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Context
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New roles for Libraries?
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1. Leadership
  • Leadership (with institution senior managers)
  • Co-ordination
  • Awareness & Advocacy
  • Deliver services
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3. Planning
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4. Audit
  • Dealing with Data: Rec 4
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Some lessons learned….
  • “CeRch had four false starts before finding a willing audit partner”
  • “Pick your moment” ….“Timing is key” (avoid exams, field trips, Boards…)
  • Plan well in advance!
  • “Be prepared to badger senior management”


  • Little documentation/knowledge of what exists:“a nightmare”


  • Defining the scope and granularity is crucial


  • Collect as much information as possible in interviews/surveys


  • Variable openness of staff and their data
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Quality Assurance
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8. Access & Re-use
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9. Training & Skills
  • DC 101 + DC 101 Lite courses
  • Lectures + hands-on
  • Audience: researchers, information professionals
  • Based on Curation Lifecycle Model + research project scenario
  • Online version in prep.


  • “excellent : probably the best course I have been on since starting my role as an Informatics Liaison Officer”
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10. Community-building
  • Bring diverse groups together: data centre and IR managers, librarians, funders, policy makers, researchers
    • Facilitate co-operation
    • Exchange experience and best practice
  • Research Data Management Forum http://www.dcc.ac.uk/data-forum/
    • 1) Roles & Responsibilities
    • 2) Value & Benefits
  • International Digital Curation Conference London Dec 2009
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