1 / 12

What JISC asked for

What JISC asked for ………………… a project to inspire , guide, support and enable UK HEIs to address preservation gaps; and to use the knowledge gathered from that support work to articulate a compelling business case for digital preservation. What we said we’d do

sabina
Download Presentation

What JISC asked for

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What JISC asked for ………………… a project to inspire, guide, support and enable UK HEIs to address preservation gaps; and to use the knowledge gathered from that support work to articulate a compelling business case for digital preservation.

  2. What we said we’d do ………………… create a digital preservation business case, deliver comprehensive support and widen the pool of appropriate expertise by applying a community driven approach to digital preservation.

  3. What that means • Mash-up events • Web presence • Business case

  4. What that means – more detail • Mash-up events • Collect evidence for business case • Fund further work through ‘awards’ • Turn ‘awards’ into mini case-studies – more ‘evidence’ for business case

  5. What that means – more detail • Web presence • DPC website • OPF website • Themed remote collaboration events

  6. What that means – more detail • Business case business case = benefits + alignment against institutional strategy + understanding of costs (and ROI) • support for adapting/adopting current costing models/tools • adapted current tools for benefits analysis • a generic business case for each content type

  7. Keeping Research Data Safe 2 Beagrie et al • Relatively simple process: • Identify benefits • Categorise them • Identify potential measures • Illustrate value / impact • Measures benefits on three axes • Aided by list of generic benefits …

  8. Typical examples of why researchers and institutions do DP … Reduction in costs through federated storage Cheap early intervention prevents costly later intervention Ensure data is accessible to other researchers Capacity to do diachronic analyses Reputation and citability of data Ability of others to assess and develop your work

  9. Near Term Benefits: • Ensure current data available to others • Long term Benefits: • Capacity to do diachronic analyses • Direct benefits: • Actual reductions in costs through federated storage • Indirect benefits • Cheap early intervention prevents costly late intervention • Internal Benefits: • Reputation and citation of research • External Benefits • Ability of others to test and develop your research

  10. Glasgow DP Mashup 16-18th April 2012 http://www.dpconline.org/events/details/40-SpruceGlasgow?xref=41

  11. http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/spruce http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SPR/Home (http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/AQuA/Home) spruce@leeds.ac.uk

More Related