1. The Do-It-YourselfResearch Data ManagementTraining Kit for
LibrariansRobin Rice, Data LibrarianEDINA and Data
LibraryUniversity of EdinburghScotlandPK session, IASSIST
2013Cologne: 30 May 2013Picture courtesy GESIS, IASSIST 2013
website
2. IASSISTers and librariansare doing it for
themselves!Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin video (from YouTube).
Press play!
3. Background The Data Library as part of Information Services
University of Edinburgh RDM activity:o Research Data Management
Policyo Roadmap to implement policy Data Management Support in
Roadmap Edinburgh pilot training in RDM for librarians
4. Data Library service at Edinburgh:since 1983findingaccessing
using teaching managingChartsBin and mkandlez on flickr
5. Uni of Edinburghs RDM Policy
6. Our Research Data ManagementRoadmap (to implement the
policy)Involvement from across University and Information
Services
7. Data Management SupportGeneral consultancy and support
servicethroughout the research process
8. Supporting and trainingresearchers Online guidance for
academic staff Training PhD students and early career researchers
Awareness-raising and service rollout Data management consultancy;
grant-costed effortsuch as embedded librarians or data librarians
Training librarians & IT staff to prepare for rollout
9. Research Data MANTRA Openly licensed online
learningself-paced course in RDM forpostgrads and early
careerresearchers Grounded in three disciplines,working with
post-graduateschools Video stories from researchers invariety of
settings Data handling exercises in foursoftware analysis packages
http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantrabacklitbuddhaby.ashonFlickr
10. Online training for PhD studentsonline training course
11. A peak inside MANTRA (wordle)Wordle by Rocio von
Jungenfeld
12. Challenges for Librarians in RDM Finding time to pursuenew
activities Establishing credibility ina new area of expertise
Learning new skills;getting techie Getting hands dirty
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material*Iblametheconferencelackofreliableinternetforthelackofattributionoftheseimages
13. Liaison librarian training (2012-13) Data Library agreed to
pilottraining with 4 liaison librarians Aimed to reuse MANTRA in
ablended learning approach foracademic liaison librarians Idea
inspired by DataIntelligence 4 Librarians hybridcourse from 3TU
Delfthttp://www.mcphee.com/laf/
14. Approach: pilot librarian training Librarians are
professionals with ownexperience and concerns to bring to training
Obtain buy-in from start, from participants aswell as their
managers Small group (4 plus facilitator), private setting,plenty
of time for discussion, sharing stories Emphasis on facilitation
rather than teaching
15. Five topics / modules Data management planning Documenting
& organising data Data storage & security Ethics &
copyright Data sharingTopics of interest agreed with
participatinglibrarians before start of training.
Loosecorrespondence to MANTRA units.
16. Course structure: five sessions Each face to face session
two hours duration Facilitated by an expert (data librarian)
Invited guest speakers to kick off each session Short talks
followed by long discussions Interactive group exercises from UK
DataArchive Train the Trainers workbook
17. Homework assignments Allow 2 weeks to complete prior to
session MANTRA modules & recommended reading Reflective
questions to think as a researcher Independent study: Interview a
researcher Write up a Data Curation Profile The first builds
confidence; the second practices what we preach(sharing)
18. Because we love librarians -DIY RDM Training Kit for
Librarians
19. Contents of the training kit Overview for facilitators
Course schedule Reflective questions for each session Selected
group exercises from UK Data Archive Independent study assignment:
Data CurationProfile, from D2C2, Purdue University Libraries
Podcasts and presentations of short talks Evaluation formsAll CC-BY
licensed so please reuse!