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Overview of Research Data Management services

Overview of Research Data Management services. Open Access and Data Curation Team 7 th August 2013. Who are we?. Jill Evans – Open Access and Data Curation Manager Gareth Cole – Data Curation Officer Meg Hunt – Open Access administrator

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Overview of Research Data Management services

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  1. Overview of Research Data Management services Open Access and Data CurationTeam 7th August 2013

  2. Who are we? • Jill Evans – Open Access and Data Curation Manager • Gareth Cole – Data Curation Officer • Meg Hunt – Open Access administrator • Hannah Lloyd-Jones – Advocacy and Governance Officer • Previously the “Open Exeter” team • We work closely with RKT, Exeter IT and College PS staff

  3. What do we do? • Manage Open Research Exeter (ORE) • Online resources – OA and RDM • Training • Inductions • Advise research groups on good practice and developing policy and guidance • Data management plan (DMP) guidance • Support good research data management at Exeter

  4. What is RDM? • Management of research data • Enables the preservation of data after end of project • Ensures that data isn’t lost during the project • Ensures that data can be shared effectively and efficiently • Ensures that research groups work efficiently • Relationship with open access e.g. transparency, value for money, “public good”

  5. ORE • Previously ERIC, DCO, EDA • For articles, working papers, theses, conference presentations, data etc. • Pete will demo new upload tool • Academics deposit papers through Symplectic • PGRs deposit through the ORE interface

  6. Online resources • RDM one-stop-shop website http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/rdm/ • E.g. guidance on DMPs • Training materials in ORE • E.g. survival guide: http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3738 • Created by PGR students

  7. Training • Seven RDP sessions • http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/rdm/trainingsupportandguidance/trainingforpgrstudentsandsupervisors/ • Also: • PCAP • New Doctoral Supervisors course • Bespoke training for SSIS researchers • College PS staff – Research and Finance Teams etc. • Not just PGRs – also ECRs and Researchers

  8. Inductions • New PGR students • 3 this year – one at each campus

  9. Advice to research groups • Help groups formulate good practices, procedures and policy. • E.g. Marine Renewable Energy group in Penryn • http://hdl.handle.net/10871/12107

  10. Data Management Plan guidance • DMPs are now required by most funding bodies • Include: • What data is being created • How and where the data will be stored • How and where the data will be backed up • Who is responsible for the data management • If and how the data will be shared • Where the will the data be preserved • So far helped 45 researchers • Bids have brought in over £4m of research funding

  11. Any questions http://as.exeter.ac.uk/divisions/crs/ae/open_access_&_data/ ? rdm@exeter.ac.uk openaccess@exeter.ac.uk

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