Presentation on the DataUp tool at the American Geophysical Union 2012 Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA

1. DataUp:
Helping
manage &
archive data
Carly Strasser, PhD
From Flickr by kaniths
California Digital Library
@carlystrasser
AGU 2012

2. Digital data
+
Complex
workflows
From Calisphere via San Jose Public Library

3. The Fallout
Data
Reuse
Data
Sharing
Data
Management

4. Hurdles to
From Flickr by iowa_spirit_walker
Data
Stewardship
Cost
Confusion about standards
Disparate datasets
Lack of training
Fear of lost rights or benefits
No incentives

5. ?
The Fallout
Data
Reuse
Data
Sharing
Data
Management

6. Intercept researchers
where they already work

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

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

10. 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

11. What will
DataUp do?
What do
scientists need?

12. ~200 scientists
• No data preservation
– Unaware of archives
– Resistant to sharing
• Poor data documentation
• 90% use Excel + other programs

13. Requirements
DataUp Features
1. Best practices check
2. Generate metadata
3. Generate identifier +
citation
4. Post data to repository
From Flickr by Thewmatt

14. DataUp Web App

15. Web App: dataup.org

16. Web App: dataup.org

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. From Flickr by Mai Le

25. Data Repository for
Anyone | Anywhere

26. Main site: dataup.cdlib.org

27. Main site: dataup.cdlib.org

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

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

31. 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