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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511504303321

Titolo

Delivering research data management services : fundamentals of good practice / / edited by Graham Pryor, Sarah Jones and Angus Whyte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Facet, , 2014

ISBN

1-78330-024-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

025

Soggetti

Research - Information services

Digital libraries - Management

Database management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; CHAPTER 1 A patchwork of change; 1. Evolution in an age of technological revolution; 2. Six necessary changes?; 3. Policy frameworks, mandates and expectations; 4. Supporting modernization and institutional focus; 5. Global perspectives; 6. Unfamiliar territory; 7. Summation; 8. References; CHAPTER 2 Options and approaches to RDM service provision; 1. Carrots, sticks and the prospect of marginalization; 2. From innovation to transformation; 3. The boundaries of aspiration; 4. A modular framework; 5. Investment as a dynamic of excellence and scale

6. Whose money is it anyway?7. Alliances and partnerships; 8. Websites and explanatory notes; CHAPTER 3 Who's doing data? A spectrum of roles, responsibilities and competences; 1. A broad community of interest; 2. A three-way division of responsibility; 3. New skills for old: some competences in data management; 4. Establishing a niche: RDM as a value prospect; 5. Inclusivity and the bounds of human infrastructure; 6. Websites and web resources; CHAPTER 4 A pathway to sustainable research data services: from scoping to sustainability; 1. Introduction; 2. Development phases

3. Appreciating the context - norms of data practice4. Tools for initiating change and discovering data practices; 5. Planning for



sustainability; 6. Summary; 7. References; CHAPTER 5 The range and components of RDM infrastructure and services; 1. Introduction; 2. An outline of potential infrastructure and support; 3. Policy, strategy and business case; 4. Data management planning; 5. Managing active data; 6. Data selection and handover; 7. Sharing and preserving data; 8. Guidance, training and support; 9. Putting it all together; 10. References

CHAPTER 6 Case study 1: Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services1. Introduction; 2. Sloan Digital Sky Survey; 3. Data Conservancy; 4. Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services (JHUDMS); 5. Conclusions; 6. References; CHAPTER 7 Case study 2: University of Southampton - a partnership approach to research data management; 1. Introduction; 2. The Institutional Data Management Blueprint project; 3. Initiating Phase 1 of the Blueprint: the DataPool project; 4. Reflections on current progress; 5. References; CHAPTER 8 Case study 3: Monash University, a strategic approach

1. Introduction2. Background; 3. Organizational support for research data management; 4. Overview of Monash University's non-technical research data management infrastructure; 5. Monash University's technical research data management infrastructure; 6. Conclusion; 7. Websites; 8. Citation; CHAPTER 9 Case study 4: a national solution - the UK Data Service; 1. Introduction; 2. The structure and functions of the UK Data Service; 3. Conclusion; 4. References; CHAPTER 10 Case study 5: development of institutional RDM services by projects in the Jisc Managing Research Data programmes

1. Introduction

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking guide will lead researchers, institutions and policy makers through the processes needed to set up and run effective institutional research data management services to support their researchers and networks.