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An RDC in Your Backyard

Bo Wandschneider University of Guelph CAPDU 2004. An RDC in Your Backyard. Outline. SWORDC Structure and operation DLI/RDC relationships How is it working for us RDC Developments impacting SWORDC What changes are coming Satellites. SWORDC. South Western Ontario Research Data Centre

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An RDC in Your Backyard

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  1. Bo Wandschneider University of Guelph CAPDU 2004 An RDC in Your Backyard

  2. Outline • SWORDC • Structure and operation • DLI/RDC relationships • How is it working for us • RDC Developments impacting SWORDC • What changes are coming • Satellites

  3. SWORDC • South Western Ontario Research Data Centre • Waterloo • Survey Research Centre • Guelph, Brock, WLU, Windsor • Western getting their own now

  4. SWORDC Facilities • Physical location at Waterloo • 3 rooms • Stat Can Analyst Office • Meeting Room • Lab/Workspace • No internet - LAN • 12 machines – no disks • Significant start-up cost and there will be maintenance on hardware • Software is local decision – extensive • M-F 9:00-4:30

  5. SWORDC - Analyst • Stat Can Analyst on-site • Backed up from another RDC • Strong but focused statistical knowledge • Limited knowledge of Stats Can data • Very different from what we might describe as ideal data specialist • Very little understanding of what ‘we’ do • Seems to vary across centres • A costly resource

  6. SWORDC – Relationship to DLI • DRC manages the SWORDC website • Struggle to keep up to date and complete • Direct links from DRC metadata • Publicize RDC in DRC newsletter and website • Should be a continuum of access • Still very much one way effort

  7. SWORDC Website

  8. SWORDC – 2 years in • Costly for faculty to travel there • Time and lack of own environment • Some frustrations with applications but improving • Making more use of synthetic files • Making use of RJS • Not a lot of use

  9. SWORDC - 2 Years in • We try and get to researcher first • They need to know data and stats packages • Need to track output • List of papers, reports, thesis • This will fall to us

  10. RDC – What’s New • May use students to extend hours • No vetting during these hours • Changes to publication requirements • May only need to show that results reported – thesis, article, conf paper… • Census synthetic file may go in RDC • this is yet another model – concerns? • Satellites

  11. RDC - Satellites • Designed for partners, or those without RDC • Establish satellite site • Facilities • Similar to RDC – room, hardware, software • Cost would be significant • Is this necessary?

  12. RDC - Satellites • Facilities • Staffed by student • No vetting on-site • Results encrypted and sent off-site for vetting • Should some of our RDC’s be Satellites • More cost effective? • What is value added of Stat Can analyst? • Is there a role for local data professionals?

  13. RDC – Sample costs

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