Abstract
This paper discusses work to implement the University of Edinburgh Research Data Management (RDM) policy by developing the services needed to support researchers and fulfil obligations within a changing national and international setting. This is framed by an evolving Research Data Management Roadmap and includes a governance model that ensures cooperation amongst Information Services (IS) managers and oversight by an academic-led steering group. IS has taken requirements from research groups and IT professionals, and at the request of the steering group has conducted pilot work involving volunteer research units within the three colleges to develop functionality and presentation for the key services. The first pilots cover three key services: the data store, a customisation of the Digital Curation Centre’s DMPonline tool, and the data repository. The paper will report on the plans, achievements and challenges encountered while we attempt to bring the University of Edinburgh RDM Roadmap to fruition.
Highlights
University obligations in the area of research data management are explored in a previous paper, which conveys the direction at the University of Edinburgh (Rice & Haywood, 2011)
This has led to the creation of the first institutional research data management policy by a UK Higher Education Institution (HEI) in May, 2011.1
The paper discussed a number of drivers for the university’s focus on research data management and storage, including adoption of the UK Research Integrity Office’s Code of Practice for Research (UKRIO, 2009) and the need for principal investigators (PIs) to comply with funders’ requirements. Since that time another UK funder, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has issued a Policy Framework on Research Data (ESPRC, 2011) with significant requirements addressed to the institution, not just the PI
Summary
University obligations in the area of research data management are explored in a previous paper, which conveys the direction at the University of Edinburgh (Rice & Haywood, 2011). From consultation with the university’s research community, the provision of freeat-point-of-use storage to researchers was identified as a key service deliverable This would provide the working space for data for the majority of university research, with the option to extend allocation through direct payment. Developing an infrastructure to support this variety of uses has been challenging, and has led the university to implement an open standards-based storage infrastructure which is scalable and able to utilise storage from many hardware vendors, rather than an appliance solution, which would be tied to delivery from one vendor This flexible delivery supports layering of a range of data access mechanisms on top of a common file store. To provide greater flexibility, federated access via Project Moonshot will be investigated
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