Catherine Hardman Deputy Director (Collections)

KDRS Benefit Framework and Value

Chain: a use case for archaeology

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• The ADS were involved in the creation of the first Keeping Research Data Safe project

• Looked in particular at the issues of cost in the digital preservation of research data

• Interesting to try and weight this cost against the ‘benefit’ and ‘value’ of the preservation activity.

Previous involvement with KRDS

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How we can foresee use of the Benefits Framework

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As a repository we often have to help justify the costs/effort associated with digital preservation.

The benefits worksheet (and associated guide) helps explain the benefits in structured and meaningful fashion.

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• Range of audiences (individual projects, funding agencies, partner organisations)

• Different ‘levels’ of complexity, from the project plan to cases for institution support of the repository

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• The issue of ‘value’ in archaeology is key

• IFA and the Southampton report

• Difficult to articulate the meaning of value in different subject areas

How we can foresee use of the Value Chain

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• Value chain can help identify the different values for different audiences

• The ‘quantification’ of impact can help in a number of waysa. In research bid terms, it helps justify resourcesb. In archive preparation terms it helps with

selection and retention decisions

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• A light touch in helping persuade projects or funders of the benefits of preservation in a structured and clear way…

• Or a deeper insight into project planning decisions when dealing with finite resources.

ADS thoughts

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