1. Stakeholders in RDM Session 3.3
RDMRose: Research Data Management for LIS
Session 3 The Digital Curation Lifecycle
Session 3.3 Stakeholders in RDM
Stakeholders in RDM
Session 3.3
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2. Extra-Institutional Stakeholders Perspectives on RDM Institutional
Other
Researchers
In the discipline
Institutional
Stakeholders
PVC
research
Department
Computing
services
Researchers
In other
disciplines
Research Project
Commercial
Partners
and
Customers
Data
repository
manager
The
Researcher
Research
Office
Library
Other
HEIs
Human
resources
Records unit
and university archive
Individual
professional
perspective
Funding
councils
The public and wider
Society
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3. Research administrators
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4. Research administration
Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), founded 1991
1600 members by 2011
75% female
67% in pre-1992 universities
RA professionals have diverse backgrounds; few have PhDs – more often new entrants (Shelley, 2010)
Job titles are various
The growth of the profession arises from competition for funding
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5. Research administration roles
Research administrators “play an important part in formulating, developing, supporting, monitoring, evaluating and promoting” university research (Hockey & Allen-Collinson, 2009, p. 142)
Shelley (2010) found increasingly included formerly academics’ roles: blurring of distinction as “third space professionals” (Whitchurch, 2012)
ARMA (2011) roles
Developing Proposals
Project Lifetime
Translation
Postgraduate Researchers
Policy and Governance
Management Information and Related Functions
Service Organisation and Delivery
“I am supposed to be a member of the faculty research committee but I am also the clerk”
quoted by Shelley (2010, p. 58)
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6. Research support roles in RDM (RoaDMaP 2012)
“Adopting a cradle to grave perspective re RDM.
Pre-award considerations – undertaking research, data protection
Data Management Plans and the writing of the plans
Assisting PIs to write plans
Asking specific questions i.e. pre-award / referrals to IT
Database curation once research is underway as not yet part of mentality or part of their research process.
Post award troubleshooting and helping to sort out problems.
Managing teams of research support who look at compliance.”
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7. Activity 3.3.1 Research administration
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8. Activity 3.3.1 Research administration
ARMA has published a very detailed professional development framework,
Spend some time mapping research administration functions to the list of RDM roles listed in Session 1.3, slides
What do you know about your own institution’s research administration?
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9. Computing services
Libraries typically work more closely with computing services than research offices; some services have a degree of convergence
Naturally the two professions have different, hopefully complementary orientations
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10. Differing and shared values of the two professions (Creth, 1994)
Computing professional
Technical orientation
Entrepreneurial behaviour
Creativity encouraged
Librarian
Service orientation
Consensus approach
Fiscal responsibility
Professional orientation
Focus on global information community
Concerned with well being of university
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11. Cultural attributes of computing and libraries (Favini, 1997)
“Computing services
Technology is the main driver of services offered
Change in organizational structure is frequent
Use of formal project management techniques is common
Male dominated environment
ACS under a Vice President of IT with an emphasis on supporting Administration, Staff and Faculty
Salaries vary greatly throughout the industry
Staff turn-over relatively high
Team oriented focus to accomplish clearly defines goals
Reward system is flexible, based on short-term performance
People possessing technical expertise operate "behind the scenes"
Pace of change is fast ”
“Libraries
Emphasis on contact with people
Technology used primarily to accomplish service goals
Roles of organization members well defined and agreed upon
The major functions of library work do not vary among institutions
Librarians are products of a shared educational experience, MLS
Staff turn-over relatively low
Female dominated profession
Organizational power derived by formal job title
Reward system is comparable across the industry
The acquisition of technology driven by suppliers of information services rather than home grown innovation
Library traditionally under the Academic Provost with an emphasis on supporting Students and Faculty”
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12. Activity 3.3.2 Differing stakeholder perspectives
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13. Activity 3.3.2 Differing stakeholder perspectives
How might researchers, computing services, research administrators and librarians respond to the drivers for RDM listed below differently?
Research council/funder mandates
Institutional policy
Publishers’ demands
Open access agenda
Storage and security
“Direct benefits” to researcher: such as better data quality or increased impact
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14. Activity 3.3.3 Identify key contacts
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15. Activity 3.3.3 Identify key contacts
First identify which professional services and which departments in these services are relevant. This includes other departments in the Library
Who do you already know in these departments?
Look at the websites of the departments you identified. Whom should be on your list of key contacts, or whom could you contact to find out?
How are you going to keep your list of key contacts up-to-date?
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16. References
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17. References
ARMA (2011). A Professional Development Framework for Research Managers and Administrators. Retrieved from
Creth, S.D. (1994). Creating a virtual information organization: Collaborative relationships between libraries and computing centers. Journal of Library Administration, 19(3-4),
Favini,R. (1997). The Library and Academic Computing Center: Cultural Perspectives and Recommendations for Improved Interaction (ACRL whitepaper). Retrieved from
Hockey, J. & Allen-Collinson, J. (2009). Occupational knowledge and practice among UK University Research Administrators. Higher Education Quarterly, 63(2),
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18. References
RoaDMaP (2012). Breakout 3 Summary – Professional area perspective. Retrieved from .
Shelley, L. (2010). Research managers uncovered: Changing roles and ‘Shifting arenas’ in the Academy. Higher Education Quarterly, 64(1),
Whitchurch, C. (2012). Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education: The Rise of Third Space Professionals. London: Routledge.
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