Galimberti, Paola

Occioni, Marisol

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Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences IATUL Seminar Bolzano 2016 Jan 1st, 12:00 AM Research Data Management: an italian case study Marisol Occioni Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia Paola Galimberti Università degli Studi di Milano Marisol Occioni and Paola Galimberti, "Research Data Management: an italian case study." Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences. Paper 8. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/seminarbolzano/2016/8 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact epubs@purdue.edu for additional information. Research Data Management:an Italian case studyPaola Galimberti (University of Milan)Marisol Occioni (Ca’Foscari University of Venice)IATUL Seminar, LinkingUp CooperationStategiesin AcademicLibraries, Bolzano 2016The focus of this presentation is to speak about an informalcooperation between a group of Italian universities in order to deliver a shared model of⟶  Research Data Management policy⟶  Research Data Management templateaiming at a well-developed national Data Management Plan, compliant with EU-funded projects or otherfunders requirements.The main problem of the group was: the lack of Italianguidelines (policy or plan).We are proposing an example of a bottom-up initiative.IATUL Seminar, LinkingUp CooperationStategiesin AcademicLibraries, Bolzano 20162The italian context: CRUICRUI (The Conference of Italian University Rectors):▪ is an association of state and private Italian universities,▪ a reference point with capacity to influence the developmentof the Italian university system, ▪ has a representative role in carrying out projects and developing policies,▪ the OA WG is still not working on research data. IATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 20163The international context: EUWhat are Research Data Management main concerns? organisation of data (entry, research cycle, dissemination & archiving of valuable results); being part of the research process, and aiming to make it asefficient as possible & meet requirements of the university, funders, legislation.It concerns how to:Create data and plan for its use,Organise, structure & name data,Keep data (secure, provide access, store and back up),Find information resourcesShare & re-use data, publish and get cited.IATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 20164Our group starting point Common needs &  OpenAIRE - NOAD contact absence of Italian guidelines, no endorsement in most cases, no internal structure in universities; no RDM and data stewardship integration in institutionalcommunication strategy necessity to support researchers in grant applicationsIATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 20165The group & competenciesPositive feedback from colleagues:• Politecnico di Milano• Università Ca’Foscari Venezia• Università di Bologna• Università di Milano• Università di Padova• Università di Torino• Università di TrentoDifferent skills and different roles:IT service, Digital library, Research Support Service, Legal serviceIATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 20166Working method3 WG: main coordinator Paola Gargiulo (OpenAIRE- NOAD, Cineca). Group n. 1: deliverable➔ Policy model, coordinator Paola Galimberti (Università di Milano)Group n. 2: deliverable➔ Template, coordinator Marisol Occioni(Università Ca’Foscari Venezia)Group n. 3: deliverable➔ E-Infrastructure, coordinator Michele Rubini (Politecnico di Milano)▪ Every member decided which group to belong to▪ No meetings in presence, only on-line, mailing list, wiki, materials shared on google drive▪ 6 Plenary sessions from April to October 2016 IATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 20167GROUP n. 1: POLICYBackground: • results of the LEARN project, policies of the University of Edinburgh and of UCL, Austrian group e- infrastructures• local interviews on research data management and researchers needs and habits (data type, size, archiving, long term preservationTiming:• first draft July• second draft August• final document OctoberNext steps:• Adoption of the policy (approval by SA)IATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 20168Main issues• Introduction (why?)• A definition of research data (what?)• Handling of research data (where, how long?)• Ownership• Responsibilities9GROUP n. 2: TEMPLATETask: analyze documents & templates from DCC, the Europeanproject LEARN, E-infrastructures Austria and several Europeanuniversitiesprovide a simple & clear template, accompanied by self-explaining  examplesTiming: 1st draft: July; 2nd draft: August; Final version: OctoberIATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 201610DMP Template structure:Administrative detailsDataset descriptionStandards & metadataData Management, Documentation and CurationData security, Ethics and Legal complianceData sharing and accessResponsibilitiesInstitutional policies on data sharing and security11STRONG POINTS• Easy to work in an informal working group• High motivation of the participating institutions (bettersaying of the members of the group)• Possibility to take advantage of previous experiences (and materials) and outcomesIATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 201612WEAK POINTS• Lack of endorsement• Lack of awareness of the importance of research data (and of open access to scientific publications tout court) at ministerial levelThis poor awareness at central level results in:• a lack of interest at local level so that research data are not(yet) an issue in many universities• a lack of instruments (both conceptual and technical) to manage data production, archiving and preservation• No funding for research data management. IATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 201613FUTURE STEPSIATUL Seminar, Linking Up Cooperation Stategies in Academic Libraries, Bolzano 201614Dissemination:Sharing of the outcomes on OAWiki- ItaliaPresentation of the work resultsin workshops and conferencesDevelopment:Involvement of the OA WG of CRUICompletion and enrichment of the current documentation

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