  Back-­‐end  repository  •  Front-­‐end  user  interface  •  Training,  guidance  and  advice  •  Digital  curaJon    •  Nature  of  deposited  data  •  Metadata    •  PreservaJon  •  Cost  •  EvaluaJon  •  Outreach    

 Challenges:  helping  the  depositor  

 

 Challenges:  funders  

 

 Challenges:  funders  

 

 Research  Data  Management  

 

QuesJons  &  discussion  

©  Francis  Rumsey,  2011