Developing an RDM Educational Service Using the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum

(NECDMC)

Regina Raboin,

Research Data Management Services Group Coordinator/Science Librarian,

Tufts University

Andrew Creamer, Project Coordinator,

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Donna Kafel, Project Coordinator,

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Elaine Martin, Library Director/NECDMC PI,

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Presentation Outline

• Tisch Library at Tufts RDM Services

• Building Campus Relationships

• NECDMC Partnership

• NECDMC Roll-out at Tufts

• NECDMC Community Pilots

Team

Tisch Library Data Management Services Group Members

Formed Fall 2010/Winter 2011• Miriam Allman, Science and Engineering Bibliographer• Dana Elder, Cataloging and Metadata Services• Martha Kelehan, Social Sciences Bibliographer and Tufts Scholarly

Communications Team Co-chair• Alexander May, Cataloging and Metadata Services• Alicia Morris, Head, Technical Services, Cataloging and Metadata• Josh Quan, Social Sciences Data Librarian• Laura Walters, Associate Director for Collection Management and Access

Services• Karen Vagts, Engineering, Business & Math Research and Instruction

Librarian• Regina Raboin, Tisch Data Management Services Group Coordinator;

Science Research and Instruction Librarian

Relationships with University Stakeholders

– Arts and Sciences: Associate Director for Research Affairs and Grants Administrator

– School of Engineering Research Administrator– Tufts Digital Collections and Archives (Tufts Institutional Repository and

Digital Library)– Tufts Technology Services

• Research and GIS Technical services• Educational and Scholarly Technology Services

– Tufts University Scholarly Communications Team – Vice-provost for Research: Office of Proposal Development (ODP)

& Office of Research Administration (ORA)– University Library Council (all university library directors, Digital

Collections and Archives director, University Libraries Systems director, Associate Provost, Academic Technology)

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

NECDMC Roll-out at Tufts

• Library workshops (Savvy Researcher Series)

• Target specific domains (Hirsch Health Sciences Library)

• Research Data Management Software (RDMS) Pilot Project

• Research Day@Tufts (May 2014)

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

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

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 Research Data Management Services Next Steps

• NSF Directorates Meeting

• 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 workshop 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.

Regina.raboin@tufts.edu

Andrew.Creamer@umassmed.edu

Donna.Kafel@umassmed.edu