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Portage Update
Jeff Moon, Director, Portage
OLA RDM Day
Toronto
January 30, 2018
What is the Portage Network?
“Portage is a national, library-based research
data management network that coalesces
initiatives in research data management to build
capacity and to coordinate activities better”
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Goals of the Portage Network
• Build a community of practice for research data
management (RDM)
• Engage and advocate for research data management
with stakeholder communities
• Facilitate and provide leadership in the development of
RDM infrastructure
Drivers in the RDM Ecosystem
But the work of Portage is also informed by
and aligned with trends in journal publishing,
open science, international RDM initiatives
and recognized best practices
Goals of the Portage Network
• Build a community of practice for research data
management (RDM)
Portage Network of Experts: Expert Groups
Data Management Planning
Curation
Data Discovery
Preservation
Training
Research Intelligence
DMP Assistant 2.0
Domain-specific DMPs
Briefing Notes
Data Curation White Paper
Core metadata standards
New FRDR Discovery Service WG
Briefing Notes
Preservation White Paper
Resources on portagenetwork.ca
Training sessions/workshops
Portage Network of Experts
External Training Resource Library
Portage Network of Experts: Expert Groups
Data Management Planning
Curation
Data Discovery
Preservation
Training
Research Intelligence
DMP Assistant 2.0
Domain-specific DMPs
Briefing Notes
Data Curation White Paper
Core metadata standards
New FRDR Discovery Service WG
Briefing Notes
Preservation White Paper
Resources on portagenetwork.ca
Training sessions/workshops
Environmental scan/Roadmap
Identifying gaps and priorities
Portage Network of Experts: Working Groups
6 Expert Groups
• Data Management Planning
• Curation
• Data Discovery
• Preservation
• Training
• Research Intelligence
Working Groups
• Dataverse North WG
• FRDR Service Model WG
• Ethical Treatment of Sensitive Data WG
• FRDR Discovery Service WG
• Institutional RDM Strategies WG
Metadata standards
Ethics, Privacy, IP
RDM Best Practices
Service Models
and more…
Portage Network of Experts
90+
90+
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A True Network of Experts!
Credit: Lee Wilson
Building a Community of Practice
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Network of Experts
Infrastructure Platforms
Institutions
Researchers
Liaison Librarians
IT Specialists
Unversity Research Offices
Ethics Boards
Other stakeholders
RDM Specialists/Librarians
Building a Community of Practice
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Network of Experts
Infrastructure Platforms
Institutions
RDM Specialists/Librarians
Academic
Government
Others
Liaison Librarians
IT Specialists
Unversity Research Offices
Ethics Boards
Other stakeholders
Researchers
Building a Community of Practice
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Network of Experts
Infrastructure Platforms
Institutions
Researchers
RDM Specialists/Librarians
DMP Assistant
Federated Research Data Repository
Dataverse
Academic
Government
Others
Liaison Librarians
IT Specialists
Unversity Research Offices
Ethics Boards
Other stakeholders
Goals of the Portage Network
• Build a community of practice for research data
management (RDM)
• Engage and advocate for research data management
with stakeholder communities
Levels of Stakeholder Engagement
LOCALREGIONAL/
PROVINCIALNATIONAL
Libraries
IT
Research
ServicesEthics
Graduate
Studies
Researchers
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Local Stakeholders
Canada’s four
regional library
consortia
Regional Stakeholders
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Council of Prairie & Pacific
University Libraries
Ontario Council of
University Libraries
Support Use
Services Direction
DIGITAL
RESEARCH
ECOSYSTEM
Tri-Council
Federal
Departments
& Agencies
CFI
CARL
Portage
CANARIE
CASRAI
Provinces
Institutions/
Organizations
Researchers
Society
SBDA
Open
Science
Policy
Research
Data
Canada
Compute
Canada
Digital Research Ecosystem
ISED
LCDRI
Support Use
Services Direction
DIGITAL
RESEARCH
ECOSYSTEM
Tri-Council
Federal
Departments
& Agencies
CFI
CARL
Portage
CANARIE
CASRAI
Provinces
Institutions/
Organizations
Researchers
Society
SBDA
Open
Science
Policy
Innovation
Science &
Economic
