Presentation by Sally Rumsey of the University of Oxford. It was presented at the LSHTM Research Data Services workshop on June 30th 2015, an event organised to mark the end of LSHTM's Wellcome Trust funded RDM project.

1. Research
data
services
at
the
University
of
Oxford
Sally
Rumsey
The
Bodleian
Libraries
University
of
Oxford
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Harssch
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2. 1. RDM
at
Oxford:
OrganizaKonal
structure
2. Tools
and
services
available
inc
ORCID
3. Challenges
along
the
way
4. Next
steps
Themes
Copyright
2010
Francis
Rumsey

3. • Oxford RDM Working Group
• Academically led
• RDM policy
• Collaborative services development to support researchers
• Research Services (grant writing, licensing legal issues)
• IT Services (active / live data)
• Bodleian Libraries (advice, training and archiving)
Research Data Oxford

4. RDM
Programme
Research
CommiMee
Research
InformaKon
Management
&
Technology
Sub-­‐commiMee
Research
Data
Management
&
Open
Data
Working
Group
Research
Services
IT
Services
Bodleian
Libraries

5. Policy
on
the
Management
of
Research
Data
and
Records
1. Promote
good
data
management
2. Acknowledges
obligaKons
to
funders
3. Work
in
partnership
to
achieve
good
pracKce
4. Data
retenKon
5. Legal
and
ethical
obligaKons
6. Researchers
and
University
responsibiliKes

6. RDM website: researchdata.ox.ac.uk
Single
starting
point for
information

7. researchdata@ox.ac.uk

8. • Work in progress
• Quick win
• Customizing help text
Oxford DMP Online

9. Live data services:
ORDS
1. Online
Research
Database
Service
2. Tool
for
researchers
working
with
relaKonal
databases
3. secure
database
hosKng,
sharing,
and
ediKng
interfaces
for
collaboraKons
to
query
data
and
publish
research
4. hMp://ords.ox.ac.uk/

10. Institutional data archive: ORA-Data
1. An
extension
to
the
exisKng
publicaKons
repository
2. Managed
and
maintained
by
the
Bodleian
Libraries
3. Data
catalogue:
Records
for
datasets
located
elsewhere
4. DocumentaKon
and
metadata
describing
the
dataset
5. Long-­‐term
archive
to
preserve
data
6. DOI
for
data
citaKon
(Datacite)
7. High
visibility
1. discoverable
2. Sharable
8. Detailed
help
on
LibGuide

11. ORCIDs at Oxford
Collaborative initiative lead by Bodleian
Released
12
May
2015

12. • Existing network
• Train the trainers
• Communications strategy
• Not expected to be expert
• Part of help and support
initiative
• Participate in faculty
committees – two way flow
of information
Network of librarians
©
Clare
Byers

13. • What data to retain
• Charging model
• Data and theses
• DOI – point of assignment
• Understanding DOIs
• EPSRC policy – refined advice
• Descriptive metadata “to understand the dataset”
• Active preservation
• Service sustainability
Major challenges

14. 1. RDO
website
1. ConKnual
updaKng
2. DMP
Online
1. Complete
customizaKon
2. List
benefits,
help
text
and
promoKon
3. ORDS
1. ConKnue
roll-­‐out
and
service
development
2. Seamless
deposit
in
ORA-­‐Data
and
other
data
archives
4. ORA-­‐Data
1. Charging
model
2. Refine
and
extend
processes
and
procedures
(eg
DOI
process;
handling
large
files)
3. ConKnue
technical
improvement
including
review
and
infrastructure
4. Project
to
service
transiKon
5. Review
all
RDM
services
(quarterly/annually)
6. Dovetail
data
services
to
fit
with
OA
Service
Next steps

15. Questions?
Sally Rumsey
The Bodleian Libraries
University of Oxford
sally.rumsey@bodleian.ox.ac.uk