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

2. Introduction
• The purpose of this presentation is to tell the story of raising the
profile of Research Data Management at UCA
• The who, where, when, why, what and how
• 20 mins. presentation with questions afterwards.

3. The beginning…
Once upon a time….

4. 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)

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

6. Chapter 1 – Unchartered Waters
• Interviews
• Analysis
• Environmental Assessment Report

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

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

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

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

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

12. Chapter 4 - Reflection
• What next?
• Successful aspects of the project
• Conclusions

13. Fig. 1 head that is part of a votive necklace Fig. 2 head

14. Summary
• Recap
• Lessons learned
– It takes time, it is worthwhile, an ongoing process
• Take away message
– communication, dissemination, collaboration

15. The end?
to be continued….

16. References and image credits
Garrett, L. (2011) £400,000 project seeks to transform arts research
data
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/article/35321/%26pound%3B400%2C000-
project-seeks-to-transform-arts-research-data (Accessed 29.11.2012)
Figure 1. head that is part of a votive necklace
At: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=585 (Accessed 01.02.2013)
Figure 2. head
At: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=667 (Accessed 01.02.2013)

17. Questions?
Thank you for listening