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
[email protected] [email protected] 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