Publications and References

As part of a current awareness and promotional strategy, DISC-UK members have produced written articles and reports and presented at a range of events dating back to 2005. In addition, key reports and articles by other authors, related to our work are cited below under the two main headings of data support and data sharing.

See also the Collective Intelligence for the Datashare Blog and social bookmarks relevant to the work of DISC-UK and the DataShare project.

Publications  |  References on data support  |  References on data sharing

Selected Publications (including presentations)

2009

• MACDONALD, S., RICE, R. and SERAFIN, E. (2009). Collaboration to Curation: The High Rise Project meets Edinburgh DataShare. IT Futures Conference 2009. University of Edinburgh, 15 December, 2009. [presentation].



• MACDONALD, S. (2009). Edinburgh DataShare - A DSpace Data Repository: Achievements and Aspirations. Fedora UK&I&EU Meeting - Fedora-based e-Research environments. University of Oxford, 8 December 2009. [presentation].



• MACDONALD, S. (2009). Research Data Practice in the Life Sciences. UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2009. University of Oxford, 7 December 2009. [poster].



• RICE, R. (2009). Open Data and Institutional Repositories. [Presentation.] 4th Conference on Open Access. University of Minho, Braga, Portugal: 26-27 November, 2009.



• WILLIAMS, R., PRYOR, G., BRUCE, A., MARSDEN, W. and MACDONALD, S. (2009). Patterns of Information Use and Exchange: Case Studies of Researchers in the Life Sciences. A Final Report to the Research Information Network.Research Information Network, Nov. 2009.



• RICE, R. (2009). Edinburgh DataShare: Tackling research data in a DSpace institutional repository [presentation]. DSpace User Group Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15 October, 2009.



• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ-URIBE, L. (2009). User Engagement in Research Data Curation. ECDL 2009, Corfu, 30 September, 2009. [presentation].



• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ-URIBE, L. (2009). User Engagement in Research Data Curation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Research in Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Volume 5714/2009.



• RICE, R. (2009). DISC-UK DataShare Project: Final Report. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, April 2009.



• GREEN, A., MACDONALD, S. and RICE, R. (2009). Policy-making for Research Data in Repositories - A Guide. DISC-UK, May, 2009.



• RICE, R. (2009). DISC-UK Datashare Project: Building Exemplars for Institutional Data Repositories in the UK. IASSIST Quarterly, 31 (3/4).



• MARTINEZ-URIBE, L. (2009). Digital Repository Services for Managing Research Data: What Do Oxford Researchers Need? IASSIST Quarterly, 31 (3/4).



• RICE, R. (2009) Lessons Learned from the DISC-UK DataShare and Data Audit Framework Implementation Projects [presentation]. Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects (DIGCCUR) conference. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1-3 April, 2009.

2008

• MACDONALD, S. (2009) The Strange Case of the Local Data Librarian - a Peculiarly Edinburgh Perspective! . ESDS - What's in it for librarians?, Royal Statistical Society, London, 13 February, 2009 [presentation].
  
  
• RICE, R. Roles and Responsibilities for Data Curation: the Data Librarian. Research Data Management Forum: Roles and Responsibilities for Effective Data Management, Manchester, 27 November, 2008 [presentation].



• MACDONALD, S. (2008) Open Data - Projects, Tools, Initiatives. Seminario Sobre Datasets Consorcio Madrono, UNED, Madrid, 17 November, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• RICE, R., MACDONALD, S. and G. HAMILTON (2008) Applying DC to Institutional Data Repositories. International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2008) Berlin, 23-25 September, 2008 [poster and abstract].
  
  
• RICE, R. (2008) Dublin Core for Datasets: DISC-UK Approach. Metadata for Scientific Datasets Workshop, Berlin, 25 September, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. (2008) Data Visualisation Tools: Part 2 - Spatial Data in a Web 2.0 Environment and Beyond. DISC-UK, September 2008.
  
  
• RICE, R. (2008) DISC-UK DataShare. ALISS Quarterly. Special Issue: Digital Repositories 3(4) July 2008.
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. (2008) Open Data, Open Minds - Web 2.0 Data Visualisation Tools. Repository Fringe, Edinburgh, 1 August, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• MARTINEZ URIBE, L. (2008) Scoping Digital Repository Services for Research Data Management. Repository Fringe, Edinburgh, 31 July, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. (2008) DISC-UK DataShare. MIMAS Open Forum, Manchester, 9 July, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• RICE, R. (2008) DataShare and Data Audit Framework Projects at Edinburgh. Research Data Management Workshop, Oxford, 13 June, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• DESAI, T. (2008) Development of Remote Access Systems. IASSIST Conference - Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation, Stanford, California, 28 May, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• RICE, R. (2008) DISC-UK DataShare Project. IASSIST Conference - Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation, Stanford, California, 28 May, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. (2008) Web 2.0 Data Visualisation Tools. IASSIST Conference - Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation, Stanford, California, 28 May, 2008 [presentation].
  
