is my institution ready for data citation? dave connell, australian antarctic data centre
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Is my institution ready for data citation?Dave Connell, Australian Antarctic Data Centre
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Am I ready? Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for
Data Citation?
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The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) – case study
A quick, “getting to know you”...
Part of the federal government, but have many international connections
Data management principles guided by the Antarctic Treaty
Multi-themed science, ~60 projects running this season
Antarctica is a long way away, expensive to work in
Data tracked and managed by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre
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The AAD science process
The Data Policy
Underpins all AAD scientific data management Data
Policy
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The AAD science process
It’s Einstein, sir. He says some German scientists found that DOI you assigned to his atomic work...
Scientists
Projects
Review Panel
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The AAD science process Data Management Plans Funding approval
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The AAD science process
I pull this switch, and the laser will burn a DOI into his forehead...
Scientific work undertaken AADC assistance
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The AAD science process Data archival Scientist reputation scores
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Data citation and the AAD
Metadata
1996-2001 (approx)
Initial focus on collecting metadata, not data
Then creating metadata based on projects
Now (2013) have a large metadata catalogue available via several services – 2,100+ records
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Data citation and the AAD
Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for Data Citation?A: Because they have an established (and populated) metadata catalogue
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Data citation and the AAD
Data
2001-present
Focus switched to data, metadata just a component
Scientists became used to the concept of archiving their data
Public data
Many, many TB of publicly available data, 1000’s of individual datasets
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Data citation and the AAD
Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for Data Citation?A: Because they have an established (and populated) metadata catalogueA: Because they have a store of publicly available dataA: Because their researchers regularly archive data
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Data citation and the AAD 2002 - How do I cite data? Scientist driven question
Modelled our solution on citing papers
For example:
Swadling, Kerrie (2000, updated 2008) Sea Ice Biota of Coastal Eastern Antarctica Australian Antarctic Data Centre - CAASM
Metadata(https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=/AMD/AU/ASAC_875)
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Data citation and the AAD
Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for Data Citation?A: Because they have an established (and populated) metadata catalogueA: Because they have a store of publicly available dataA: Because their researchers regularly archive dataA: Because their researchers start asking, “How do I cite data?”
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Data citation and the AAD 2012
DOIs for datasets
Collaboration with ANDS
Data citation policy
For exampleStark, Jonathan Sean and Johnstone, Glenn (2013, updated 2013) Sterols in marine sediment and fauna at Davis station 2009/10 Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/15/51DCA4FCB6624
DOIs AVAILABLE
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Data citation and the AAD
Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for Data Citation?A: Because they have an established (and populated) metadata catalogueA: Because they have a store of publicly available dataA: Because their researchers regularly archive data A: Because their researchers start asking, “How do I cite data?”A: Because their policy makers support and “mandate” it
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Data citation and the AAD Stability of datasets
Citation is a “fixed point in time”
How to deal with long-term data?
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Data citation and the AAD
Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for Data Citation?A: Because they have an established (and populated) metadata catalogueA: Because they have a store of publicly available dataA: Because their researchers regularly archive data A: Because their researchers start asking, “How do I cite data?”A: Because their policy makers support and “mandate” it A: Because they have (some) stable datasets
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Data citation and the AAD Resources
Developer resources available – ready to go
ANDS, Data Cite
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Data citation and the AAD
Q: How do you know if an organisation is ready for Data Citation?A: Because they have an established (and populated) metadata catalogueA: Because they have a store of publicly available dataA: Because their researchers regularly archive data A: Because their researchers start asking, “How do I cite data?”A: Because their policy makers support and “mandate” it A: Because they have (some) stable datasets A: Because they have a developer available to implement the required tools
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Organisation checklist Is my organisation ready for data citation?
Do we have a metadata catalogue?
Do we have a store of publicly available data?
Do our researchers regularly archive data?
Are our researchers interested in data citation?
Do our policy makers support data citation?
Are our datasets stable?
Do we have access to a developer to implement the tools?
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Questions?