Delivering Research Data Management Services: Fundamentals of Good Practice

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The research landscape is changing, with key global research funders now requiring institutions to demonstrate how they will preserve and share research data. However, the practice of structured research data management is very new, and the construction of services remains experimental and in need of models and standards of approach. This groundbreaking guide will lead researchers, institutions and policy makers through the processes needed to set up and run effective institutional research data management services. This ‘how to' guide provides a step-by-step explanation of the components for an institutional service. Case studies from the newly emerging service infrastructures in the UK, USA and Australia draw out the lessons learnt. Different approaches are highlighted and compared; for example, a researcher-focused strategy from Australia is contrasted with a national, top-down approach, and a national research data management service is discussed as an alternative to institutional services. The key topics covered are: research data provision; options and approaches to research data management (RDM) service provision; a spectrum of roles, responsibilities and competences; a pathway to sustainable research data services; the range and components of RDM infrastructure and services; case studies of Johns Hopkins University, University of Southampton, Monash University, the UK Data Service and Jisc Managing Research Data programmes. This book will be an invaluable guide to those entering a new and untried enterprise. It will be particularly relevant to heads of libraries, information technology managers, research support office staff and research directors planning for these types of services. It will also be of interest to researchers, funders and policy makers as a reference tool for understanding how shifts in policy will have a range of ramifications within institutions. Library and information science students will find it an informative window on an emerging area of practice.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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Preface
pp vii-viii
- By Graham Pryor, Information Management Consultant with the Amor Group, following six years as Associate Director with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
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Contributors
pp ix-xiv
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1 - A patchwork of change
pp 1-20
- By Graham Pryor, Information Management Consultant with the Amor Group, following six years as Associate Director with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
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2 - Options and approaches to RDM service provision
pp 21-40
- By Graham Pryor, Information Management Consultant with the Amor Group, following six years as Associate Director with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
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3 - Who's doing data? A spectrum of roles, responsibilities and competences
pp 41-58
- By Graham Pryor, Information Management Consultant with the Amor Group, following six years as Associate Director with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
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4 - A pathway to sustainable research data services: from scoping to sustainability
pp 59-88
- By Angus Whyte, Senior Institutional Support Officer in the Digital Curation Centre (DCC).
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5 - The range and components of RDM infrastructure and services
pp 89-114
- By Sarah Jones, Senior Information Support Officer with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
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6 - Case study 1: Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services
pp 115-134
- By G. Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Research Data Management and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University
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7 - Case study 2: University of Southampton – a partnership approach to research data management
pp 135-162
- By Mark L. Brown, recently retired after 12 years as University Librarian at the University of Southampton., Wendy White, Head of Scholarly Communication at the University of Southampton
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8 - Case study 3: Monash University, a strategic approach
pp 163-190
- By Anthony Beitz, General Manager of the Monash University eResearch Centre, David Groenewegen, Director of Research Infrastructure at Monash University Library, Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Monash University Librarian. She is the pastPresident of the Council of Australian University Librarians (2009–13), Wilna MacMillan, Director of Client Services – Science Health and Engineering at Monash University Library, Sam Searle, been the eResearch Senior Specialist (Information Management) at Griffith University since October 2012.
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9 - Case study 4: a national solution – the UK Data Service
pp 191-204
- By Matthew Woollard, Director of both the UK Data Service and the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex, Louise Corti, Associate Director at the UK Data Archive, heading the Producer Relations and Collections Development sections for the UK Data Service
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10 - Case study 5: development of institutional RDM services by projects in the Jisc Managing Research Data programmes
pp 205-238
- By Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA, an organization whose mission is to strengthen international science for the benefit of society by promoting improved scientific and technical data management and use, Laura Molloy, researcher at the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) at the University of Glasgow
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Index
pp 239-242
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-xiv

1 - A patchwork of change
pp 1-20

2 - Options and approaches to RDM service provision
pp 21-40

3 - Who's doing data? A spectrum of roles, responsibilities and competences
pp 41-58

4 - A pathway to sustainable research data services: from scoping to sustainability
pp 59-88

5 - The range and components of RDM infrastructure and services
pp 89-114

6 - Case study 1: Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services
pp 115-134

7 - Case study 2: University of Southampton – a partnership approach to research data management
pp 135-162

8 - Case study 3: Monash University, a strategic approach
pp 163-190

9 - Case study 4: a national solution – the UK Data Service
pp 191-204

10 - Case study 5: development of institutional RDM services by projects in the Jisc Managing Research Data programmes
pp 205-238

Index
pp 239-242

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