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May 28, 2013 by Gary Price

Harvard Library Launches Research Data Collaborative

May 28, 2013 by Gary Price

From a Harvard Library Announcement:

The Harvard Library, in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, IQSS Dataverse Network and HUIT, is launching the Research Data Collaborative (RDC) to develop research data management services. The RDC program’s FY14 goals include creation of tiered data management training for researchers and librarians, a University-wide data compliance network, effective data management plan support and an assessment of the data storage and curation needs of Harvard researchers.
The RDC program members will provide training materials along with workshops that broadly address research data management. Topics such as data security, storage, archiving, preservation and curation will be covered, in addition to data advisory services regarding retention and compliance policies. A University-wide survey and assessment will lay the groundwork for effective data management support services for a Harvard audience.

Initial List of Projects for 2013

Project 1A: Data Information Literacy for Researchers
Lead: Gosia Stergios (malgorzata_stergios@harvard.edu)
Team: Melissa Lopes, Connie Rinaldo, Kathryn Hammond Baker, Dataverse team, Jud Harward
Goal: Develop a targeted series of training materials for researchers, research administrators, and IRB officials (in data security, use, retention and management).
Project 1B: General Data Management Training for Librarians
Lead: Michael Leach (mrleach@fas.harvard.edu)
Team: Connie Rinaldo, Gosia Stergios
Goal: Develop and deliver a series of training sessions for librarians who will become the key point service providers for data management. The first sessions will be announced soon!
Project 1C: Week of Data: An Intensive Course for Graduate Students and Librarians
Leads: Christopher Erdmann (cerdmann@cfa.harvard.edu) & Merce Crosas (mcrosas@iq.harvard.edu)
Team: Sonia Barbosa (IQSS), Eleni (IQSS), Amy Benson (Schlesinger Library)
Goal: To train graduate students to obtain necessary knowledge and skills for working with data and upgrade librarians’ skills and knowledge of current tools and methodologies used by researchers in the research data lifecycle.
Project 2: Data Retention Compliance Network
Leads: Melissa Lopes (melissa_lopes@harvard.edu), Gosia Stergios (malgorzata_stergios@harvard.edu)
Team: Kris Bolt, Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, Connie Rinaldo
Goal: To facilitate and ensure researchers’ compliance with Harvard’s research data retention policy and funders’ policies by developing tiered advisory services by school-based teams that already have trusted working relationships with faculty and researchers, including librarians, archivists, IT and OA representatives.
Project 3: Data Management Plan Problem Assessment
Leads: Darla White (darla_white@hms.harvard.edu), Connie Rinaldo/Jud Harward (harward@fas.harvard.edu)
Team: Jeff Liu, FAS OSP representative
Goal: A concrete, actionable plan for effective data management plan support services.
Project 4: Harvard Research Data Management Needs Assessment
Leads: Kathryn Hammond Baker (kathryn_baker@hms.harvard.edu), Gosia Stergios (malgorzata_stergios@harvard.edu)
Team: Martin Schreiner, Rob Parrott, Melissa Lopes, Jud Harward, Connie Rinaldo
Goal: To conduct a uniform, Harvard-wide survey/assessment of the types, volume, and attributes/characteristics of research data that require retention and preservation, per Harvard and NSF/NIH data management/retention policies.

Read the Harvard Announcement (Includes List of Program Team Members)

Filed under: Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Reports

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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