Presentació a càrrec de Clara Llebot, tècnica de curació de dades, al 18è congrés International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC). En són coautors la Mireia Alcalá, tècnica de recursos d'informació, i en Lluís Anglada, assessor de ciència oberta del CSUC.

1. In sharing we trust. Taking
advantage of a diverse consortium
to build a transparent data service in
Catalonia
Clara Llebot, Mireia Alcalá, Lluís Anglada Ferrer
International Digital Curation Conference 2024 - Edinburgh
February 20th, 2024

2. Nice to meet you!
 Data Management
Specialist at Oregon
State University, USA
 On sabbatical at the
Consortium of
University Services of
Catalonia (CSUC)

3. What will I talk about today?
 Context: the consortium,
and research institutions in
Catalonia
 The work of the CSUC and
transparency
1. Data Management Plan
guidance
2. Data repository policies
 How does it compare with
the work at an american
university?
Vicenç Llurba
Photo by ACN

4. Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC)
 Public consortium created in 1991.
 Members:
• Generalitat de Catalunya
• Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
• Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
• Universitat de Girona (UdG)
• Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
• Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
• Universitat de Vic · Central de Catalunya
(UVic-UCC)
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
• Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
 Serves: 13 universities and 40+ research
centers in Catalonia

5. Research data management services
PLANNING
DATA COLLECTION
ANALYSIS AND
PROCESSING
PUBLISHING AND
SHARING
PRESERVATION
DISCOVERY AND
REUSE
Storage
Private cloud
Comp
Data
Management
Planning Tool
Data
repository

6. Creation of Data Management Plan guidance - eiNaDMP
What is eiNa DMP?
Online free tool to help
researchers based on
Roadmap to create,
share, review and export
DMPs.
34 institucions participants
12 universities + 22
research centers
+ 1300 DMPs created
+ 2.100 registered users

7. Creation of Data Management Plan guidance - eiNaDMP

8. Creation of Data Management Plan guidance - eiNaDMP
Guidance
Examples
Universities

9. Creation of Data Management Plan guidance - eiNaDMP
Slow process (~6 months)
High involvement from the CSUC personnel to
convene and facilitate meetings
Creating the guides is also a professional
development activity.
Sense of ownership of the tool.
They all promote the guides among their
researchers.
Consistent quality guidance for all researchers,
regardless of the resources at their institution.

10. CORA.RDR – Research Data Repository
What is CORA.Research Data
Repository?
 Repository for datasets
 For researchers and PhD
students of the catalan
research system
 Discipline agnostic
 Open (only for non-sensitive
data)
 100GB limit for each dataset
Collaborative creation of repository policies and governance documents

11. CORA.RDR – Research Data Repository
Small groups with
membres from
universities +
research centers
Iterative review by
the whole group
Live document

12. CORA.RDR – Research Data Repository. Pros and cons
Sense of ownership and shared governance.
Good representation of the interests of the
researchers because of the involvement of the
research centers.
Disciplinary details
Repository work sustained by self-learning labs
Policies and documentation represent the
reality of the repository.
• E.g. who can deposit?
It may have gaps, if it is a situation that nobody
has encountered yet.

13. Results
 Avoids ad-hoc solutions to problems.
 The development of data management suport is based on values and
priorities
 Community of practitioners that develop expertise together.
• E.g. self-learning labs focused on data curation tolos, techniques and
processes.
 The diversity of expertise and the diversity of institutions in each
committee creates a robust result.

14. Working with or without a Consortium?
 Do I feel supported when I work in the US? Yes!
• Professional associations
• Alliances
• Colleagues (repository librarian, metadata librarian, copyright librarian, etc)
 Do I wish there was a similar consortium? Yes!
• Strategic thinking
• Organization, chairing committees and work groups, mediating, creating
documentation, etc.
• Community of practice
• Ensuring quality

15. Thank you! Questions?