NEREUS workshop at LIBER conference 2015

Open data, restricted data and the library role - Practical cases with regards to economics and the social sciences

Paul J PlaatsmanData- and Economics Librarian Erasmus Data Service Centre (EDSC)Erasmus University Rotterdamhttp://www.eur.nl/ub/en/english/

Starting up Erasmus Data Service Centre

Erasmus University RotterdamHistoryOrganisationStakeholdersServices / New ServicesRDM Policy/ Strategy / CooperationLesson Learned / Open ScienceOpen/Mixed/Close data

EUR

Relatively small and young Dutch University with Economics and Management background.

Largest Economics and Management University in the Netherlands.

History

Reading room Statistics / Datastream

2006 start EDSC together with Departments of Economics and Management, inspired by LSE!

2007 Adding the Department for Social Sciences

2011 Datalab for Microdata

2014 Bloomberg Class

Organisation

• Datateam / Advisory board

• Organisational development / Maturity models

Stakeholders

University Library / Departments ResearchersLecturersStudentsData LibrariansResearch support staffRepositoriesICT

Services

• Content / Data

• Manuals• Workshops• Individual support• Questions• EDSC for lecturers• EDSC for researchers• Bloomberg Class• Datalab

New services

By starting up a data centre this unit has become the logical sparing partner for the new to be developed services around RDM.

• Research Data Support

• Research Data Storage

RDM Support

RDM Policy / Strategy / Cooperation

.Report Taskforce Scientific Integrity

RDM PolicyAll the stakeholders and their responsibilities clearly defined and described

Minimal protocol

RDM policy / Strategy / Cooperation continued

“The minimum that must be stored consists of both the raw data and the data underlying any submitted or published publication, the project plan, documentation that describes and explains major changes to the earlier plan(s), as well as the submitted version of the publication.”

Lessons learned

What happened since:

Concern about RDM“The taskforce wants to stress the need and topicality of sound procedures, training and facilities for managing and storing research data.”

An RDM officer at Board level needs to be installed

Open / Mixed / Closed data

Why not all data is open:• Legal issues

• Industry funded research

• Researchers competitive edge

Questions

plaatsman@ubib.eur.nl+31104081227

The Restricted Data Discussion

Statements about:

• Legal Issues• Industry funded research

EUR’s dilemma game

• Researchers competitive edge

Wrap up

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Legal issues

Statements about:

“Open data doesn’t automatically mean freely available data”

“Individual consent data cannot be stored in the cloud”

“…”

Industry funded research

Statements about:

“Special professors sponsored by private companies are good for the scientific development”

“Researchers won’t write conclusion to please their funders”

“……”

Researchers competitive edge

EUR’s Dilemma game, number 9 and 13

Wrap-up