  
• HYAMS, E. (2008) Data Librarianship - A Gap in the Market. An interview with Stuart Macdonald and Luis Martinez Uribe. CILIP Update, June 2008.
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. (2008) Open Data Utilities in a Web 2.0 Environment. Fourth International Conference on e-Social Science , 19-20 June 2008, Manchester [presentation].
  
  
• MARTINEZ, L. and MACDONALD, S. (2008) Un Nuevo Cometido para los Bibliotecarios Academicos: Data Curation. El Profesional de la Informacion, v.17, n. 3, May-June 2008.
  
  
• RICE, R. and GIBBS, H. (2008) From Open Access to Open Data. Third International Conference on Open Repositories 2008, 1-4 April 2008, Southampton [poster paper and abstract].
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ, L. (2008) Libraries in the Converging Worlds of Open Data, E-research, and Web 2.0. Online, 32 (2), 36-40.
  
  
• MARTINEZ, L. (2008) The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) and Institutional Repositories. DISC-UK, February 2008.
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. (2008) Data Visualisation Tools: Part 1 - Numeric Data in a Web 2.0 Environment. DISC-UK, January 2008.

2007

• RICE, R., GREEN, A., and RUMSEY, S. (2007) DISC-UK DataShare: Building Capacity for Institutional Data Repositories. 3rd International Digital Curation Centre conference, Washington, DC, December 11-13 2007 [poster and abstract].



• RICE, R. (2007). Data Sharing Continuum, [Graphic]. DISC-UK, September, 2007.
  
  
• GIBBS, H. (2007) DISC-UK DataShare: State-of-the-Art Review. DISC-UK, August 2007.
  
  
• MARTINEZ, L. and MACDONALD, S. (2007) Open the Data Doors to Perception. Internet Librarian International 2007: New Realities, Roles, Resources, London, UK, October 8-9, 2007 [presentation].
  
  
• RICE, R., BURNHILL, P., REES, C, and ROBERTSON, A. (2007) Repository Junction and Beyond at the EDINA (UK) National Data Centre. Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 11th European Conference, ECDL 2007 Proceedings (September 2007) Budapest, Hungary: Springer (pp 543-5) [Poster paper and actual poster].
  
  
• RICE, R. (2007) DISC-UK Response to RIN consultation: Stewardship of Digital Research Data - Principles and Guidelines. DISC-UK, 20 July [correspondence]. (See http://www.rin.ac.uk/data-principles for RIN documents.)
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ, L. (2007) e-Research and the Data Librarian. CURL/SCONUL Task Force organised workshop Support for e-Research: Filling the Library Skills Gap, CURL/SCONUL, Edinburgh, UK, June 14-15, 2007 [presentation].

• MARTINEZ, L. and MACDONALD, S. (2006) Supporting Users of Electronic Data Resources in Research and Teaching. e-Resources in Higher and Further Education: Changes, challenges and choices, UKeiG seminar, Manchester, UK, July 5, 2006 [presentation].
  
  
• RUSSELL, C. and MARTINEZ, L. (2006) Data Sans Frontiers! Removing the barriers to data use. 2nd Data Workshop for European Librarians, Oxford, May 10, 2006 [presentation].

• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ, L. (2005) Supporting Local Data Users in the UK Academic Community. Ariadne, 44.
  
  
• MARTINEZ, L. and MACDONALD, S. (2005) Looking for Data Directions in the UK? ASSIGN, 22, (4).
  
  
• BURNHILL, P., RICE, R. and GERACI, D. (2005) The Social Side of Science Data Sharing: Distilling Past Efforts. Preserving Value, Royal Society, Edinburgh, November 21-23, 2005[poster and short paper].
  
  
• DESAI, T. RLab Data Service; MACDONALD, S. Data Support Networks; MARTINEZ, L. LSE Data Library (2005). Nereus Workshop: Data Library for Economics Researchers, London, UK, September 19, 2005 [presentations].
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ, L. (2005) Supporting Local Data Users in the UK Academic Community. IASSIST Quarterly, 29 (2).
  
  
• MARTINEZ, L. (2005) Using ESDS International Databanks. MIMAS Open Forum, Manchester, UK, June 29, 2005 [presentation].
  
  
• MACDONALD, S. and MARTINEZ, L. (2005) Looking for Data Directions? Ask a Data Librarian - a UK perspective. IASSIST/IFDO 2005: Evidence and Enlightenment, Edinburgh, 26 May, 2005 [presentation].

Data support

... within UK tertiary education

SWAN, A. and S. BROWN (2008) The Skills, Role and Career Structure of Data Scientists: An Assessment of Current Practice and Future Needs. July, 2008, London: Joint Information Systems Committee.


• RICE, R., BURNHILL, P., WRIGHT, M. and TOWNSEND, S. (2001) An Enquiry into the Use of Numeric Data in Learning & Teaching: Report and Recommendations for UK Higher Education. University of Edinburgh.
  
