Repository Fringe 2013 - Day 3 Programme

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This 3 sentence document thanks sponsors for supporting the Repository Fringe event organized by the Digital Curation Centre, EDINA, the University of Edinburgh Library, and University Collections. The event took place on Friday, August 2nd, 2013. The organizers express gratitude to sponsors for their support of the Repository Fringe event in 2013.

Thank You!
The Repository Fringe Organisers gratefully acknowledge our event
sponsors:
This event is organised & supported by the Digital Curation Centre,
EDINA, the University of Edinburgh Library and University Collections.

The document outlines the evolution and infrastructure of spatial data management in the UK, particularly through the GoGeo initiative, which aids in the documentation and sharing of geographical datasets. It highlights the challenges faced by academic institutions in metadata creation, including intellectual property concerns and the complexities of standards compliance. The GoGeo portal aims to facilitate access to extensive metadata records and promote a culture of data sharing among UK universities.

Emerging RDM Services - Angus WhyteRepository Fringe

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The document discusses the emerging roles and services of repository managers in Research Data Management (RDM) at universities. It identifies key service priorities such as policy development, advisory services, and training for postgraduate researchers, along with challenges related to data ownership and licensing. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for effective collaboration and new workflows for handling data publication and retention.

RIOXX and V4OA - Paul WalkRepository Fringe

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The document outlines the development and goals of Rioxx and V4OA, both funded by JISC and aimed at improving metadata quality for open-access papers. Rioxx has delivered guidelines for repository managers and reached version 1.0, while V4OA focuses on developing consensus vocabularies for open-access licensing and terms. Despite interest from funding bodies for further development, funding for Rioxx has ended, though the author will maintain related websites for another year.

DataCite at APE 2011datacite

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The document discusses the role of libraries in providing access to research data and introduces DataCite, a global consortium focused on improving infrastructure for research datasets. Key points: - Scientific information now includes non-textual data, requiring libraries to provide access to datasets in addition to publications. - DataCite provides DOIs and standards to help data repositories and publishers improve identification, citation and discovery of datasets. - DataCite has over 15 member institutions worldwide and has registered over 800,000 datasets with DOIs to help connect publications to underlying research data.

The STARS Shared Initiative - Pablo de Castro and Jackie ProvenRepository Fringe

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The STARS Shared Initiative is a joint initiative between the University of St Andrews, RepositoryNet, and SDL to enhance the university's CRIS/IR research information management system. The initiative will test RepositoryNet's repository service catalogue by implementing services like SWORD, IRUS-UK, OpenAIRE, and ORCID in both the university's Pure CRIS and DSpace-based institutional repository. This will provide an example of delivering repository services in a complex higher education repository landscape and reinforce the University of St Andrews' research information priorities.

Getting to the Repository of the Future Round TableRepository Fringe

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The Jisc workshop focused on the evolution of university repositories in the UK, emphasizing their central role in managing digital assets since 2002. Participants discussed the need for strategic planning to adapt to competitive and policy changes, while exploring potential improvements and future scenarios for repositories. Key takeaways included the ongoing necessity of repositories, the importance of clarity in their purpose, and the challenges posed by other systems and skill gaps.

Open Repositories and Interoperability Challenges in UKEDINA, University of Edinburgh

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The document discusses the challenges of interoperability in open repositories within the UK, detailing the historical development of data curation and digital libraries. It highlights the importance of collaboration and strategy in managing academic research data, emphasizing the necessity for institutional commitment to digital stewardship. The document also raises questions about the future of repositories in supporting open agendas and the ongoing need for effective data citation standards.

Unlocking Thesis Data - Stephen Grace, University of East LondonRepository Fringe

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This document discusses unlocking thesis data by making it openly available online. It notes the benefits of doing so for students, funders, institutions, and researchers. It also provides examples of case studies from several universities that have assigned digital object identifiers (DOIs) to student theses to make them easily identifiable and citable. The document seeks feedback on what systems can be used to create and use persistent identifiers for thesis data and what type of data should or could be deposited online.

Integration - the heart of researcher centric research data management system...Repository Fringe

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The document discusses the integration of researcher-centric research data management (RDM) systems with a focus on Arkivum's services and workflows. It outlines the importance of automated archival, data integrity, and community-driven shared services to enhance research data management efficiency, accessibility, and longevity. Key features include user access management, encrypted archives, and the integration of various data sources and processes to streamline RDM practices.

Open Access workshop at Repository Fringe 2015 - Valerie McCutcheonRepository Fringe

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This document discusses an open access workshop and various topics related to open access publishing. It mentions notifying papers, choosing an item type, uploading documents and licenses, using Sherpa to inform open access routes, filling publication fields and adding open access information. It also discusses RCUK and REF compliance using RIOXX profiles, exporting to funders, and breakout groups on routing publications, Sherpa services, open access metadata, and installing/configuring RIOXX and REF profiles.

Repositories for OA, RDM and Beyond - Rory McNichollRepository Fringe

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This document summarizes the history and services of the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), including its Digital Archives & Research Technologies (DART) service. DART provides open access repositories, research data repositories, and archival storage using platforms like EPrints, OJS, and Arkivum. It works with the research community to meet open access and research data management requirements. The presentation concludes by discussing potential future directions like preservation as a service and moving back through the full research lifecycle.

RSpace - Rory Macneil at Repository Fringe 2015Repository Fringe

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The document discusses interest from researchers at other universities in Edinburgh's integration of electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) with research data management systems (RDMS). It summarizes the key benefits of RSpace, Edinburgh's ELN and RDMS, including its ability to capture, organize, and share data and files. It connects to Edinburgh's data storage systems and is integrated with their data repository and archive. This provides researchers an integrated research data management workflow.

