1. Michael Witt, Jacob Carlson, D. Scott Brandt Purdue University Melissa H. Cragin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Constructing Data Curation Profiles 5 th International Digital Curation Conference, London: December 4, 2009

2. http://datacurationprofiles.org

3. The Data Curation Profile: In a Nutshell The Data Curation Profile is an instrument that can be used to provide concise but detailed information on particular data forms that might be curated by an academic library. These data forms are presented in the context of the related sub- disciplinary research area, and they provide the flow of the research process from which these data are generated. The profiles also represent the needs for data curation from the perspective of individual data producers, using their own language. As such, they support the exploration of data curation across different research domains in real and practical terms.

4. Subjects Biology Horticulture Civil Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Biochemistry Food Science Earth & Atmospheric Science Agronomy Kinesiology Atmospheric Sciences Speech & Hearing Soil Science Anthropology Geology PurdueIllinois

5. Interviews IRB approval Identified subjects Pre-interview worksheet Initial interviews: open-ended Interview Guide asking about their – Demographics – Research data lifecycle – Data management – Disposition of data – Making their data available – Re-use of data – Thoughts on roles for librarians/libraries in data curation Follow-up interviews: examined common themes and gaps from initial transcripts and followed up with highly structured interview

6. Follow up Interviews Asked the subject to identify and describe a specific exemplar dataset and workflow(s) Utilized a “requirements worksheet” that was provided to the subject in advance We tried to ask the “tough questions” and to quantify answers

7. A few of the “tough questions” How many years should this dataset be preserved? Is your manner of description/organization sufficient for another person with similar expertise to understand and properly use your dataset? With whom would you share your dataset (nobody, immediate collaborators, anybody, etc.) and when would you be willing to share it with them (raw data, corrected data, processed data, before publication of paper, after publication, etc.) What are your priorities for [17 different] potential data services (e.g., providing citations for your dataset)? Witt, M. (2009). Eliciting faculty requirements for research data repositories. 4 th International Conference on Open Repositories. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28509http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28509

8. Developing the Data Curation Profile Created three profiles as a proof-of-concept from mining literature in data projects in astronomy, ecology, and crystallography Transcription of interviews Transcripts coded using qualitative analysis software (NVivo) Two draft Data Curation Profiles were created from coded transcripts Draft profiles provided to six external reviewers for comments Feedback incorporated into final template, began creating Data Curation Profiles

9. Current Work Currently 7 profiles are complete, another 12 are being produced and will be posted in the coming months The Data Curation Profile template will be posted and instructions will be given to encourage the creation and contribution of new profiles by others—maybe even by you? Would like to enable more collaboration features on the wiki (e.g., annotation, threaded discussions) and foster a growing and continuing resource/venue Revise and improve the Data Curation Profile based on feedback from the community

10. Example Data Curation Profile: Traffic Flow Traffic Flow Some questions for discussion: What uses do you see for Data Curation Profiles? Are they easy to understand? What is missing from them? How can Data Curation Profiles be leveraged to complement other research and practice taking place in the area of digital curation?

11. Project Team & Acknowledgements PI: D. Scott Brandt Co-PIs: Jacob Carlson, Melissa Cragin, Carole Palmer, Sarah Shreeves, Michael Witt. Research assistants: Marina Kogan, Deborah Leiter External reviewers: Leslie Delserone, Michael Grady, Ron Jantz, Ardys Kozbial, Reagan Moore, and Brian Westra Supported by an IMLS National Leadership Grant, LG-06-07-0032-07.