New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC): An Educational Program and Service for Best Practices in Research Data Management

Regina Fisher Raboin Research Data Management Services Group Coordinator/Science Librarian Tisch Library, Tufts University

Scholarly Communications Interest GroupAssociation for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)American Library Association

Saturday, April 28, 2014

UMass Medical School Lamar Soutter Library

Principal InvestigatorElaine Martin, Library Director/NECDMC PI

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Project CoordinatorsDonna Kafel, New England e-Science Coordinator

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Andrew Creamer, formerly University of Massachusetts Medical School; Scientific Data Management Specialist, Brown University

Phase 1: Planning August 2010-December 2011

“Planning a Data Management Curriculum…” IMLS grant with Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

Project deliverable: “Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum”

http://library.umassmed.edu/data_management_frameworks.pdf

New England Data Management Curriculum

Phase 2: Content Development

Funding from NN/LM NERContent developers teamed up to create lecture

notes, slides, and additional cases

May 2012-November 2013Expanded collaboration of content contributors (Tufts,

UMA, Northeastern, MBL/WHOI; Countway, Harvard Medical School, UConn)

New England Data Management Curriculum

NECDMC Partners

NECDMC Website

http://library.umassmed.edu/necdmc/

Tufts NECDMC Roles

• Co-authored Modules 1, 3, and 6

• Editorial role for curriculum

• Case studies

• Data Management Plans (DMPs)

• Webinar on DMPs

• Pilot site for NECDMC

• Outreach

Role of Having Teaching Cases

Ortho Case (2011) Vitamin D Bipolar Depression Case (2013)

Lesson Plans

New England Data Management Curriculum

• Learner Objectives

• Module Content

• Activities

• Research Cases

• Assessment

• Readings

Phase 2: Local Piloting

• NN/LM, MAR Class (Mid-Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, April)

• 90 minute class for UMMS CTSA (Clinical & Translational Scientific Awards)

• 15-week Simmons GSLIS course

• “Train-the-Trainer Workshop” (November 8, 2013; May 8, 2014)

New England Data Management Curriculum

Local Piloting

http://www.slideshare.net/ElaineMartin1/20130801-creamerkafelmartinmanagingyourdatacct-sslides

New England Data Management Curriculum

New England Data Management Curriculum

Local Piloting

E-Science Professional Development Day Webinar: “Consulting on Data Management Plans in New England” of the Teaching Research Data Management series. Presented October 31, 2013 https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p9l95ti03q0/

532G-01 Scientific Data Management

https://sites.google.com/a/vt.edu/srdm/

New England Data Management Curriculum

Phase 3: Piloting Beyond UMMS

• Make the curriculum available (site launched November 8, 2013)

• Solicited partner sites throughout the U.S. and Canada

• Currently participating in evaluation and feedback loop

• Add to the database of cases, especially in Social Sciences & Humanities

New England Data Management Curriculum

New England Data Management Curriculum

Pilot Sites

NECDMC Community PilotsTufts University Colorado State University University of Connecticut

University of Cincinnati New York University University of Houston

University of Colorado University of Washington Oregon State University

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Boston University Carnegie Mellon University

University of Vermont Medical School

UMass Amherst University of Michigan

Harvard Countway University of Tennessee Virginia Commonwealth University

Piloting Activities

New England Data Management Curriculum

• Teach one or more NECDMC modules• Use one or more cases • Implement student evaluation forms and send to UMMS

for compilation• Participate in instructor survey and individual phone

interview conducted by UMMS consultant• Agree to share information via monthly phone calls• Add to database of cases (optional)

How NECDMC is Being Used

• Informing a semester-long, for-credit course

• For librarian professional development• Library workshops for students• Module per week with experts• Graduate student induction• Library school course

NECDMC Roll-out at Tufts

• Library workshops (Savvy Researcher Series)

• Target specific domains

• Research Data Management Software (RDMS) Pilot Project

• Research Day@Tufts (May 2014)

Phase 4: Assessment Tools

New England Data Management Curriculum

• Student evaluation form

• Instructor surveys

• Instructor interview

NECDMC Pilot Student Feedback• Lifecycle • Resources • Methods• Cloud Sharing and Storage Issues• Data Retention• Knowledge about Technical Standards• Long-term Formats• Licensing• DOIs

New England Data Management Curriculum

Beyond UMass: Dissemination• North Atlantic Health Science Librarians (NAHSL) (October 2013)

• Teaching RDM with the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum workshop (November 2013)

• RDAP (March 2014)

• University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium (April 2014)

• Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Scholarly Communications Interest Group (May 2014)

• Medical Library Association (May 2014)

Improvements? Yes!

• Specific examples of metadata preparation• Details of where people should go for help• RDM responsibilities (PI, students, etc.) • Local tools, policies, and support available• Discussions about quality control• Specifics on sharing• Specifics on depositing data

Tisch Library: Strategic Initiatives• National Science Foundation (NSF) Informational Trip (March 2014)

o Arranged by Lewis-Burke Associates, LLCo Meetings and Discussions

• NSF Head, Policy Office, Division of Institution and Award Support• Seven Division Directors

o Executive summary: OVPR, Tufts Libraries, TTS, and DCA have opportunity to evolve and build university-wide data management services, policies and procedures.

o Report with broad takeaways and recommended OVPR/Tisch Library collaborative initiatives/actions

• E-Science Duraspace Institute (November 2013 - April 2014)o Collaboration between Tisch Library and TTSo Tufts Team: Evan Simpson, Head, Research & Instruction; Lionel Zupan, Director,

Research & GIS Services, TTS; Regina Raboino Environmental survey of Tufts E-Science, data management policieso Results: Tisch Library Data Management Services Strategic Agenda (Draft)

Tisch Library Research Data Management Services Next Steps

• RDMS Pilot Program– Edited NECDMC modules 1, 2 & 3 for pilot– Outreach to Tufts faculty– Members of Tisch research data management group involved in every aspect of the pilot project, including project management operations

• Expansion to all Tufts libraries– Use NECDMC to teach Tufts librarians– Presented workshops to Tufts Medical School/Sackler School (Boston)

Tisch Library Research Data Management Services Next Steps

• NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU Program)

• A, S & E Graduate Schools– Proposing best practices in research data management workshops or workshop series

• Tufts Office of Research Administration– Work with Director of Program Development to include best practices in a PhD focused program

THANK YOU!

For more information on piloting NECDMC please contact us.

Andrew.Creamer@umassmed.edu

Donna.Kafel@umassmed.edu

Elaine.Martin@umassmed.edu

Regina.raboin@tufts.edu