Presentation given via video at the ACRL Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 13 2013. Video available here: http://vimeo.com/63614563

1. DataUp:
Helping
manage
&
archive
data
Carly
Strasser
California
Digital
Library
@carlystrasser
ACRL
April
2013
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2. • Cost
Hurdles
to
• Confusion
about
Data
standards
Stewardship
• Disparate
datasets
• Lack
of
training
• Fear
of
lost
rights
or
benefits
• No
incentives
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3. Intercept
researchers
where
they
already
work

5. Facilitate
Archiving
Data
management
&
Data
Reuse
&
Sharing
Reproducibility
organization
Publishing

6. $$
and
advice
$$
and
developers
Requirements
gathering
Project
management
Outreach

7. Requirements
gathering
Project
management
Outreach

8. What
do
scientists
need?

9. Asked
~ 200
scientists
How
do
you
use
Excel?
What
is
your
workflow?
How
do
you
capture
metadata?
Plans
for
saving
&
sharing
data?

10. Scientist
Responses
• No
data
preservation
– Unaware
of
archives
– Resistant
to
sharing
• Poor
data
documentation
• 90%
use
Excel
w/
other
programs

11. Requirements
Features
Best
practices
check
Generate
metadata
(EML)
Generate
identifier
+
citation
Post
data
to
repository

12. Open
Source
Tool
Add-­‐in
&
Web
Application
Earth,
environmental,
?
ecological
researchers

13. Add-­‐in
• Software
you
download
&
install
• Appears
as
“ribbon”
in
Excel
• Works
for
Windows
Excel
2007+
Web-­‐based
application
• Website
that
does
something
with
user’s
files
• Any
platform
• But…
new
user
interface

14. DataUp
Web
App

15. Web
App

16. Web
App

17. Web
App:
Best
Practices
Check

18. Web
App:
Metadata

19. Web
App:
Citation

20. Web
App:
Posting
to
repository

21. DataUp
Add-­‐In

22. Add-­‐in:
Ribbon

23. Add-­‐in:
Metadata
tab

24. Main
site:
dataup.cdlib.org

25. Code
site:
bitbucket.org/dataup/main

26. Establish
Partnerships
From
animationresources.org
Engage
Developers
Build
Community

27. Website
dataup.cdlib.org
Twitter
feed
@DataUpCDL
Facebook
facebook.com/DataUpCDL
Code
site
bitbucket.org/dataup/main
My
website
carlystrasser.net
Email
me
carlystrasser@gmail.com
Tweet
me
@carlystrasser
My
slides
slideshare.net/carlystrasser
CDL
Blog
datapub.cdlib.org