1. This hand-out accompanies a workshop given on Friday 14th September 2012,
London, UK:
Managing the Material: Tackling Visual Arts as Research Data
(more details available here: http://kapturmrd01.eventbrite.co.uk/)
Workshop: applying the DCC and ANDS guide to visual arts research data
- facilitated by Marie-Therese Gramstadt, KAPTUR Project Manager
The Prezi for this workshop is available: http://prezi.com/aitprjdioxj7/kaptur-
workshop-version-1-0/
2. The video is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpAvxUiyMHo
See also: Paul Ryan discusses drawing from drawing at The British
Museum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FifDBNe66mw
Scientific or Historical Value
Does the dataset reflect the interests of contemporary society?
Is there authoritative evidence of current value to the research field?
Is it possible to consider research data of today as the special
collections of tomorrow (Ref: http://bit.ly/UPISti)?
Economic Value
Consider the economic value of a dataset, for example the costs of
digitisation, research time, time taken to add metadata etc.
Uniqueness
Is the dataset the only source of its content and will it be preserved
elsewhere?
3. The video is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jcOJOFUZg
Funder requirements
What are funder requirements and how will they impact on decisions
regarding research data?
Creation site/circumstances
Are there particular circumstances that need to be considered?
Regarding the set-up of the creation site or available resources?
Archival file formats
Has the data been created, or kept, in an open, machine-independent or
easily accessible format?
Documentation and Records Management
Datasets need some way of understanding their structure and the
meaning of field names, etc. so anyone not directly involved in creating
the data will be able to re-use it.
4. The video is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHhVlTDzE1g
See also: Louise Corti: How can researchers preserve, share, and re-
use sensitive data? (interview)
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1123202
And: Andrew Charlesworth: Intellectual property rights (IPR) -- tips and
pitfalls for creating and using research materials (interview):
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1123326
Legislation relating to Public Records, Copyright and Patents,
Freedom of Information, Data Protection, Health and Safety, and
Equality?
Funder, host institution or discipline-specific information
governance guidelines and codes of practice?
Restrictions on sharing, access and re-use if the research
involved human subjects (e.g. sensitive health or political data)?
5. The video is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s66M4V9HVc
Is there documentation to support sharing, access and re-use of
the data?
What is the reliability and usability of the dataset?
Does the dataset meet technical criteria that allow its easy
redistribution?
6. The video is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH9rUAH7eDw
See also: MANTRA - John MacInnes - Data loss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPBtJAa9Ic
Can the data be easily migrated to other formats?
Ensure that the data cannot be tampered with or inadvertently
changed.
Data must be kept accessible, backups kept, and sharing and
access implemented. All this adds to the cost of keeping data. The
total cost must be considered and estimated to check whether it is
financially viable to keep the data.
If the cost is acceptable who is going to pay for data retention?
Has funding been provided, promised or assured?
