Linked Data in Research & Academic Engagement Chris Hoffman, UCB

Research IT (RIT), Office of the CIO

Research IT: Mission

Research IT provides research information technologies, consulting, and community for the Berkeley campus. Our goal: Advance research by providing faculty and students the best IT services possible.

RIT Services and Initiatives

1. Berkeley Research Computing (BRC) 2. Research Data Management (RDM) 3. Digital Humanities (DH) 4. Museum Informatics/CollectionSpace 5. Faculty Engagement / Consulting

Communities 6. Research IT Futures

Outline

1. Linked (Open) Data in UC Berkeley’s Research & Academic Engagement (RAE) service benchmarking (summer and fall 2013)

2. Some promising examples and principles from museums and other related kinds of data

Research and Academic

Engagement Benchmarking

Define Research Share

Identify Peer Institutions

Gather Benchmarking Data from University Websites

Narrative Summary of Research Findings

Define Service Areas Record Data in Worksheets

Group Presentation & Discussion

Assign Researchers Follow-up Phone/Email Interviews

One Page Executive Summary

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Research Services Teaching & Learning Services

Berkeley Research Computing (BRC) Online Courses

Research Data Management Learning Management Systems & Support

Data Analysis: Quantitative & Qualitative Instructional Content Creation

Data Visualization & GIS Technology Enhanced Teaching & Learning

Preservation & Archival Services Learning Spaces

Linked Open Data & Semantic Web ePortfolio Support

Research Applications Course & Program Evaluation

Museum, Archives, & Special Collections

Survey Research Support

Enabling Services

Collaboration & Communication Portals, Dashboards & Aggregators

Video & Web Conferencing Web Publishing

Google Apps for Education Scholarly Networking

Software Licensing & Distribution 7

Berkeley Peer Institutions

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Description

Criteria

Findings

Strategies for Improvement

Research Services Teaching & Learning Services

Berkeley Research Computing (BRC) 4 Online Courses 3

Research Data Management 4 Learning Management Systems & Support 3

Data Analysis: Quantitative & Qualitative 3 Instructional Content Creation 3

Data Visualization & GIS 3 Technology Enhanced Teaching & Learning 3

Preservation & Archival Services 4 Learning Spaces 3

Linked Open Data & Semantic Web 4 ePortfolio Support 4

Research Applications 3 Course & Program Evaluation 4

Museum, Archives, & Special Collections 2

Survey Research Support 3

Enabling Services

Collaboration & Communication 3 Portals, Dashboards & Aggregators 2

Video & Web Conferencing 3 Web Publishing 3

Google Apps for Education 4 Scholarly Networking 4

Software Licensing & Distribution 3

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• The tools and approaches are coming along.

• The examples are becoming more promising.

• But is there a service there? • Is there demand for that service?

linked data (as opposed to Linked Data) in museums

The potential for cross-collections discovery and research

Some examples from museums and archaeology

Open Context Figure 1. Map of Turkey showing the location of sites mentioned in this analysis.

Arbuckle BS, Kansa SW, Kansa E, Orton D, Çakırlar C, et al. (2014) Data Sharing Reveals Complexity in the Westward Spread of Domestic Animals across Neolithic Turkey. PLoS ONE 9(6): e99845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099845 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosone/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0099845

BiSciCol Triplifier

Questions? Discussion? Thanks!

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