From "A National Approach to Open Research Data in Ireland", a workshop held on 8 September 2017 in National Library of Ireland, organised by The National Library of Ireland, the Digital Repository of Ireland, the Research Data Alliance and Open Research Ireland.

1. RDA FOR LIBRARIES FROM AN
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Dr Birgit Schmidt
Göttingen State and University Library
Dublin, 8 September 2017
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2. Many reasons why libraries engage
with research data
• Research data are core to the records of
science.
• Data management is not the sole
responsibility of researchers.
• Support by information
professionals is essential
for securing long-term
access and reuse.
Source: http://d7.library.gatech.edu/research-data/home
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3. Why engage in RDA
• International communities of practice build
across professions (research, data centres,
libraries, publishers, etc.)
• Problem-oriented approach targeting core
data management challenges
• Exchange and feedback on approaches and
standards, inspiration & opportunities for
collaboration
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4. Example activities & outcomes
Interest groups (IG) work on specific challenges, e.g. repository platforms &
certification, metadata, vocabularies, PIDs, data publishing, data discovery,
education and training, domain repositories, long tail data, disciplinary topics,
ethics and social aspects, legal interoperability, etc.
Recently proposed, e.g. Active Data Management Plans IG
Outcomes are typically pushing for
• new data standards or harmonization of existing standards,
• greater data sharing, exchange, interoperability, (re-)usability &
discoverability,
• better management, stewardship & preservation of research data.
>> Many of these activities are crucial for making data FAIR
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5. Establishing trust in repositories
„Data sharing standards
incentivize authors to make
data available in trusted
repositories“ (Nosek et al.,
2015).
Source (incl. picture): Nosek, B. A., Alter, G., Banks, G. C.,
Borsboom, D., Bowman, S. D., Breckler, S. J., … Yarkoni, T.
(2015). Promoting an open research culture. Science,
348(6242), 1422–1425. doi:10.1126/science.aab2374
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6. Example outcomes (I)
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7. Example outcomes (II)
A National Approach to Open Research
Data in Ireland, 8 September 2017
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8. Example outcomes (III)
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9. Libraries for Research Data (L4RD)
Interest Group
• Co-chairs: Michael Witt, Andi Ogier, Birgit
Schmidt (former co-chairs: Kathleen Shearer,
Wolfram Horstmann)
• 330+ members
• Example outputs
– Briefing paper on „How to maximize research data
skills in libraries“
– 23 Things Libraries for Research Data
• Topics at P10: realities of RDM (OCLC report),
panel on assessment of research data services,
library carpentry
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10. L4RD: Suggestions by members for
further investigation
• Research data services: organizational models (incl. consortia, shared
infrastructure), scalability, assessment
• Institutional policies: library role in policy development/compliances,
primary role of libraries vs. those of other units
• Adoption of RDA outputs: Adoption of outputs from other RDA groups,
outreach to faculty about RDA outputs
• Knowledge transfer: anything from the library community that might be
useful & applicabel to the research community (e.g. archiving tools)
• Data management: data collection development policies, user behaviour,
discoverability (incl by non-specialists), archiving (what to keep, best
practices), data mgt. flows, research data metrics
• Training, skilling of librarians, researchers and graduate students
• Engaging with researchers: What frameworks, methods, processes and
technologies do various libraries utilise to engage with researchers and
research groups
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11. http://dx.doi.org/10.15497/RDA00005
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7–11March2016
1Gettingstarted
withdata
14–18March2016
2Issuesinresearch
datamanagement
21–25March2016
3Datainthe
researchlifecycle
2–6May2016
7Datacitationfor
access&attribution
9–13May2016
8Citationmetrics
fordata
16–20May2016
9Licensingdata
forreuse
30May–3June2016
10Sharingsensitive
data
18–22July2016
15Datamanagement
plans
25–29July2016
16Whatarepublishers&
funderssayingaboutdata?
8–12August 2016
17Dataliteracy
&outreach
15–19August 2016
18Datainterviews:
talkthetalk
26–30September2016
22What’sin
aname?
3–7October2016
23Making
connections
6–10June2016
11What’smy
schema?
13–17June2016
12Vocabulariesfor
datadescription
20–24June2016
13Walkthe
crosswalk
4–8July2016
14Identifiers
fordata
22–26August 2016
19APIs
&apps
29August –2Sept 2016
20Doitwith
data!
19–23September2016
21Toolsof
thetrade
4–8April 2016
4Data
discovery
18–22April 2016
5Data
sharing
25–29April 2016
6Long-liveddata:
curation&preservation
ands.org.au/23-things
Ready, set, data!
Buildyourknowledgeofkeyconceptsandissuesin
researchdatamanagement.
Repositories for data
Learnabout repositoriesfordepositing,managingand
discoveringresearchdata.
Data citation & im pact
Extract valuefromresearchdata:datacitation,
impact andmetrics.
M etadata & m ore
Transferyourlibraryskills:resourcedescription,controlled
vocabularies,linkeddataandcrosswalks.
Let’s talk data!
Start adataconversation:datainterviewsanddatamanagement plans.
Datastoriesfrompublishersandresearchfunders.
Data com m unities
Who’swhointheresearchdatamanagement zoo?Connecting
withcolleaguesandresearchdatarelatedservices.
Rights,ethics & sensitive data
Learnabout responsiblesharing,reuse,andtheimportanceoflicensing
andattributionforresearchdata.
Hands on w ith data & tools
Delveintodomainspecificdataandusesoftwaretoolsforresearchdata.
Challengeyourselftotrysomethingnew!
Catch-ups & M eetUp
> Kick-of W ebinar (1March)and Catch-up W ebinars
on12April,24May, 28June,2Aug,6September,18October
> Joinyourlocal Com m unity Catch-up Group orstart anewone
> Post acomment onM eetUp
Extendyourknowledgeabout datamanagement and gain
experiencebyparticipatinginthisexcitingcommunity
Doit anytime,joinintheregularCatch-upWebinarsand/or
local CommunityCatch-up,visit ands.org.au/23-things
AustralianNationalDataService2016
things23A u s t r a l i a
January2016

