… because good research needs good data

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Data Management Skills and Support Initiative (DaMSSI)

… because good research needs good data

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Introduction•Support project for JISC Research Data Management Training Materials (RDMTrain) programme strand

•Agreement needed on what constitutes a basic set of postgraduate data management skills

•Consistent descriptions of skills

•Framework that supports progression of skills over time

•Two recently developed models may be able to help:

•Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework

•‘research lens’ for SCONUL’s Seven Pillars model

•Testing usefulness of models for planning data management training

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Key work areas

•Support for RDMTrain projects in using the models to provide consistent training output descriptions

•Mapping of projects’ training materials to identify generic/discipline-specific skills

•Comparison/synthesis of mappings from the projects

•Recommendations for Vitae and SCONUL

•Guidance through case studies and career profiles

•Recommendations for professional bodies and LIS course providers

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Progress to date

•Site visits to the five projects completed

•Followed up with initial mappings of training outputs to Researcher Development Framework and Seven Pillars

•Initial observations on models:

•Have definite potential to be useful for engaging with institutional CPD training providers

•May be useful in developing module outlines

•Will benefit from further detail on data management skills

•Projects’ training outputs have mapped well to at least one of the frameworks

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Challenges and solutions

•Engaging with projects and encouraging use of models

Site visits, performing initial mappings

•Understanding and utilising the models

RIN information-handling group work with Vitae, research lens for Seven Pillars

• Encouraging Vitae and SCONUL to act on recommendations

Involvement of Vitae and SCONUL in DaMSSI, timely feedback

•Fostering communications with professional bodies and LIS course providers

Links through projects, career profiles, communications with CILIP

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Longer term implications and activities

•Researcher career development models will incorporate data management skills

•Generic and discipline-specific data management skills will be clarified

•Engagement with professional bodies will be initiated

•Engagement with LIS course providers will be initiated

… because good research needs good data

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Thank you for listening!

Kellie.Snow@glasgow.ac.uk

DaMSSI project webpages: http://www.rin.ac.uk/data-management-skills

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/data-management-courses-and-training/skills-frameworks

JISC/DCC International Curation Education Forum, 29 June 2011http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/preservation/iceforum