1. The RDM Landscape in the Netherlands
& Focus on The National Coordination Point RDM
• National Actors, International
Framework
• Highlight SURF: LCRDM
A bird’s-eye view
M.C. Escher – Day and Night
JISC Research Data Network, 27 June 2017, Ron Cook Hub – University of York,
Parallel Sessions II: Research Data Solutions from SURF and DANS

2. Context of Research Data Management
Growing importance, complexity and amount of data in research -> data intensive research
Reproducibility of research: efficiency & integrity -> documenting research & permanent access
to data: reuse of data & integrity scientific research
Open Science: valorization of data intensive research (activities) / FAIR approach of the Research
Data Cycle
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researcher

3. Research Institutions:
• Universities: 14
• Publicly Funded Universities: 4
• University Medical Centers: 8
• Research Institutions: KNAW (15), NWO (9), TNO
• Research Institutes/departments in the private sector: eg.
Philips
• Schools/Universities for Applied Science: 37
Umbrella Organisations
(Policy/Governance)
• Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU)
• Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centers (NFU)
• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
• Netherlands Organisation for Scienctific Research (NWO)
• Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (VH)
• Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (TNO)
RDM Actors (I)
Government
• Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Ministry of Education, Culture
& Science
Funding
• ZonMW: Funding for health research
• NWO: Funding for general research

4. Cooperative / Networking Organisations
:
• SURF: ICT for higher education & resesarch
• Netherlands eScience Center
• 4TU Research Data (4 Technical Universities)
• Research Data Netherlands (DANS, SURFsara, 4TU)
• Dutch Tech Center for Life Sciences (DTL)
• eHumanities.nl (KNAW)
• Network Digital Heritage (libraries, archives, heritage
institutes: KB, NA, S&V, CHA (RCE), KNAW, DEN)
• National Coalition Digital Preservation
• Research Infrastructures related cooperation (e.g. CLARIAH)
Cooperative / Networking Initiatives
• SURF: Special Interest Groups
• UKB: Cooperative University Libraries and National Library of
the Netherlands
RDM Actors (II)
researcher
IT

5. • Essentials 4 Data Support Training (RDNL)
• EU Presidency 2016 (Amsterdam Call for
Action)
• EU General Data Protection Regulation
• National Plan Open Science
• European Science Cloud
National & International Developments in RDM
Essentials 4 Data Support

6. Issue
Many RDM initiatives and collaborations already underway at the
various universities and research institutions in the Netherlands,
but:
• Fragmentation and overlap in RDM activities and approaches
• No coherence in RDM policy development, research support
and service development
• Re-inventing the wheel; not taking advantage of expertise
and experiences within the own sector and between various
stakeholders (inside and outside the institution)
• No view on current state of RDM in the Netherlands

7. Objective & approach
Objective: to support the most effective use of data in research and education by
strengthening the knowledge pooling and knowledge sharing on all aspects of
research data management, for the benefit of:
• Research
• Researcher and research community
• Research institution
• Research funder
Approach: enhance and support collaboration, coordination and knowledge sharing
on RDM policy and practice at a national level, with an international link, in
synchronisation with all stakeholders involved and making use of existing tools and
initiatives:

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9. National Coordination Point RDM (LCRDM)
Prepare, facilitate and monitor the
development and implementation of
Research Data Management policy in an
efficient and effective way for academic
research
• in close collaboration with
those working in the field (bring
the right people together)
• to collect, share and
disseminate knowledge,
experience, expertise,
solutions, best practices and
standards at national level
• I. obtaining a good overview of existing
initiatives;
• II. sharing successful approaches and results and
promoting their re-use;
• III. identifying gaps, putting them on the agenda
and preparing administrative decisions.

10. LCRDM approach
Quickscan (2015-2016): 80 plus interviews with RDM experts and
stakeholders => Roadmap (Dec. 2015) => 5 focal points
Each focal point  working goup
Facilities & Data
Infrastructur
Financial Aspects
of RDM
Research Support
& Advise
Engagement
Legal Issues &
Ownership

11. Working Groups (I)
Facilities & Data Infrastructure
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Research Support & Advise
Financial Aspects
Legal Aspects & Ownership
Engagement

12. Working Groups (II): Approach
 One or two Chairs
 Working Agenda with short term, mid term, longer term goals and concrete topics to work on
 Representatives from all stakeholders
=> Universities
=> University Medical Centers
=> Research Institutions KNAW, NWO, TNO SURF community
=> Financers
=> University of Applied Sciences
Mission LCRDM
To prepare, facilitate and monitor the development and implementation of RDM Policy for scientific research in the
Netherlands, in close cooperation with the professional field, and to ensure the exchange of knowledge and experience
on a national level so that the Netherlands can achieve an efficient and effective development and implementation of
research data management.

