Presentations from the LIBER 2013 workshop on Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures: : 'New Horizons for Open Access Policies in Europe' and 'Ten Recommendations on Research Data Management - What's Next?'

1. Policies and InfrastructureTen Recommendations on Research Data Management - What's Next?
Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures Steering Group
Wolfram Horstmann
Associate Director, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
e-mail: wolfram.horstmann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

2. Today
 Two examples – one medium, one large scale
 Commonalities and differences
 Reflections

3. Bielefeld: central RDM activities
 Research Data Policy: “Principles”
 Fully library led
 IT Services provide servers and storage
 Coordination post funded by the University
 Focus group with leading academics
 Colloquium Knowledge Infrastructure

5. Bielefeld: centrally supported RDM activities
 Data-Service Centre “Business and Organisational Data”
 Infrastructure for Collaborative Research Project (50PIs,
12 Years) “From Heterogeneity to Inequality”
 Excellence Cluster “Cognitive Interaction Robotics”
(100PIs, 10 years)
 Services: metadata, DOIs, storage, VMs, software,
calendars, websites…
 Storage and housing in IT Services

9. Bielefeld: local RDM activities
 The majority!
 Desktops, departmental servers, Drop-Box etc.
 Several larger specific RDM activities
 Computer Science
 Biotechnology/Nanotechnology
 Spectroscopic Services (multi-department)
 Physics
 …

10. Oxford: central RDM activities
 RDM Policy
 RDM working group
 Multi-agency approach with Research Services, IT
Services, Library, eResearch and Divisions
 Externally funded projects for development (e.g. JISC)
 Research Services Website
 Research Data Planning Tool
 DataBank
 DataStage
 DataFinder etc.

15. Oxford: centrally supported RDM activities
 Training in Doctoral Training Centres
 Storage and housing in IT Services
 Generic, on demand services, e.g. DOIs, preservation in
the libraries
 Digital Humanities specialization in the libraries
 (…Rollout yet to come)

16. Oxford: local RDM activities
 The majority!
 Desktops, departmental servers, Drop-Box etc.
 Several (really large) specific RDM activities
 Medical Sciences
 Supercomputing
 Physics
 …

17. Commonalities
 Mix of central, centrally supported and local stuff
 Start with a policy
 Collaboration of the library, IT and research services

18. Differences
 Bielefeld with vertical rollout
 Funding through subject specific research
 University supports coordination post
 Seeks to connect generic aspects of subject-specific services
 Oxford with horizontal rollout
 Funding for generic tools
 University develops RDM business models
 Seeks to adapt to subject specificity during roll out of generic
services

19. Rollout model
Vertical
Humanities
Social
Sciences
Science &
Technology Medicine
Subject
specific
services
Generic
Services
Horizontal
Humanities
Social
Sciences
Science &
Technology
Medicine
Generic
Services
Subject
specific
services

20. Reflections on the LIBER recommendations
 4. Actively participate in institutional research data policy
development, including resource plans. Encourage and
adopt open data policies where appropriate in the
research data life cycle.
 Contact University administration with concrete proposals
 Build partnerships with individuals in administration
 Make your numbers – there is nothing more effective than having
a price tag and benchmarking with competitors

21. Reflections on the LIBER recommendations
 9. Get involved in subject specific data management
practice.
 Liaise with researchers for common projects (as service partner)
 Provide a PI role through the libraries
 Identify library champions and encourage them to speak with
researchers

22. Reflections on the LIBER recommendations
 10. Offer or mediate secure storage for dynamic and
static research data in co-operation with institutional IT
units and/or seek exploitation of appropriate cloud
services.
 Work with IT Services, on the basis of a requirement spec.
 Prepare very simple explanations for storage, preservation and
publication
 And, again, numbers…

23. Take home message
 RDM works (only) in partnership
 Locally
 with researchers, research services, IT services
 Nationally and internationally
 with subject specific data services, funders, organisations such as
LIBER