1. Stuart Macdonald Associate Data Librarian EDINA & Data Library University of Edinburgh [email_address] RECOLECTA Online Seminar on Research Data Management and Curation, 24 November 2011 Research Data Management at Edinburgh: Effecting Culture Change

2. Overview IASSIST Latin Engagement Strategic Action Group Research Data Management at University of Edinburgh Research Data MANTRA

3. An international organisation of professionals working with IT and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences. Its 320 members work in a variety of settings, including data archives, statistical agencies, research centers, libraries, academic departments, government departments, and non- profit organisations. International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology – IASSIST

4. IASSIST Latin Engagement Strategic Action Group Co-Chairs: Luis Martínez-Uribe Instituto Juan March, Madrid Stuart Macdonald EDINA & Data Library, University of Edinburgh Mission : To propose a set of activities that IASSIST could undertake to further engage with data professionals from Ibero-american institutions

5. Identify data infrastructures and resources from Spanish & Portuguese speaking countries to further the establishment of collaborative data networks. Reach out to Spanish/Portuguese speaking academic and support communities that could benefit from the existing network of expertise, guidance and knowledge that is the IASSIST community Benefits

10. Research Data Management at University o f Edinburgh

13. What is a Data Library? A data library refers to both the content and the services that foster use of collections of numeric, audio-visual, textual or geospatial data sets for secondary use in research. Focus on re-use of data

16. Edinburgh DataShare was built as an output of the JISC-funded DISC-UK DataShare project (2007-2009)

17. Edinburgh DataShare An online institutional repository of multi-disciplinary research datasets produced at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by the Data Library Researchers producing research data associated with a publication, or which has potential use for other researchers, can upload their dataset for sharing and safekeeping. A persistent identifier and suggested citation will be provided. DataShare is a customised DSpace instance with a selection of standards-compliant metadata fields useful for discovery of datasets, through Google and other search engines via OAI-PMH.

18. A decision making and planning tool for institutions with digital repositories in existence or in development that are considering adding research data to their digital collections Downloadable as PDF

22. University Research Data Management Policy In spring 2010, a review commenced at the University of Edinburgh to address the issue of managing the rapidly expanding volume and complexity of data produced by researchers. The Review was overseen by the IT & Library Committee and had twin tracks to look at Research Data Storage, and Data Management, Curation and Preservation. The Review looked at current practice in the University and assessed current practice in peer universities and internationally Review Committee responsible for drafting policy to support the University’s mission for ‘the creation, dissemination and curation of knowledge’

25. IS Implementation group established Led by Director, Library and Collections Research Data Management Policy Implementation Project Working group was set up to define a research data storage strategy Vice Principal has promised a half terabyte per researcher, storage Next Steps

26. Research Data MANTRA Partnership between: Edinburgh University Data Library Institute for Academic Development Funded by JISC Managing Research Data programme (Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2011)

29. Selling RDM as a Transferrable Skill (voluntary participation) The FRUIT principles: Fun Feedback Relevant Real Useful Interesting Timely

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