Repository Fringe 2015 - Jisc RDM Session, Linda Naughton, JiscRepository Fringe

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This document summarizes a presentation on building data networks between authors, repositories, and journals. It discusses why researchers should work with data journals, the general criteria data journals require of repositories, and introduces the Journal of Open Research Software and initiatives like DataCite UK and BioSharing that aim to improve data sharing and reuse through standards and databases.

Building data networks: exploring trust and interoperability between authoris...Repository Fringe

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The document discusses the role of data journals in ensuring the integrity and dissemination of research data, outlining the criteria they must meet such as long-term preservation and public access. It highlights the collaboration between various organizations like DataCite and the British Library to enhance data management and accessibility for researchers. The aim is to provide guidance on standards and repositories to facilitate better practices in data sharing and publication.

Jisc on repositories unleashing data - Daniela DucaRepository Fringe

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Jisc aims to make the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation. It supports research through developing shared infrastructure, providing input to funders and publishers, and supporting standards. It is working on two relevant projects: the UK Research Data Discovery Service, which aims to make research data more discoverable by evaluating metadata models from Australia and Canada; and Research Data Metrics, which is scoping a tool to assess data usage and management systems through a proof of concept using the IRUS dataset.

IRUS-UK at Repository Fringe 2015 - Jo AlcockRepository Fringe

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IRUS-UK is a national aggregation service that collects usage statistics from UK institutional repositories. It processes raw download data into COUNTER-compliant statistics. A small piece of code is added to repository software to gather basic data for each download and send it to the IRUS-UK server. This data is then displayed through a web interface, SUSHI service, and API. Future priorities for IRUS-UK include increasing participating repositories, implementing the tracker for more software, expanding reports, leveraging additional metadata, and international collaboration.

Impact and EPrints - Rosie-Marie Barbeau and Mick EadieRepository Fringe

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The document discusses the evolving focus of research impact in academia, emphasizing the need for researchers to demonstrate engagement and measurable outcomes beyond traditional metrics. It highlights a case study on IVF research that significantly influenced health policy and patient understanding, showcasing the importance of capturing and evidencing research impact. Additionally, the document outlines the necessity for systems and methods to track research impact to support funding and evaluation processes.

Open Data and Sharing Science - Graham Steel, ContentmineRepository Fringe

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SHERPA Services breakout session - Bill HubbardRepository Fringe

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REF compliance - what Jisc is doingRepository Fringe

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Jisc is developing REF and Monitor tools to support open access compliance. The REF plugin will build on the previous version and institutions must install the RIOXX plugin. Jisc is also investigating a plugin for DSpace. Monitor tools include Monitor Local for institutions to track open access outputs and funding, and Monitor UK which aggregates data at a national level for analytics and sharing gold OA cost information.

RCUK - what Jisc is doingRepository Fringe

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Jisc is working to support funder compliance with metadata standards for research outputs. They have developed the RIOXX metadata application profile and guidelines in collaboration with RCUK and HEFCE. Implementing RIOXX will facilitate consistency in metadata fields, interoperability between systems, and reporting of research outputs from institutions to funders. Jisc is providing plugins, patches, and support to help institutional repositories implement RIOXX as recommended by RCUK.

Linking Software: citations, roles, references and moreRepository Fringe

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This document discusses issues around properly attributing and citing software in research. It notes that current practices do not sufficiently reward those who create and reuse high-quality software and data. The document proposes treating software and data as first-class research outputs by publishing papers about software and data to allow them to be properly referenced and credited. It also discusses challenges around identifying citable elements of software, versioning, defining authorship and roles, and ensuring proper linking of metadata.

Jisc Publications RouterRepository Fringe

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The document discusses Jisc Publications Router, which helps institutions capture research outputs by routing publication metadata from various sources to institutional repositories. Router 1.0 demonstrated a viable prototype routing metadata from Europe PMC and Nature, and full text from Europe PMC and eLife. Router 2.0 is now being developed to provide a pilot service, migrating existing participants and adding new content providers with the goal of becoming a full service by August 2016. It will have a new architecture and aim to capture more content and integrate better with other Jisc open access services.

Linking Research Outputs - Rachel KotarskiRepository Fringe

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This document discusses linking research outputs to enable reproducibility and acknowledgement through citation. It notes that not all research outputs are as easily identified as articles. Data citation allows research to be linked through identifiers for data, authors, and other research artifacts like theses, papers, and monographs. Technical and human infrastructure is needed for open research that integrates these linked objects and identifiers. Outreach and sustainability are also addressed.

HHuLO Access – Hull, Huddersfield and Lincoln explore open access good practi...Repository Fringe

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The hhuloa project aims to explore open access initiatives and their impact on research development across partner institutions. Key objectives include assessing current practices, defining open access services, and enhancing repository functionalities to align with research strategies. The project also emphasizes ongoing communication and feedback to ensure its relevance and effectiveness in the academic community.

Latest developments in Hydra-land - Chris Awre, University of HullRepository Fringe

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The document discusses recent advancements in the Hydra project, an open-source toolkit for managing repositories and workflows, involving 24 partners with diverse applications. It highlights the community's collaborative efforts, including the Hydra Connect conference, the formation of working groups for specific interests, and various institutions utilizing Hydra for digital preservation and media management. Looking ahead, the document emphasizes the need for regular events, community interaction, and continued development to enhance Hydra's offerings.

ArchivesSpace - Scott Renton, University of EdinburghRepository Fringe

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The document discusses the implementation of a new archives management tool called ArchivesSpace at the University of Edinburgh, detailing the various archives included and the transition from previous systems. It highlights the features of ArchivesSpace, such as its web-based interface and integration capabilities, and notes the collaborative efforts involved in its deployment. Additionally, it provides links to resources and further information regarding collections and applications related to the project.