Development
Leadership
Council for
Digital Research
Infrastructure
Research
Data
Canada
Compute
Canada
Digital Research Ecosystem
Science-based
Departments &
Agencies
ISED
LCDRI
Canada
Foundation for
Innovation
Support Use
Services Direction
DIGITAL
RESEARCH
ECOSYSTEM
Tri-Council
Federal
Departments
& Agencies
CFI
CARL
Portage
CANARIE
CASRAI
Provinces
Institutions/
Organizations
Researchers
Society
SBDA
Open
Science
Policy
Innovation
Science &
Economic
Development
Leadership
Council for
Digital Research
Infrastructure
Compute
Canada
Digital Research Ecosystem
Science-based
Departments &
Agencies
ISED
LCDRI
Canada
Foundation for
Innovation
Research
Data
Canada
Goals of the Portage Network
• Build a community of practice for research data
management (RDM)
• Engage and advocate for research data management
with stakeholder communities
• Facilitate and provide leadership in the development of
RDM infrastructure
RDM Infrastructure Platforms & Portage
https://portagenetwork.ca/frdr-dfdr
https://assistant.portagenetwork.ca/en
Research Data RepositoriesData Management Planning
Federated Research Data Repository
Regional & Institutional
Instances of Dataverse
Both a tool & a template
1. Data collection
2. Documentation & metadata
3. Backup & storage
4. Preservation
5. Data sharing & reuse
6. Responsibilities & resources
7. Ethics & legal compliance
Portage partnership with
Compute Canada
Portage Dataverse North
Working Group
Main Features:
‘Big Data’ upload/download
National Discovery Platform
National Repository Option
Provides Preservation Pipeline
Research Data Repositories & Portage
https://portagenetwork.ca/frdr-dfdr
Federated Research Data Repository Dataverse
Main Features:
Mature platform
Widely adopted
• Scholars Portal
• Abacus
• Dal/CAUL
• Others…
User-friendly
Brandable
Possible National
Repository Option
Portage Dataverse North Working Group
Federated Architecture
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Council of Prairie & Pacific
University Libraries
Ontario Council of
University Libraries
‘Big Data’ (& small) deposit &
download
(a national repository option)
Federated Architecture
Regional/Institutional
RepositoriesDiscipline-specific
Repositories
Research data
&
metadata
Deposit
&
Download
Metadata harvested into FRDR
Preservation processing via Archivematica
National Discovery Layer
Regional/Institutionalinstances of
FRDR
Portage
Federated Architecture - Storage
Archival Storage
Repository Storage
Network of Preservation
Storage Providers
Dataverse,
FRDR
&
Other repositories
Active StorageResearch-level storage that facilitates
actual research process
Data Storage Continuum
Data Storage Continuum
And there are other
RDM activities that
happen along with
‘storage’
DATA MANAGEMENT PLANNING
DATA CURATION
Data Storage
Continuum
Portage Outreach: with Tri-Agencies
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Council of Prairie & Pacific
University Libraries
Ontario Council of
University Libraries
Jan 2018:
Vancouver
& Calgary
Sept 2017:
Montreal
Jan 2018:
Toronto
Feb 2018:
Halifax
Portage Outreach: Fall 2017
November: ACCOLEDS – RDM at
DLI Training, Thompson Rivers U,
Kamloops
September: Portage/RDA RDM Day
December: RDM at Ontario Regional
DLI Training, Ryerson U, Toronto
December: Portage update to
CODATA Canada [webinar]
December: Coalition for Networked
Information (CNI) Conference (Donna
Bourne-Tyson, Lee Wilson, Corey
Davis), Washington, DC
Portage Outreach: Winter/Spring 2018
February: 13th Annual International
Digital Curation Conference (IDCC),
Barcelona Spain
May: IASSIST 2018, Montreal, QC
March: CODATA Conference,
Gottingen, Germany
March: Research Data Alliance
(RDA) Conference, Berlin, Germany
June: Atlantic Provinces Library
Association, Fredericton, NB
April: BCNET 2018, Vancouver, BC
February: Meetings with LAC and
NRC regarding RDM
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So Portage has been busy!Highlights 2015 to Fall 2017
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So Portage has been busy!Highlights Fall 2017 to Date
Several New Targeted Working Groups
FRDR in Limited Production
MOUs with Regional Library Consortia,
and regular communication
Outreach to stakeholders in
collaboration with Tri-Agency
Contributions to LCDRI and ISED reports and discussions
Continued Excellent work by Expert & Working Groups
International outreach at CNI, IDCC, CODATA, RDA, & IASSIST
