Open Access Research Data

1. Open Access Research Data November 2013 update

2. Open Access Research Data SIG meeting • Research Support • Kevin Schurer, Leicester • Ricky Rankin, Queens • Soma Mukherjee, Nottingham • IT • Gavin McLachlin, UCL • Sebastian Rahtz, Oxford • Sean Duffy, Birmingham • John Owen, Birmingham • Library • Janet Peters, Cardiff • Mike Mertens, RLUK

3. Update on Open Access Publications • RLUK developing policy proposals • Issues of ‘double-dipping’ subscriptions/APCs • Possibility of ‘vouchers’ from publishers to use against subscriptions • Variety of business models still in play • Developing a modelling tool with Jisc Collections • Growing appetite for a shared publication service for HE • Remove VAT and profit • For publications not targeting prestige journals

4. Research Sector Transparency Board • General HE stance • Respond positively, with legitimate concerns re practicality etc • Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 • Machine readable open data • Three focuses • Delivering open access • Monitoring • Data security • Push for central data repositories • Training to address skills gap

5. Russell Group initiative • RG survey – 6 respondents • Benefits • OA supporting research, increased citations, v.little economic benefit • Risks • Data (personal) security, loss of IP, misinterpretation of data • Barriers • Researcher culture, ease of use / access • RDM policies within institutions • Skills • Costs • Recognition of the scale – staff costs expected to exceed IT

6. Themes of discussion • The issue of internal recharges being accepted by funders • Possibility of whether ‘pure incremental hardware costs for a shared central service’ would be acceptable • Re-emphasis on domain specific repositories where they exist • National or institutional repositories for the rest • Challenge of international – collaboration, IP/licensing • Challenge of cross-disciplinary research • Tiered .v. flat storage • Complexity, costs, economies • Cultural change for researchers • Barrier, motivation, who is really interested in the data • Standards for meta-data • Cross-university searching • Discipline driven

7. Themes of discussion • Staff skills • Scarcity of data librarians across the sector • Published open data able to be consumed • Documentation of the context / assumptions etc of the data • Design data for reuse from the outset • License rights on the data • Legislation constraints – guidance needed • FOI – no right to distribute, OA – right to distribute • 10 year rule (since last access) • Inability to predict cost • UK sector repositories? • Critical mass – storage, curators • Regional groups?

8. Next steps • Learn from existing repositories – EBI, UK Data Archive • Draft a RG SIG position paper • Desired principles – eg domain repositories, 10 yrs, standards • Assumptions • What data is in scope for OA • Cross charging • Identify further work required • Licensing • Attributions • Meta data standards • Search • Skills • Develop jointly a ‘shared advocacy script’ • RG, RLUK/SCONUL, UCISA, UUK, ARMA, RSTB