Abstract

KAPTUR (2011-2013), funded by JISC and led by the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS), is a highly collaborative project involving four institutional partners: the Glasgow School of Arts; Goldsmiths, University of London; University for the Creative Arts; and the University of the Arts London. The preservation and publication of research data is seen as positive and all UK Research Councils now require it as a condition of funding (RCUK 2012). As a result a network of data repositories are emerging (DataCite 2012a), some funded by Research Councils, others by institutions themselves. However, research data management practice within the visual arts appears ad hoc. None of the specialist arts institutions within the UK has implemented research data management policies (DCC 2011a), nor established research data management systems. KAPTUR seeks to investigate the nature of visual arts research data, making recommendations for its effective management; develop a model of best practice applicable to both specialist arts institutions and arts departments in multidisciplinary institutions; and apply, test and refine the model with the four institutional partners. This paper will explore the nature of visual arts research data and how effective data management can ensure its long term usage, curation and preservation.

Highlights

  • The overarching objective of KAPTUR (2011-13) is to discover, develop and disseminate a sectoral model of best practice in the effective management of research data in the visual arts across the UK higher education sector.This highly collaborative project, led by the Visual Arts Data Service, a Research Centre of the University for the Creative Arts, draws and builds upon the knowledge, experience and practice of four institutional partners, including: Glasgow School of Art (GSA); Goldsmiths, University of London; University for the Creative Arts (UCA); and University of the Arts London (UAL); and funded by the JISC Managing Research Data programme (2011-13).2

  • Building upon the relationships established through the environmental assessment, these groups will include a wide range of stakeholders: IT, Research Office, Researchers, Library staff, Freedom of Information (FOI) staff, and Senior Management, with the intention of creating a research management policy for their respective institutions

  • The paper makes reference to the work already undertaken by the University of Edinburgh (2011b) in the formation of their research data management policy

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The overarching objective of KAPTUR (2011-13) is to discover, develop and disseminate a sectoral model of best practice in the effective management of research data in the visual arts across the UK higher education sector. This highly collaborative project, led by the Visual Arts Data Service, a Research Centre of the University for the Creative Arts, draws and builds upon the knowledge, experience and practice of four institutional partners, including: Glasgow School of Art (GSA); Goldsmiths, University of London; University for the Creative Arts (UCA); and University of the Arts London (UAL); and funded by the JISC Managing Research Data programme (2011-13). Many of the research councils have established repositories themselves, for example, the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex, which curates research data in the social sciences and humanities

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