10-1-13 “research data curation at uc san diego: an overview” presentation slides

October 1, 2014 Hot Topics: DuraSpace Community Webinar Series

Hot Topics: The DuraSpace Community Webinar Series

Series Six: “Research Data in Repositories”

Curated by David Minor

October 1, 2013 Hot Topics: DuraSpace Community Webinar Series

Webinar 1: Research Data Curation at UC San Diego: An Overview

Presented by: David Minor, Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego Library Declan Fleming, Chief Technology Strategist, UC San Diego Library

Hot Topics Web Seminar Series: Research Data in Repositories

The UC San Diego Experience

First Webinar: Introduction and Framing

General Series Intro

• First webinar: Intro and Framing: UC San Diego decisions and planning

• Second Webinar: Deep dive into technology and metadata

• Third Webinar: The perspective from researchers, next steps

Your esteemed presenters … First webinar: David Minor – Program Director, Research Data Curation Declan Fleming - Chief Technology Strategist Second webinar: Arwen Hutt - Metadata Librarian Matt Critchlow - Manager of Development and Web Services Third webinar: Dick Norris – Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Rick Wagner – Data Scientist at San Diego Supercomputer Center

Today we will …

• Provide background on who we are

• Talk about how we got here

• Look at what differentiates research data

• Examine how we approached this work

• Point to the future

Who are we?

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• Social Sciences (38.1%) • Engineering (20.3%) • Biology (18.7%) • Science/Math (10.3%)

• Special/Undeclared (6.3%) • Humanities (3.3%) • Arts (3.0%)

30,000 Students

$1 Billion in annual research

UC San Diego Library • 590,000+ e-books • 43,000 electronic periodicals and journals • 262,000+ digital media resources • 50+ unique digital collections

How did we get here?

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2008 Campus-wide survey Indicated desire for data services

Management of active data Long-term preservation of data Data Description

2009 “Blueprint for the Digital University” 2012 Data Management Plan requirements Changed thinking of many on campus Push for integrated campus services

Our researchers said they need: Places to put things Ways to point to things Help organizing things

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Integrated campus services

Research Cyberinfrastructure Program (RCI) http://rci.ucsd.edu

Research Data Curation Program in Library http://libraries.ucsd.edu/services/data-curation

RCI is “By campus, for campus”

Started in 2011, RCI are priorities driven by researcher requirements RCI is managed by an Oversight Committee, representing campus units, which sets strategic directions and oversees implementation Implementation partners from across campus

o Administrative Computing & Telecommunications o Calit2 o San Diego Supercomputer Center o UCSD Library

RCI Services

Centralized Storage High Speed Networking Computing Data Center Colocation Data Curation

http://rci.ucsd.edu

Data Curation Pilots

Two year pilot process with selected researchers (started September 2011) Targeted domains representing campus Explicitly required researcher participation

The curation pilot goals Investigate what it means to make a variety of research data discoverable and reusable Investigate current UC San Diego tools for this work Learn how researchers, information technologists, and librarians work together with data Recommend production services Develop budget and cost models

The curation pilot researchers The Brain Observatory NSF OpenTopography Facility Levantine Archaeology Laboratory

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geological Collections

The Laboratory for Computational Astrophysics

What’s the deal with research data? Actual research data!

What’s the deal with research data?

What makes it different from other data types? What challenges does it present to a repository? What are the data owners’ expectations? What are the institutional responsibilities?

What makes it different from other data types?

Complexity Size of data Number of files Variety of file types New presentation methods Mixed mode presentation methods

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What challenges does it present to a repository?

How do we represent complex data models? How do we meet the needs of a diverse user community (including data owners)? How do we interact with diverse systems? How does it play with library data?

What are the data owners’ expectations?

Long term preservation of data Long term availability of data Reference-ability of data Lots of cool whiz bang features Actual research data!

What are the institutional responsibilities?

Preserve the intellectual capital of the university Take advantage of institutional commitments Provide a base level of data services for campus Create new research opportunities by bringing diverse data together

How did we begin to approach this work?

Actual research data!

How did we begin to approach this work?

By providing an integrated stack of services:

A tool for search and discovery A digital preservation service Identifier service Training classes

Not research data!

The integrated stack

DAMS for search and discovery Chronopolis for digital preservation EZID service for object identifiers Training classes on Data Management Plan Tool

Nope!

DAMS for search and discovery

Begun 10 years ago RDF based metadata - allows for

multiple standards support (MADS, Premis, MIX, etc.) local attributes easily added linked data

Local and cloud based storage Needed changes made to accommodate complex objects and collections

UCSD Library DAMS

As other collections are added, they will be listed here. Cross-collection discoverability is key.

Complex research collections will be “mixed in” with regular digital collections.

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Complex components and

imagery

Full metadata records

Chronopolis for digital preservation

• TRAC-certified preservation system • Data replicated in three locations across the country • Active preservation

EZID service for DOI services

As part of an arrangement with the California Digital Library, we provide free DOIs to campus researchers.

Training classes on DMP Tool

That’s our stack …

… today

We faced challenges in these processes

Expression of complex objects in metadata Presentation of complex objects in DAMS Organization of divergent datasets into a coherent unit Best ways to provide data management services

Our challenges for tomorrow

Move from boutique, pilot services to a scalable series of processes. Work with additional researchers in same domains. Work with new domains. Broaden lifecycle management mindset on campus.

Stay tuned …

Next Webinar (October 15) Deep dive into our two core developments Arwen Hutt - Metadata Librarian Matt Critchlow - Manager of Development and Web Services

Stay tuned …

Final Webinar (October 31) The researcher perspective from two of our pilot participants Dick Norris – Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Rick Wagner – Data Scientist at San Diego Supercomputer Center

dminor@ucsd.edu dfleming@ucsd.edu http://rci.ucsd.edu http://libraries.ucsd.edu/services/data-curation

Thanks! Questions?

UC San Diego Library • 590,000+ e-books • 43,000 electronic periodicals and journals • 262,000+ digital media resources • 50+ unique digital collections