A talk delivered by Sally Rumsey, Sarah Barkla and David Tomkins at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015

1. 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

2. 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

3. • 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

5. • 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

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

11. “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

12. 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.

13. The
Bodleian
winery

14. My
vintage

15. Growth
and
harvesJng

16. 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/

17. The
ORA
winery
and
disJllery

18. ORA-­‐Data
Delivering
a
research
data
archiving
service
for
a
research-­‐intensive
university

19.
A
research-­‐intensive
university

20.
Research
data
“That
which
is
collected,
observed,
or
created
in
a
digital
form,
for
purposes
of
analysing
to
produce
original
research
results”
Edinburgh
DataShare

21.
Advantages
of
archiving
research
data
• SupporJng
evidence
• CitaJon
• Digital
Object
IdenJfiers
• Linking
• Sharing
• Archiving
• PreservaJon
• Discovery

22.
ORA-­‐Data

23.
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

24.
Challenges:
helping
the
depositor

25.
Challenges:
funders

26.
Challenges:
funders

27.
Research
Data
Management

28. QuesJons
&
discussion
©
Francis
Rumsey,
2011