Are librarians and researchers on the same page?

Data sharing

libraries@cambridge

2012

Changing data environment Ed Chamberlain (Systems Development

Librarian, CUL)

Sharing geographic research data Dr Max Satchell (Department of

Geography, University of Cambridge)

Libraries providing infrastructure for research data Paul Stainthorp (eresources Librarian,

University of Lincoln)

Cambridge context Dr Anna Collins (DSpace@Cambridge

Research Data and Digital Curation Officer)

Open Forum

Overview of session

Who and what? - The changing H.E. (data) environment

Government

H.E. Institution

Research TeachingAnd learningLibrary

Administration

• Raw research data• Usage data• Environmental data• Geographic information

• Public information• Events• Public service usage and availability• Healthcare• Spending• Population / census• Electoral information

• Organisation• People• Places• Results

• Bibliographic data• Usage data

• Courses• Results• Timetables• Material

Longer term: External support in (I.T.) service development

Easier collaboration

Decreased operating costs

Cross sector fertilisation (rise of the data journalist)

Growth of a data economy?

Short term: Increased transparency (Response to F.O.I.

requests)

Value for taxpayer /fee-payer / research funder

Increased prestige

Expedite research

Support from national and international government

Why?The benefits

Professor Sir Tim Berners-

Lee's Open Linked Data

Standards

★ Make your stuff available on the web (whatever format)

★★ Make it available as structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)

★★★ Non-proprietary format (e.g. csv instead of excel)

★★★★ Use URLs to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff

★★★★★ Link your data to other people’s data to provide context

http://data.southampton.ac.uk/5star.html

Management of risks

I.P.R. / Licensing – open is best

Skills to create, maintain and exploit

Infrastructure

Importance of standards

New challenges for H.E.

New roles for the library?

Library / Repository Data curatorData provider

Skills trainer

Research

TeachingAnd learning

Data production Data consumption

Data storage

Data production Data consumption

Changing data environment Ed Chamberlain (Systems Development

Librarian, CUL)

A researcher's perspective: making GIS datasets open Dr Max Satchell (Department of

Geography, University of Cambridge)

Libraries working to curate research data in practice Paul Stainthorp (eresources Librarian,

University of Lincoln)

Cambridge context Dr Anna Collins (DSpace@Cambridge

Research Data and Digital Curation Officer)

Open Forum

Overview of session