Academic Library and Research Data Management support
Tiiu Tarkpea Data Librarian
University of Tartu Library, Estonia
Scholarly Communication
Process of academics, scholars and researchers
sharing and publishing their research findings so that they are available to the wider academic
community and beyond
Reseach
Scholarly communication
Academic reward and reputation
Tenure track
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Research Data
S. Choudhury (JHU): data are publications and
‘‘academic research libraries represent the ideal home […] to support scholarly communication.’’
RD is data which is collected, observed or created in a digital form, for purposes of analysing to
produce original research results
Library
„Libraries are built on three pillars –
collections, services and infrastructure“
Winston Tabb
Johns Hopkins University
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Academic Library
• Data is a new form of collections
• New form needs new type of services
• New services need new roles and skills of a librarian
• New infrastructure (ICT, tools, software)
• Influencing national and institutional policy
• Marketing of library resources
Data Librarian
• Contacts between faculties, researchers, students, administration, IT personnel, R&D department, other institutions
• Data-specific reference and instruction
• Education and tailored training
• Recognize best practices of RDM
• Data publishing support
• Web-based guides, website
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RDM support
• Mapping the current situation
• Data Management Plans (needs assessment)
• Licensing, IP rights, Data Protection Law
• Disciplinary OD repositories
• Data description and metadata
• Data publishing and citation
• Data repositories, archives
• DataCite and DOI
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UT Library activities timeline
• OA since 2009
• OD from 2013
• RDM workshop 2014
• 2 Data Librarians 2014
• Member of DataCite 2014
• Consortium DataCite Estonia 2015
• Data Repository 2015
DataCite Estonia partners
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http://datacite.ut.ee/
http://datadoi.ut.e
e/
RDM Courses
• RDM included in IL course for PhD students
58 students passed the course
• Teaching our partners of DC Estonia (3)
https://sisu.ut.ee/teadusandmed
Reports
• First results denoted at COAR/SPARC
conference in Porto, on April 14-16, 2015
• Articles about our activities and perspectives in journals
UT Library further activities
• OD policy discussions on OA week 2015
• Disciplinary-based workshop (FOSTER)
• Full course of RDM for PhD students as part of FOSTER training programme
• OpenAIRE monitoring H2020 research outputs
• Developing assistant service for publishing
• Data management planning support
Conclusions
• Proactivity, flexibility and creativity
• Communication and co-operation
• Self-training and teamwork
• Pick the most low-hanging fruit
• Small steps are OK
• Iniciatives and Projects
• Community and conferencing
Gartner Hype Cycle
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