New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC): An Educational Program and Service for Best Practices in

1. New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC): An Educational Program and Service for Best Practices in Research Data Management Regina Fisher Raboin Research Data Management Services Group Coordinator/Science Librarian Tisch Library, Tufts University Scholarly Communications Interest GroupAssociation for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)American Library AssociationSaturday, April 28, 2014

2. Data Stinks, Information Rocks!Jim Hirschauer http://www.appdynamics.com/blog/apm/data-stinks-information-rocks/ Accessed: June 28, 2014

3. UMass Medical School Lamar Soutter Library Principal Investigator Elaine Martin, Library Director/NECDMC PI University of Massachusetts Medical School Project Coordinators Donna Kafel, New England e-Science Coordinator University of Massachusetts Medical School Andrew Creamer, formerly University of Massachusetts Medical School; Scientific Data Management Specialist, Brown University

4. Phase 1: Planning August 2010-December 2011 “Planning a Data Management Curriculum…” IMLS grant with Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Project deliverable: “Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum” http://library.umassmed.edu/data_management_frameworks.pdf New England Data Management Curriculum

6. Phase 2: Content Development Funding from NN/LM NER Content developers teamed up to create lecture notes, slides, and additional cases May 2012-November 2013 Expanded collaboration of content contributors (Tufts, UMA, Northeastern, MBL/WHOI; Countway, Harvard Medical School, UConn) New England Data Management Curriculum

7. NECDMC Partners

8. NECDMC Website http://library.umassmed.edu/necdmc/

9. Tufts NECDMC Roles • Co-authored Modules 1, 3, and 6 • Editorial role for curriculum • Case studies • Data Management Plans (DMPs) • Webinar on DMPs • Pilot site for NECDMC • Outreach

10. Role of Having Teaching Cases Ortho Case (2011) Vitamin D Bipolar Depression Case (2013)

11. Lesson Plans • Learner Objectives • Module Content • Activities • Research Cases • Assessment • Readings New England Data Management Curriculum

12. Phase 2: Local Piloting • NN/LM, MAR Class (Mid-Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, April 2014) • 90 minute class for UMMS CTSA (Clinical & Translational Scientific Awards) • 15-week Simmons GSLIS course • “Train-the-Trainer Workshop” (November 8, 2013; May 8, 2014) New England Data Management Curriculum

13. Local Piloting http://www.slideshare.net/ElaineMartin1/20130801-creamerkafelmartinmanagingyourdatacct-sslides New England Data Management Curriculum

14. Local Piloting E-Science Professional Development Day Webinar: “Consulting on Data Management Plans in New England” of the Teaching Research Data Management series. Presented October 31, 2013 https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p9l95ti03q0/ New England Data Management Curriculum

15. 532G-01 Scientific Data Management https://sites.google.com/a/vt.edu/srdm/ New England Data Management Curriculum

16. Phase 3: Piloting Beyond UMMS • Make the curriculum available (site launched November 8, 2013) • Solicited partner sites throughout the U.S. and Canada • Currently participating in evaluation and feedback loop • Add to the database of cases, especially in Social Sciences & Humanities New England Data Management Curriculum

17. Pilot Sites New England Data Management Curriculum

18. NECDMC Community Pilots

19. Piloting Activities • Teach one or more NECDMC modules • Use one or more cases • Implement student evaluation forms and send to UMMS for compilation • Participate in instructor survey and individual phone interview conducted by UMMS consultant • Agree to share information via monthly phone calls • Add to database of cases (optional) New England Data Management Curriculum

20. How NECDMC is Being Used • Informing a semester-long, for-credit course • For librarian professional development • Library workshops for students • Module per week with experts • Graduate student induction • Library school course

21. NECDMC Roll-out at Tufts • Library workshops (Savvy Researcher Series) • Target specific domains • Research Data Management Software (RDMS) Pilot Project • Research Day@Tufts (May 2014)

22. Phase 4: Assessment Tools • Student evaluation form • Instructor surveys • Instructor interview New England Data Management Curriculum

23. NECDMC Pilot Student Feedback • Lifecycle • Resources • Methods • Cloud Sharing and Storage Issues • Data Retention • Knowledge about Technical Standards • Long-term Formats • Licensing • DOIs

24. Beyond UMass: Dissemination • North Atlantic Health Science Librarians (NAHSL) (October 2013) • Teaching RDM with the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum workshop (November 2013) • RDAP (March 2014) • University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium (April 2014) • Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Scholarly Communications Interest Group (May 2014) • Medical Library Association (May 2014) New England Data Management Curriculum

25. Improvements? Yes! • Specific examples of metadata preparation • Details of where people should go for help • RDM responsibilities (PI, students, etc.) • Local tools, policies, and support available • Discussions about quality control • Specifics on sharing • Specifics on depositing data

26. Tisch Library: Strategic Initiatives • National Science Foundation (NSF) Informational Trip (March 2014) • Arranged by Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC • Meetings and Discussions • NSF Head, Policy Office, Division of Institution and Award Support • Seven Division Directors • Executive summary: OVPR, Tufts Libraries, TTS, and DCA have opportunity to evolve and build university-wide data management services, policies and procedures. • Report with broad takeaways and recommended OVPR/Tisch Library collaborative initiatives/actions • E-Science Duraspace Institute (November 2013 - April 2014) • Collaboration between Tisch Library and TTS • Tufts Team: Evan Simpson, Head, Research & Instruction; Lionel Zupan, Director, Research & GIS Services, TTS; Regina Raboin • Environmental survey of Tufts E-Science, data management policies • Results: Tisch Library Data Management Services Strategic Agenda (Draft)

27. Tisch Library Research Data Management Services Next Steps • RDMS Pilot Program • Edited NECDMC modules 1, 2 & 3 for pilot • Outreach to Tufts faculty • Members of Tisch research data management group involved in every aspect of the pilot project, including project management operations • Expansion to all Tufts libraries • Use NECDMC to teach Tufts librarians • Presented workshops to Tufts Medical School/Sackler School (Boston)

28. Tisch Library Research Data Management Services Next Steps • NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU Program) • A, S & E Graduate Schools • Proposing best practices in research data management workshops or workshop series • Tufts Office of Research Administration • Work with Director of Program Development to include best practices in a PhD focused program

29. THANK YOU! For more information on piloting NECDMC please contact us. Andrew.Creamer@umassmed.edu Donna.Kafel@umassmed.edu Elaine.Martin@umassmed.edu Regina.raboin@tufts.edu