12. International & European perspectives
Many individuals / groups act as a bridge between
initiatives, professions and regions:
• infrastructure-related: CODATA, International Council for Science
World Data System (ICSU-WDS), EUDAT, OpenAIRE, COAR, … and
the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
• disciplinary: ELIXIR, FAO,
GEO, …
• library associations: LIBER,
ARL, CARL,…
• national RDM networks
• service providers: DataCite,
ORCID, publishers,…
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Next phase: RDA Europe 4.0
“The scope of RDA Europe 4.0 is to become the
centre-piece for an EU Open Science Strategy
through a consolidated European network of
National Nodes, bringing forward an RDA
legacy in Europe…”

14. EU Open Science Agenda
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Source: http://bit.ly/2wHj0cA

15. What
EC flagship initiative to support the transition to more effective Open
Science and Open Innovation
The EOSC will be
a virtual environment with open and seamless services for storage,
management, analysis and re-use of research data, across borders and
scientific disciplines by federating existing scientific data infrastructures
When
2017-2018
Who
33 partners+16 third parties
Where
Pan-European initiative
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16. Who
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17. How
Establish the governance framework for the EOSC
and contribute to the development of European
open science policy and best practice;
Develop a number of demonstrators functioning as
high-profile pilots in a number of scientific
domains;
Engage with a broad range of stakeholders to build
the trust and skills required for adoption of an open
approach to scientific research.
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18. Science Demonstrators
10 funded pilots + other 5 by the end of the year
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Started with the project Funded in July 2017
ENVRI Radiative Forcing Integration
(area: Environmental & Earth
Sciences)
Prominence (area: Energy Research)
WLCG (area: HEP) EPOS/VERCE (area: Earth Sciences)
Textcrowd (area: Social Sciences) CryoEM Workflows (area: Life
Sciences)
Pan-Cancer Analyses (area: Life
Sciences)
LOFAR Data (area: Astronomy)
Photon-Neutron (area: Physics) Life Sciences Datasets (area: Genome
Research)

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20. EOSC catalogue of services
EOSC will provide a comprehensive and evolving set of services
supporting an open science-friendly knowledge production lifecycle.
Such EOSC services will include:
scientific instruments;
data;
applications, workflows, software;
storage, compute and network connectivity;
written knowledge (e.g. scientific publications, educational and
training resources);
services for enabling federated access, like federated identity service
provisioning, authentication, authorization, and accounting;
collaborative services enabling the sharing, use and reuse of digital
capabilities.
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21. EGDF: EOSC Governance Development
Framework
The main challenge of establishing the EOSC is how
to construct a framework allowing strong and
diverse stakeholders to work together.
EOSC pilot will design and trial a stakeholder-
driven governance framework with the
involvement of all stakeholders. This will then
shape and oversee future development of the
European Open Science Cloud.
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22. EOSCpilot stakeholders
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EOSC Stakeholder Forum 28-29/11/2017
https://eoscpilot.eu/events/eosc-stakeholder-forum-shaping-future-eosc

23. More information
EOSCpilot website https://eoscpilot.eu/
Science demonstrators description
http://eoscpilot.eu/science-demonstrators
EGDF http://eoscpilot.eu/about/governance-
framework
EOSC events http://eoscpilot.eu/events
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24. Conclusion
• RDA is there to support you & needs you for the
implementation of outcomes
• Your feedback matters
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Source: http://bit.ly/2w2Lvzn
Thank you for your attention!
Contact: B Schmidt, bschmidt@sub.uni-goettingen.de