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Research Data Management PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS

Katina ToufexisResearch Data LibrarianeResearch Support and Digital Developments Unit

The University of Western Australia

Microarray Data

The Data Deluge

Protein Structure Data

DNA Sequencing Data

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The Data Deluge

“Data is more like soup – it’s messy and you

don’t know what’s in it.” – Liz Lyon (UK DCC)

“I worry there won't be enough people around to

do the analysis.”–Chris Ponting (University of Oxford UK, Computational

biologist)

“our capacity to measure, store, analyse and visualise data is becoming the new

reality to which research will have to adapt.”

– John Wilbanks (Creative Commons)

“A single DNA sequencer can now generate in a day what it took 10 years

to collect for the Human Genome Project. Computers are central to

archiving and analysing this information, but their processing power isn’t increasing fast enough, and their

costs are decreasing too slowly, to keep up with the deluge.”

- Elizabeth Pennisi (Science Author)

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Why protect your data?

“Data is the new oil”

– Andreas Weigend (Chief Scientist, Amazon)

Research data is valuable.

It is important to ensure the accessibility and security of datasets which could be used as a baseline for future research.

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Security• Risk. Where is your data?

• Safeguards against data loss.

• Ensures confidentiality and ethical compliance.

• Guarantees legal compliance to intellectual property rights such as copyright.

Why protect your data?

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Research Lifecycle

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Making datasets discoverable

ARDC

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Benefits of Research Data Management

Meets Compliance

Promotes Efficiency

Ensures Security

Allows Access

Improves Quality

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International Funding Agencies

Mandates ensure that publicly-funded research data is managed, described, and stored in life-long preservation formats to aid in discovery and reuse into the future by other researchers.

National Science Foundationwww.nsf.gov

Data Management Plan Requirements

“Proposals submitted or due on or after January 18, 2011, must include a

supplementary document of no more than two pages labelled “Data Management

Plan”. This supplementary document should describe how the proposal will conform to

NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results.” www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp

Data Management Plan Requirements

"All applicants submitting funding proposals to the MRC are required to include a Data Management Plan as an integral part of the application.“

www.mrc.ac.uk/Ourresearch/Ethicsresearchguidance/datasharing/DMPs/index.htm

Benefits: Compliance

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The Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) may soon require data management planning as part of their grant application process. Research Data Management prepares researchers for the expected future changes in Australian funding agency requirements in relation to research data management following overseas trends.

Australian Funding Agencies

Australian Code of Responsible

Conduct of Research

www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines/publications/r39

Developed jointly by the NHMRC, the ARC and Universities

Australia.

National Principles of Intellectual Property

Management for Publicly Funded

Research www.arc.gov.au/pdf/01_01.pdf

This document promotes data management & sharing of publicly

funded IP outputs.

Sharing research data to improve public health: full joint statement by funders

of health research

www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Data-sharing/Public-health-and-epidemiology/WTDV030690.htm

The NHMRC signed this document which requires that:

"standards of data management are developed, promoted and entrenched so that research data can be shared routinely,

and re-used effectively."

Benefits: Compliance

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The CodeThe Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research guides researchers and institutions in responsible research practices.

Section 1: General principles of responsible research

Section 2: Management of research data and primary materials

– Proper management and retention of research data.

– Researcher must decide which data to retain – May be determined by law, funding agency,

publisher or a discipline’s convention.

Benefits: Compliance

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Compliance with

Benefits: Compliance

UWA Code of Conduct for the Responsible Practice of Research

http://www.research.uwa.edu.au/staff/research-policy/guidelines

Section 2 refers to the management of research data and primary materials and states:

2.1 Data (including electronic data) must be recorded in a durable and appropriately referenced form.

2.2 Data must be held for sufficient time to allow access and reference. Recommended a minimum 5 years from date publication, but up to 15 years for specific types (eg clinical studies)

2.3 Wherever possible, original data must be retained in the school or research centre in which it was generated... In all cases, prior to the publication of research findings a Location of Data Form must be completed.

These guidelines should be seen as a framework for sound research practice and for the protection of individual research workers, including both staff and postgraduate research students, from possible misunderstandings.

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Nature Publishing Group http://

www.nature.com/authors/policies/availability.html

“... authors are required to make materials, data and

associated protocols promptly available to readers.”

Meets the requirements of publishers who have data sharing policies which require good data management strategies.

PublishersBenefits: Compliance

Sciencehttp://

www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/contribinfo/prep/gen_info.xhtml#dataavail

“All data necessary to understand, assess, and extend

the conclusions of the manuscript must be available to

any reader of Science.”

Cellhttp://

www.cell.com/authors

“One of the terms and

conditions of publishing in

Cell is that authors be willing to

distribute any materials and protocols used in the published

experiments to qualified researchers for their own use."

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• Improves research process.

• Encourages systematic documentation and descriptions

• Provides guidelines and procedures ensuring consistency.

Benefits: Efficiency

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• Validation and verification

• Enables collaborative research opportunities

• Prevents duplication of research

• Allows data sharing

• Increases citations

Benefits: Access

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• Allows for data replication

• Increases accuracy or reliability

• Ensures research data integrity.

Benefits: Quality

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How to find the Research Data Management Toolkit at UWA

Research support services web page http://www.is.uwa.edu.au/research

Research Data Management web page links to the LibGuide http://www.is.uwa.edu.au/research/research-data-management-toolkit

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Research Data Management Toolkit - LibGuide

1. Intellectual Property

2. Documentation and Metadata

3. Storage and Backup

4. Sharing and Reuse

5. Retention and Disposal

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This is supported by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS)

 

ANDS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program and the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Super

Science Initiative