13. Results (I): RDM Community Building
• LCRDM support organisation (SURF)
• LCRDM working groups in place: 72 working group members
- dealing with 17 topics on 5 RDM aspects
- creating over 40 products: inventories, advices, tools, models, reference
cards etc. to be delivered in 2016-2017
• Visible, knowledgeable and efficient RDM community has been build, under
the LCRDM umbrella
• Working group members benefit from two way relevance:
- profiling & bringing in expertise from own institution
- using expertise from outside into own institution

14. Results (II): Concrete products
TOPICS PRODUCTS
Facilities & Data Infrastructure:
 Reference Architecture  Reference Architecture Discussion Model
 Services & Facilities
Catalogue
 Services & Facilities Catalogue cf. DoDo
(Leiden)
 Dictionary  Wiki RDM terminology
Legal Aspects & Ownership:
 Privacy (by Design)  Reference Cards: What? Why? How?
 AVG/GDPR: advise for practical approach
 AVG/GDPR: internet consultation VSNU
 GDPR: Maturity Model
 Publication Designing & Shaping Open
Science (conference)
 Privacy by Design
 Review VSNU Code of conduct use of
personal data in scientific research
 Data Protection / IPR 
 Legal Entry Point  Informed Consent Template
 Contract Templates
 Expert Network (Ethical/legal) – wiki
 Ownership  Position Paper
TOPICS PRODUCTS
Financial Aspects of RDM:
 Putting Financial Aspects of RDM at
governance level
 Position Paper Financial Aspects RDM
 Round Table Financers & Governance
Research Support & Advise:
 DMP  Inventory DMP templates
 Document DMP Basic Criteria
 Inventory DMP support (tips & tricks)
 Inventory DMP reviewers (via questionnaire)
 Inventory & Evaluation DMP tools
 Advise DMP Tooling
 FAIR data  Inventory FAIRness Data-repositories in NL (TU Delft)
 Position Paper FAIR Data
 Training  Inventory Training – wiki
 Overview common elements curricula –wiki
 Advise on Profiles related Training portfolio’s
 RDM-training MOOC
 Safe data  Software sustainability – advise
 Informed Consent Examples
 Decision Tree Privacy related research & Data sharing
Engagement:
 RDM-eisen funders  Overview RDM-requirements funders
 Incentives  Position paper Incentives
 Overview Use-Cases
 Teaching modules, information material
 Use Cases  Inventory & interviews
 Shades of Open  Mind Map
 Engagement Sessions  As appears

15. Looking ahead (I): plans & challenges for 2017/2018:
• Finalising working agenda’s and results of working groups
• Sustainability of results: planning for support and maintenance of results
• Implementation of results: supporting and monitoring implementation of
results
• Creating coherence of results: connecting the results of the various working
groups into a coherent package of RDM policies, services, tools and support
models
• Stakeholder support: broadening and strengthening reference/advisory group
with other stakeholders besides VSNU (i.e. NWO, KNAW)
• RDM monitor to indicate RDM progress in the Netherlands
• Create future vision for LCRDM (in terms of topics, implementation etc.)
• International connection

16. Looking Ahead (II): Vision 2020 (as formulated in 2015)
In 2020, research data management will be a naturally integral part of the way of thinking
about and practicing research and education in Dutch research universities and research
institutions. This will be implemented in such a way that:
there is synergy between policy, ICT and research support that allows researchers to employ
sound research data management;
there is a connection between (the experts from) organisations conducting research,
general and technical services organisations and research funding organisations;
administrative embedding of the Research Data Management Policy is achieved.
The National Coordination Point Research Data Management has successfully facilitated and
supported this process in close cooperation with the professional field and is a role model
for national strategy in the international field
Research Data Management is sustained on all levels (funding, policy, service provision)

17. Towards a model of a federative (online) RDM office?
• Connecting the results of
the various working groups
into a coherent package of
RDM policies, services, tools
and support models
• Creating a federative expert
centre/research office

18. • Funding (governance)
• Resources / Knowledgable staff
• Turning policy into practice
• Create commitment in endurabale cooperation
• Connecting to the research communities
Challenges

19. Contact: Ingeborg.Verheul@surfsara.nl
Web: www.lcrdm.nl
Twitter: @LCRDM
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