Research Data Management

Joyce M. Ray teaches digital preservation and digital curation in the Johns Hopkins University Graduate Museum Studies programme. She is currently a visiting professor at the Berlin School of Information and Library Science at Humboldt University. From 1997 to 2011 she was associate deputy director for Library Services at the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, DC, where she directed competitive grant programmes that awarded more than $40 million annually for innovative research, practice, and education in library services and related topics. She previously held positions at the US National Archives and Records Administration and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Library.

Introduction to Research Data Management, Joyce M. Ray PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY CONTEXT The Policy and Institutional Framework, James L. Mullins Data Governance: Where Technology and Policy Collide, MacKenzie Smith PART 2: PLANNING FOR DATA MANAGEMENT The Use of Life Cycle Models in Developing and Supporting Data Services, Jake Carlson Data Management Assessment and Planning Tools, Andrew Sallans and Sherry Lake Trustworthy Data Repositories: The Value and Benefits of Auditing and Certification, Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., and Marie E. Waltz PART 3: MANAGING PROJECT DATA Copyright, Open Data, and the Availability-Usability Gap: Challenges, Opportunities, and Approaches for Libraries, Melissa Levine Metadata Services, Jenn Riley Data Citation: Principles and Practice, Jan Brase, Yvonne Socha, Sarah Callaghan, Christine L. Borgman, Paul F. Uhlir, and Bonnie Carroll PART 4: ARCHIVING AND MANAGING RESEARCH DATA IN REPOSITORIES Assimilating Digital Repositories Into the Active Research Process,Tyler Walters Partnering to Curate and Archive Social Science Data, Jared Lyle, George Alter, and Ann Green Managing and Archiving Research Data:Local Repository and Cloud-Based Practices, Michele Kimpton and Carol Minton Morris Chronopolis Repository Services, David Minor, Brian E. C. Schottlaender, and Ardys Kozbial PART 5: MEASURING SUCCESS Evaluating a Complex Project: DataONE, Suzie Allard What to Measure? Toward Metrics for Research Data Management, Angus Whyte, Laura Molloy, Neil Beagrie, and John Houghton PART 6: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: CASE STUDIES An Institutional Perspective on Data Curation Services: A View from Cornell University,Gail Steinhart Purdue University Research Repository: Collaborations in Data Management, D. Scott Brandt Data Curation for the Humanities: Perspectives From Rice University, Geneva Henry Developing Data Management Services for Researchers at the University of Oregon, Brian Westra CLOSING REFLECTIONS: LOOKING AHEAD The Next Generation of Challenges in the Curation of Scholarly Data, Clifford Lynch About the Contributors Index

"This book represents a foundational contribution from the guardians of institutional data that will give confidence to those who appreciate the huge potential of data based research in seeking solutions to global and societal challenges in the future." John Wood, Secretary-General, Association of Commonwealth Universities and European Chair of the Research Data Alliance