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Introduction to DAF

Introduction to DAF. Sarah Jones Digital Curation Centre sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk. Funded by:.

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Introduction to DAF

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  1. Introduction to DAF Sarah Jones Digital Curation Centre sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk Funded by: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/scotland/ ; or, (b) send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

  2. What is the problem? Do you know: what research data you hold? where they are being stored / backed up? which data need to be (or legally can be) kept? who can access & use the data? If not, how can you manage & share your data?

  3. What is DAF? A methodology to ‘audit’ data holdings and investigate data management practice Created in a 6-month JISC project in 2008 Four pilot projects also funded by JISC The name has changed!

  4. Key conclusion for using DAF Most unis are in the very early stages Infrastructure for data management is lacking  Emphasis on scoping needs by investigating practice rather than registering data

  5. Who to speak to? PhD students / Research Assistants PIs / Research Group Leaders Local IT / research support Administrators (locally & research office) Service staff

  6. How to gather information? Desk-research Questionnaires Interviews Focus groups Shadowing / observational approach

  7. What to ask? www.data-audit.eu/docs/DAF_Implementation_Guide.pdf

  8. Lessons and tips A data champion can help persuade others to get involved =The DCC lifecycle model can be useful to structure discussion in interviews. Questionnaires are a good way to identify people for interview PhD students are well-placed to help with the survey. They have a disciplinary understanding, know the researchers and often help to create & manage the data. Frame interviews in terms of DMPs to give a tangible benefit to researchers – they then know what to write on the next grant proposal.

  9. Discussion…. What are you hoping to find out about RDM? Do you have a planned approach? Have you taken ideas from other work? What do you want to know about DAF / DCC?

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