rdap14: developing an rdm educational service using the new england collaborative data management...
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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 Pilots Tufts 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.