[Rdap] call for volunteers - panelists for next RDAP webinar

[O'Donnell, Megan N [LIB]]

Are you set with speakers for this now?
-Megan

From: rdap-bounces at kunverj.com <rdap-bounces at kunverj.com> On Behalf Of Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae)
Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:43 AM
To: Research Data Access and Preservation <rdap at kunverj.com>
Subject: [Rdap] call for volunteers - panelists for next RDAP webinar

Dear RDAPers,

The December edition of the "Ask Me Anything" webinar will be on Institutional Data Policies.  The organizing team for the webinar is looking for panelists to participate and share their expertise on this topic.  Below is the outline for the discussion.  If you are interested in being a panelist, please contact Sophie Hou at - sophie.hou at ronininstitute.org<mailto:sophie.hou at ronininstitute.org>


RDAP Town Hall for December

Topic: Institutional Research Data Policy

Key Objective: We would like to hear from librarians and related stakeholders about their experiences with institutional research data policies that regulate the ownership, management, and transfer of research data in an institution.

Background/Use Case (provided by Clara Llebot of Oregon State University):
I work in a research intensive university as the library data management specialist. I have worked occasionally on data policies during my time here, like when we wrote the policy that regulates dataset reviews in our institutional repository. These policies were usually flexible, informative, and a helpful tool for me. Earlier this year I was asked to be part of a committee that would create an institutional research data management policy in our institution.

I was thrilled that the library was being asked to participate, and at the same time terrified that I had no idea what I was getting into. I have been generally interested in concepts around data ownership, the interactions between copyright and data, decision making regarding research data, etc., but I felt unprepared.

An institutional research data policy is, from my perspective, a policy that affects a lot of people, and that has the potential of changing behaviors and research practices in a way that I am definitely not used to. We are still beginning the process of creating the policy, so right now what I have is mostly questions, not answers, about what an institutional research data policy should say.

It would be incredibly useful to hear the experiences of others who have worked on the development of institutional research data management policies. Or to hear from these of you who work in an institution with a policy, and want to share what is working well and what isn't, and what are the unexpected consequences (good and bad) of your research data policies.

Main Discussion Questions:

  1.  Motivations for the policy
     *   Is an institutional research data policy necessary in any institution?
     *   What are the issues/gaps that we are trying to address through this policy?
     *   What should be the goal of an institutional research data policy?
  2.  Roles and responsibilities

     *   Who should be involved in creating this kind of policy?
     *   How should the faculty be involved in the creation of this policy?
     *   How should a research data policy be enforced?
     *   How should students be affected by this policy?
  1.  Outcomes of existing data policies

     *   What is the type of content addressed in an institutional research data policy? Should ownership be a part of it?
     *   Are research data policies encouraging or deterring open data?
     *   What can we do, when writing this type of policy, to make clear that the university supports open data? Or should this be in different policies?
     *   What are some examples of situations that are easier/better because there is a research data policy at an institution?

Cheers,
Amy Koshoffer (she/her)
Assistant Director of Research & Data Services | UC Libraries
Co-Chair of RDAP Education and Resources Committee
[orcid small]ORCID 0000-0001-8130-103X<http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8130-103X>

amy.koshoffer at uc.edu<mailto:amy.koshoffer at uc.edu>  (preferred) | (513) 556-1310
Research & Data Services<https://libraries.uc.edu/research-teaching-support/research-data-services.html> (Data, GIS, Informatics)

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