Raising the profile

of Research Data Management:

the UCA story

Anne Spalding

Kaptur Project Officer

Introduction

• The purpose of this presentation is to tell you what happened at UCA in terms of raising the profile of RDM.

• This will cover the how, why, what, when, who and where it happened in a narrative style.

• I will speak for 20 mins with questions afterwards.

The beginning…

Once upon a time….

A voyage of discovery

“Very little is known about the curation and management of arts research data in universities, although evidence does point to the fact that it is handled on an ad hoc basis by individual researchers and teams.”

(Garrett, 2011)

Kaptur at UCA

Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. –

Jun. 2012Oct. 2012

Nov. 2012

Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013

Interview

Transcription of interviews

Environmental Assessment Report

Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy

Testing of model repository

Case study

And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board

Analysis of transcripts

Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee

Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee

RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 1 – Unchartered Waters

• Interviews

• Analysis

• Environmental Assessment Report

Kaptur at UCA

Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. – Jun.

2012Oct. 2012

Nov. 2012

Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013

Interview

Transcription of interviews

Environmental Assessment Report

Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy

Testing of model repository

Case study

And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board

Analysis of transcripts

Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee

Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee

RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 2 – Mar to Oct 2012

• Discussion paper

• Processes in creating an RDM policy

• RDM policy

Kaptur at UCA

Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. –

Jun. 2012Oct. 2012

Nov. 2012

Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013

Interview

Transcription of interviews

Environmental Assessment Report

Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy

Testing of model repository

Case study

And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board

Analysis of transcripts

Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee

Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee

RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 3 – Homeward Bound

• Testing of a model repository

• RDM training

• Case study

Kaptur at UCA

Nov. 2011 Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. – Jun.

2012Oct. 2012

Nov. 2012

Jan. 2013 Feb. 2013 Mar. 2013

Interview

Transcription of interviews

Environmental Assessment Report

Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy

Testing of model repository

Case study

And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board

Analysis of transcripts

Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee

Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee

RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 4 - Reflection

• What next?

• Conclusions

• Lessons learnt

Fig. 1 head that is part of a votive necklace Fig. 2 head

Summary

• Recap• Lessons learned• Add the take-away message here

– It takes time, it is worthwhile, an ongoing process– Or communication, communication, communication– Or communication, dissemination, collaboration– Or ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’

The end?

to be continued….

References and image credits

Garrett, L. (2011) £400,000 project seeks to transform arts research data

http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/article/35321/%26pound%3B400%2C000-project-seeks-to-transform-arts-research-data (Accessed 29.11.2012)

Figure 1. head that is part of a votive necklaceAt: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=585 (Accessed 01.02.2013)

Figure 2. head

At: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=667 (Accessed 01.02.2013)

Questions?

Thank you for listening