Presentation delivered at the 2012 Charleston Conference, both in-person (by Hilary Davis) and via Skype (Barrie Hayes).

1. KEEPING THE MOMENTUM: MOVING
AHEAD WITH RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT
Charleston Conference
November 9, 2012
Hilary Davis & Steve Morris Barrie Hayes
North Carolina State University Libraries UNC Health Sciences Library
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2. SETTING THE SCENE – BEFORE
E-SCIENCE INSTITUTE
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3. INSIGHTS FROM THE E-SCIENCE
INSTITUTE
Researchers need help with:
• Data storage and optimize
web presence
• Data discovery & open data
• Data sharing is critical
• Navigating IRB process
• “Human network” &
awareness of resources
• Barriers: competing
priorities, resources, and
centralizing campus efforts
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4. LESSONS LEARNED FROM
E-SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Take-aways:
• Lots of interviews!
• Non-librarian input
(Research
Administration)
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5. MOTIVATIONS & GOALS
• Doing nothing =
Not an option
• Be proactively
engaged, be ready
to partner
• Make it easier for
researchers
• Advocate for needs
of researchers
across campus
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6. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT
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7. PARTNERSHIPS
• Research Administration
• Campus IT
• Colleges/School
research administration
& IT
• Library partners
• Institutes, Library
Science programs
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8. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT: CAMPUS-WIDE
Big Data Strategic Planning Initiative
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9. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES
Geospatial
and social
science data
services
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10. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES
Visualization
and
collaboration
facilities
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11. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES
Digital repository
services
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12. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES
Data management
planning
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13. UNC DATA MANAGEMENT SESSION
ATTENDANCE
Information Session In class Online TOTAL
Understanding Data Management Plans & Funder Reqs (1/9/10) 30 72 102
UNC Resources: Dataverse & Carolina Digital Repository (11/16/10) 20 29 49
Data Management Plans for the Life Sciences and Dryad (1/31/2011) 17 0 17
Considerations and Strategies for Handling Sensitive Research Data 7 40 47
(3/29/11)
Considerations and Strategies for Handling Sensitive Spatial Data 16 15 31
(5/10/11)
Data Security: Policies and Regulations Impacting Research Data 45 76 121
(3/20/2012)
DMP Tool (4/20/12) No data No data No data
Services and Resources for Research Computing at UNC-Chapel Hill 10 35 45
(10/31/12)
Attendance Totals Across 8 Sessions 145+ 267+ 412+
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14. CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR RESEARCH
DATA SUPPORT: LIBRARY INITIATIVES
Staffing
• Repurposing existing staff and adding expertise
• UNC embedded TraCS librarian
• NCSU copyright, intellectual property, open access,
publishing librarian
• Potential for adding visualization expertise
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15. CHALLENGES
• Rely on campus IT
• Coordination among campus
is evolving
• Institutional incentives
minimal
• Funding?
• Policies for data stewardship,
ownership, responsibilities
• Staff capacity
• Domain-specific data
management & metadata
expertise
• Library repository
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expectations
• Measuring success
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16. IMMEDIATE ACTION AREAS
• Tools
• Data sharing & data
publication
• Re-envision web
resources/guides
• DMP success
• Campus collaborative
• Interviews with stakeholders
• Training, workshops, clinics – Courtesy of automationclinic.com
internal & external
• Carolina Center for Genome
Sciences
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17. LOOKING AHEAD – FIVE YEAR
HORIZON
• Extend e-research support
• Libraries as active connector across
research areas
• Libraries enabling shared e-research
infrastructure
• Dedicated staff – research data &
visualization
• Deepen expertise in scientific
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18. OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION
Collaboration opportunities:
• Seminars/webinars
• Domain expertise
• Policy decision-making
• Data management planning best practices
• Licensing
• Networking for library staff responsible for e-research
support
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19. THANK YOU!
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Hilary Davis Steve Morris Barrie Hayes
hilary_davis@ncsu.edu steven_morris@ncsu.edu bhayes@email.unc.edu
Associate Head, Collection Head, Digital Library Bioinformatics and Translational
Management & Initiatives and Digital Science Librarian
Projects UNC Health Sciences Library
Dir. Research Data Services NCSU Libraries
NCSU Libraries
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20. REFERENCES
• ARL/DLF E-Science Institute: http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute
• DataBib: http://databib.org/
• DataCite: http://datacite.org/
• DMPTool: https://dmp.cdlib.org/
• NCSU Advanced Computing Unit: http://oit.ncsu.edu/unit-ac/ac
• NCSU Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/cdsc
• NCSU Digital Repository: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/repository/
• NCSU Libraries’ Data Management Planning Guide: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/datamanagement/
• NCSU Libraries’ Hunt Library Visualization Technology: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/huntlibrary/faq_all.html#technology
• NCSU Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance: http://research.ncsu.edu/sparcs/proposals/
• ORCID: http://about.orcid.org/
• Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI): http://www.renci.org/
• Research Data Stewardship at UNC report:
http://sils.unc.edu/sites/default/files/general/research/UNC_Research_Data_Stewardship_Report.pdf
• UNC Carolina Center for Genome Sciences: http://genomics.unc.edu/
• UNC Carolina Digital Library and Archives: http://cdla.unc.edu/
• UNC Carolina Digital Repository (CDR): https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/
• UNC Health Sciences Library Collaboration Center: http://hsl.lib.unc.edu/collaborationcenter
• UNC Libraries’ Research Data Toolkit: http://guides.lib.unc.edu/researchdatatoolkit
• UNC NC TraCS Institute: http://tracs.unc.edu/
• UNC Odum Institute: http://www.irss.unc.edu/odum/
• UNC Research Computing: http://its.unc.edu/research/its-research-computing/
• UNC School of Library and Information Sciences: http://sils.unc.edu/
• UNC Vice Chancellor for Research: http://research.unc.edu/offices/vice-chancellor/index.htm
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