Raising the profile of Research Data Management: the UCA story Anne Spalding Kaptur Project Officer

Introduction The purpose of this presentation is to tell you what happened at UCA in terms of raising the profile of RDM. This will cover the how, why, what, when, who and where it happened in a narrative style. I will speak for 20 mins with questions afterwards.

The beginning… Once upon a time….

A voyage of discovery “Very little is known about the curation and management of arts research data in universities, although evidence does point to the fact that it is handled on an ad hoc basis by individual researchers and teams.” (Garrett, 2011)

Kaptur at UCA Nov. 2011Dec. 2011Jan. 2012Feb. 2012Mar Apr. – Jun Oct. 2012Nov. 2012Jan. 2013Feb. 2013Mar Interview Transcription of interviews Environmental Assessment Report Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy Testing of model repository Case study And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board Analysis of transcripts Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 1 – Unchartered Waters Interviews Analysis Environmental Assessment Report

Kaptur at UCA Nov. 2011Dec. 2011Jan. 2012Feb. 2012Mar Apr. – Jun Oct. 2012Nov. 2012Jan. 2013Feb. 2013Mar Interview Transcription of interviews Environmental Assessment Report Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy Testing of model repository Case study And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board Analysis of transcripts Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 2 – Mar to Oct 2012 Discussion paper Processes in creating an RDM policy RDM policy

Kaptur at UCA Nov. 2011Dec. 2011Jan. 2012Feb. 2012Mar Apr. – Jun Oct. 2012Nov. 2012Jan. 2013Feb. 2013Mar Interview Transcription of interviews Environmental Assessment Report Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy Testing of model repository Case study And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board Analysis of transcripts Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 3 – Homeward Bound Testing of a model repository RDM training Case study

Kaptur at UCA Nov. 2011Dec. 2011Jan. 2012Feb. 2012Mar Apr. – Jun Oct. 2012Nov. 2012Jan. 2013Feb. 2013Mar Interview Transcription of interviews Environmental Assessment Report Research on RDM policies, meetings and discussion on draft policy Testing of model repository Case study And approval of draft of RDM policy by Academic Board Analysis of transcripts Discussion paper written and presented to R+E Committee Presentation of draft RDM policy to R+E Committee RDM training Presentation at Kaptur end of project conference

Chapter 4 - Reflection What next? Conclusions Lessons learnt

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Summary Recap Lessons learned Add the take-away message here –It takes time, it is worthwhile, an ongoing process –Or communication, communication, communication –Or communication, dissemination, collaboration –Or ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’

The end? to be continued….

References and image credits Garrett, L. (2011) £400,000 project seeks to transform arts research data project-seeks-to-transform-arts-research-datahttp:// project-seeks-to-transform-arts-research-data (Accessed ) Figure 1. head that is part of a votive necklace At: (Accessed ) Figure 2. head At: (Accessed )

Questions? Thank you for listening