  
• RICE, R. (2000) Providing Local Data Support for Academic Data Libraries. The Data Archive Bulletin, May 2000, 8-11.
  
  
• GADD, D. (1998) Promoting Networked Statistics at the University of Plymouth. IRISS '98: Conference Papers.
  
  
• BRACKENBURY, S. (1997) Ways of Supporting Data Use in the Social Sciences. Report from Visits to UK and US Data Libraries. London School of Economics.
  
• BURNHILL, P. (1985) Towards the Development of Data Libraries in the UK. University of Edinburgh.

... and beyond

• GOLD, A. (2007). Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 2. Libraries and the Data Challenge: Roles and Actions for Libraries, D-Lib Magazine 13(9/10).



• GREEN, A. and GUTMAN, M. P. (2007) Building Partnerships among Social Science Researchers, Institution-based Repositories and Domain Specific Data Archives. OCLC Systems and Services, 23 (1), 35-53. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/41214 [Open Access version]
  
  
• COOK, M. N., HERNANDEZ, J. J. and NICHOLSON, S. (2001) SPEC Kit 263, Numeric Data Products and Services: Association of Research Libraries Report. [Table of Contents and Executive Summary only, online]
  


• WRIGHT, M. and GUY, L. (1997) Where Do I Find It and What Do I Do with It: Practical Problem-solving in the Data Library. IASSIST/IFDO: Data frontiers in the infoscape, Odense, Denmark, May 6-9, 1997.
  
  
• JACOBS, J. (1991) Providing Data Services for Machine-readable Information in an Academic Library: Some Levels of Service. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 2 (1), 144-160.

Data sharing

• FRY, J., LOCKYER, S., OPPENHEIM, C., HOUGHTON, J. and RASMUSSEN, B. (2009) Identifying Benefits arising from the Curation and Open Sharing of Research Data produced by UK Higher Education and Research Institutes. November, 2008. [Project Report]

• UKDA (2008) Manage and Share Data. October, 2008, Essex: UKDA.
  


• SWAN, A. and S. BROWN (2008) To Share or not to Share: Publication and Quality Assurance of Research Data Outputs. June, 2008, London: Research Information Network.
  
  
• SESINK, L., VAN HORIK, R. and H. HARMSEN (2008) Data Seal of Approval: Quality Guidelines for Digital Research Data in the Netherlands. May, 2008, The Hague: Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
  
  
• RIN (2008) Stewardship of Digital Research Data: a Framework of Principles and Guidelines. January, 2008, London: RIN.
  
  
• POYNDER, R (2008). The Open Access Interviews: Peter Murray-Rust. Open and Shut [weblog]. January 21, 2008,
  
  
• COLES, S. (2007) The Repository for the Laboratory (R4L) Project. D-Lib Magazine, 13 (3/4).
  
• LYON, L. (2007) Dealing with Data: Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships, Consultancy Report. UKOLN.
  
  
• OECD (2007) OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding. OECD.
  
  
• PRYOR, G. (2007) Project StORe: Making the Connections for Research. OCLC Systems and Services, 23 (1), 70-78.
  
  
• SMITH, R. S. (2007) Geospatial Data-sharing in UK Higher Education: Informal Repositories and Users’ Perspectives. University of Sheffield, UK.
  
  
• WAELDE, C. (2007) Geospatial databases and the research and education sector in the UK: designing a licensing strategy for sharing and re-use of data. EDINA.
  
  
• BURTON, G. (2006) The Source to Output Repository Project: Social Science. London School of Economics.
  
  
• HEERY, R. and POWELL, A. (2006) Digital Repositories Roadmap: Looking Forward (version 15). UKOLN/Eduserv Foundation.
  
  
• SUBER, P. (2006) Timeline of the Open Access Movement. The SPARC Open Access Newsletter.
  
  
• NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD (2005) Long-lived Digital Data Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation.
  
  
• O'REILLY, T. (2005) What is Web 2.0: Design patterns and business models for the next generation of software. O'Reilly.
  
  
• HEERY, R. and ANDERSON, S. (2005) Digital Repositories Review. UKOLN/AHDS.
  
  
• LAW, M. (2005) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Issues in the Secondary Use of Research Data. IQ 29(1).
  
  
• OECD (2004) Ministerial Declaration on Access to Research Data from Public Funding. Annex 1.
  
  
• OSI e-INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP (2004) Developing the UK's e-infrastructure for science and innovation. Office for Science and Innovation.
  
  
• ESDS (2000) Guidelines on Copyright and Confidentiality: Legal Issues for Social Science Researchers. ESDS.
  
  
• HUMPHREY, C. K., ESTABROOKS, C. A., NORRIS, J. R., SMITH, J. E. and HESKETH, L. (2000). Archivist on Board: Contributions to the Research Team. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1 (3).