Keywords
integrated data management system, research data management, digitisation, digital objects, datasets, metadata
Description
The growth of data and technology has deeply impacted on the ways that scientific research are practiced, bringing new challenges to academic libraries. In Australia, the recent worldwide movement to FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable - research, has seen institutions shift towards developing relevant policies and standards, so as to remain competitive in the global economy.
This paper will discuss how The University of Queensland (UQ) Library has taken significant steps to achieving the FAIR principles for research outputs, within Digitisation and Research Data Management (RDM) services.
The institutional repository, UQ eSpace is critical in supporting these services. It is used by researchers to publish datasets underpinning research publications, with librarians providing support to curate and enrich metadata records. A collection of licences can be applied, including two UQ specific click-through licences. There has also been a focus on delivering educational programs to promote best-practice RDM within the UQ research community. More recently, an integrated research data management system was developed and rolled-out across the University, enabling researchers to manage project data across the whole research lifecycle – a significant step towards FAIR data.
Similarly, the FAIR principles are applied to digitised material, including heritage collections, to increase discoverability and use. Digitised objects are assigned persistent identifiers when uploaded into UQ eSpace, ensuring recognition over time. Licence and rights agreements are applied to enable reuse and correct acknowledgement of digital material. Metadata standards are also used to describe, manage and retrieve information about the digital objects and data, ensuring FAIR outputs.
The UQ Library’s continued efforts in adapting and evolving their services, is critical in ensuring that researchers can work towards producing FAIR research outputs that are of world standard.
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UQ Library's Journey Towards Fair Research Outputs - Advancement of Research Data Management and Digitisation Services
The growth of data and technology has deeply impacted on the ways that scientific research are practiced, bringing new challenges to academic libraries. In Australia, the recent worldwide movement to FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable - research, has seen institutions shift towards developing relevant policies and standards, so as to remain competitive in the global economy.
This paper will discuss how The University of Queensland (UQ) Library has taken significant steps to achieving the FAIR principles for research outputs, within Digitisation and Research Data Management (RDM) services.
The institutional repository, UQ eSpace is critical in supporting these services. It is used by researchers to publish datasets underpinning research publications, with librarians providing support to curate and enrich metadata records. A collection of licences can be applied, including two UQ specific click-through licences. There has also been a focus on delivering educational programs to promote best-practice RDM within the UQ research community. More recently, an integrated research data management system was developed and rolled-out across the University, enabling researchers to manage project data across the whole research lifecycle – a significant step towards FAIR data.
Similarly, the FAIR principles are applied to digitised material, including heritage collections, to increase discoverability and use. Digitised objects are assigned persistent identifiers when uploaded into UQ eSpace, ensuring recognition over time. Licence and rights agreements are applied to enable reuse and correct acknowledgement of digital material. Metadata standards are also used to describe, manage and retrieve information about the digital objects and data, ensuring FAIR outputs.
The UQ Library’s continued efforts in adapting and evolving their services, is critical in ensuring that researchers can work towards producing FAIR research outputs that are of world standard.