This document summarizes Stephen Abrams' presentation on supporting research data management at the University of California. It discusses the justification for research data management, including funder mandates and evolving scholarly norms. It then describes services provided by the UC Curation Center (UC3) to support research data management at UC campuses, such as the DMPTool for creating data management plans, the Dash data repository, and collaborative projects and initiatives. Challenges in supporting research data management are also noted.

1. Stephen Abrams
UCACC, November 16, 2015
UC Curation Center
California Digital Library
University of California
Stephen.Abrams@ucop.edu
http://www.cdlib.org/uc3
@uc3cdl
http://www.slideshare.net/UC3/uc3-ucacc20151116
Supporting Research Data Management
at the University of California
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2. Research data management
Justification
university of california
Funder mandates
Pre-publication
requirements
Institutional policies
Evolving norms of scholarly
practice
Benefits
Increase the reach and
consequence of
scholarship
Encourage synergistic
research
Avoid needless duplication
of effort
Ensure the integrity of the
academic enterprise
Providing the UC
community with innovative
curation solutions
supporting its research,
teaching, and learning
activities
UC3

3. Research data management
What makes scholarly information well
curated?
rubric
First, an appropriate plan
Custodial stewardship
Pro-active management
Meaningful description
Public visibility
Ease of (re)use
Measurement of impact
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4. DMPTool
Create, review, and share data
management plans
planning
Templates for 30 public and private funders
Integrated with campus InCommon/Shibboleth
IdPs
Campus-customized links to helpful guidance,
local and disciplinary services, and examples
Opportunity for institutional review
Work underway to integrate with Center for Open
Science’s Open Science Framework
http://dmptool.org/

5. DMPTool
Supported funder templates
planning
 Dept. Education
 DOE
 DOE Office of Science
 Generic DCC
 GoMRI Research Consortium
 IMLS Digital Content
 IMLS New Software Tools
 IMLS Research Data
 Joint Fire Safety Program
 Moore Foundation
 NEH ODH
 NIH
 NIH GDS
 NOAA
 NSF
http://dmptool.org/
 NSF AGS
 NSF AST
 NSF BCO-DMO
 NSF BIO
 NSF CHE
 NSF CISE
 NSF DMR
 NSF EAR
 NSF HER
 NSF ENG
 NSF PHY
 NSF SBE
 Sloan Foundation
 USDA NIFA
 USGS

6. Dash
Self-service data curation portal
optimized for use by individual scholars
data sharing made easy
Intuitive UI/UX
Drag-and-drop upload
DOI assignment
Pro-active UC3 management
Replication to UCLA and UCSD/SDSC private clouds
Faceted search and browse
Campus-specific branding and URLs
http://dash.cdlib.org/

7. Dash
Campus adoption
data sharing made easy
Berkeley
Irvine
Merced
Riverside (in progress)
San Francisco
Santa Cruz
http://dash.berkeley.edu/
http://dash.lib.uri.edu/
http://dash.ucmerced.edu/
http://dash.ucr.edu/
http://datashare.ucsf.edu/
http://dash.library.ucsc.edu/

8. Dash
Operated on a partial cost-recovery basis
sustainability
Price for the UC community is $0.65/GB/year
A UC-wide open data initiative could provide 10
GB of Dash service to every faculty member,
research staff, and doctoral student for
$194,506/year ($6.50 per participant)
Campus Faculty Staff Doctoral TB Cost
Berkeley 1,280 1,581 2,352 52.1 $ 33,885
Davis 1,274 1,721 1,259 42.5 $ 27,651
Irvine 1,081 715 967 27.7 $ 18,005
Los Angeles 1,703 1,253 1,720 46.7 $ 30,394
Merced 197 66 109 3.7 $ 2,418
Riverside 597 350 703 16.5 $ 10,725
San Diego 1,147 1,492 1,042 36.81 $ 23,927
San Francisco 372 1,583 357 23.1 $ 15,028
Santa Barbara 750 509 1,971 32.3 $ 20,995
Santa Cruz 494 290 982 16.7 $ 11,479
8,902 9,560 11,462 299.3 $194,506

9. ONEShare and DataONE
Open data repository of “last resort”
data observation network for earth
Open data contribution for those without other
institutional or disciplinary options
Aggregation of descriptive metadata for discovery
via DataONE’s ONEMercury interface
Hosted by the University of New Mexico;
subsidized by UNM and DataONE
http://oneshare.cdlib.org/

10. Making data count
Metrics and altmetrics for research data
measurement
Platform for data level metrics (DLM) aggregating
usage data, citations, and social references
NSF-funded project in collaboration with PLOS
and DataONE
Complementary to CrossRef’s DOI event tracker
(DET) initiative
http://mdc.lagotto.io/

11. Collaboration and participation
Strong ties to the international research data
management and curation communities
community
Founding partner of the DataONE network and
DataCite consortium
Partner in the UC Berkeley RDM initiative
ORCID member
Leadership position with COUNTER and CrossRef
Strong participation in the Digital Preservation
Network (DPN), International Internet Preservation
Consortium (IIPC), National Digital Stewardship
Alliance (NDSA), and Research Data Alliance (RDA)
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12. Data Pub
Blog about all things data
learn more
Posts by UC3 staff and guest authors from across
UC and the wider research community
New contributors always welcome!
http://datapub.cdlib.org/

13. Supporting research data management at UC
Opportunities
summary
Challenges
Data management is now an integral part of
scholarly activities
Greater efficiency and transparency
Complementing local activities with centralized or
coordinated initiatives
Extending the precedent set by the open access
policy
UC maintaining control of its own research
outputs
 Raising awareness
 Rapidly evolving landscape
 New obligations require new
solutions
 Integrating RDM best practices
into scholarly workflows with
minimal intrusion
 How much data is out there?
 Reliable long-term funding

14. UC Curation Center
supporting research data management at UC
http://www.cdlib.org/uc3
http://datapub.cdlib.org/
uc3@ucop.edu
@uc3cdl
http://www.slideshare.net/UC3/uc3-ucacc20151116
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