[ESIP-all] Fwd: [codata_international] Fwd: The Value & Impact of Data Sharing & Curation

Thu Apr 3 04:32:32 EDT 2014

Of likely interest. Kevin Ashley talked about this report in his talk at the winter meeting.

-m.
Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

From: CODATA ED <execdir at codata.org<mailto:execdir at codata.org>>
Date: April 3, 2014 at 10:54:01 AM GMT+3
To: CODATA_International <codata_international at kbx7.de<mailto:codata_international at kbx7.de>>
Subject: [codata_international] Fwd: The Value & Impact of Data Sharing & Curation
Reply-To: CODATA_International <codata_international at kbx7.de<mailto:codata_international at kbx7.de>>

------------------------------------Anzeige-------------------------------------
*Buchhaltung im Griff* - der Online-Workshop für Selbstständige

Rechtzeitig zur Steuererklärung 2013:
So machen Sie Ihre Buchhaltung einfach und überschaubar
http://www.akademie.de/online-workshops/buchhaltung-selbststaendige

10% Frühbucher-Rabatt sichern bis zum 3. April !
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.
News from the CODATA_International eNewsList follows from here:
.
This report from Jisc, synthesising recent studies of the value and impact of three UK research data centres (the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), and the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)) may be of interest to followers of the CODATA International list.

With very best wishes,

Simon.
___________________________
SciDataCon 2014 Call for Proposals: http://www.scidatacon2014.org/submissions
___________________________
Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org

E-Mail: execdir at codata.org<mailto:execdir at codata.org> | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99
Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog
Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar
Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59

CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE

Begin forwarded message:

From: Rachel Bruce <r.bruce at JISC.AC.UK<mailto:r.bruce at JISC.AC.UK>>
Subject: The Value & Impact of Data Sharing & Curation
Date: 2 April 2014 19:16:17 CEST
To: RESEARCH-DATAMAN at JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:RESEARCH-DATAMAN at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Research Data Management discussion list <RESEARCH-DATAMAN at JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:RESEARCH-DATAMAN at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>>

Hi All,

Apologies for cross-posting – but you might be interested in the following -

Jisc has just published the synthesis report of the value & impact studies of Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), and the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC).

This report is available to download from [http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5568/1/iDF308_-_Digital_Infrastructure_Directions_Report%2C_Jan14_v1-04.pdf] it summarises and reflects on the findings from a series of recent studies, conducted by Neil Beagrie of Charles Beagrie Ltd. and Prof. John Houghton of Victoria University, into the value and impact of these three well established research data centres . It provides a summary of the key findings from new research and reflects on: the methods that can be used to collect data for such studies; the analytical methods that can be used to explore value, impacts, costs and benefits; and the lessons learnt and recommendations arising from the series of studies as a whole.

The data centre studies combined quantitative and qualitative approaches in order to quantify value in economic terms and present other, non-economic, impacts and benefits. Uniquely, the studies cover both users and depositors of data, and we believe the surveys of depositors undertaken are the first of their kind. All three studies show a similar pattern of findings, with data sharing via the data centres having a large measurable impact on research efficiency and on return on investment in the data and services. These findings are important for funders, researchers, and data managers, both for making the economic case for investment in data curation and sharing and research data infrastructure, and for ensuring the sustainability of such research data centres.

The quantitative economic analysis indicated that:

•         The value to users exceeds the investment made in data sharing and curation via the centres in all three cases – with the benefits from 2.2 to 2.7 times the costs;

•         Very significant increases in work efficiency are realised by users as a result of their use of the data centres – with efficiency gains from 2 to 20 times the costs; and

•         By facilitating additional use, the data centres significantly increase the returns on investment in the creation/collection of the data hosted – with increases in returns from 2 to 12 times the costs.

The qualitative analysis indicated that:

•         Academic users report that the centres are very or extremely important for their research. Between 53% and 61% of respondents across the three surveys reported that it would have a major or severe impact on their work if they could not access the data and services; and

•         For depositors, having the data preserved for the long-term and its dissemination being targeted to the academic community are seen as the most beneficial aspects of depositing data with the centres.

An important aim of the studies was to contribute to the further development of impact evaluation methods that can provide estimates of the value and benefits of research data sharing and curation infrastructure investments. This synthesis reflects on lessons learnt and provides a set of recommendations that could help develop future studies of this type.

Many thanks Rachel

[Jisc]<http://www.jisc.ac.uk/>

Rachel Bruce
Director Technology Innovation

T 0203 006 6061
M 07841 951300
Skype rachelbruce
Twitter rachelbruce
Jisc, 1st Floor, Brettenham House (South), 5 Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN

jisc.ac.uk<http://www.jisc.ac.uk/>

Jisc is a registered charity (number 1149740) and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under Company No. 5747339, VAT No. GB 882 5529 90. Jisc’s registered office is: One Castlepark, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800. jisc.ac.uk<http://www.jisc.ac.uk/>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you receive this mail not directly from the CODATA_International eNewsList
and you are interested in receiving information on CODATA activities
and discussions continuously
then join the CODATA_International eNewsList by sending an empty message
to the mail address join-CODATA_International at kbx7.de<mailto:join-CODATA_International at kbx7.de> or respectively
MAILTO:join-CODATA_International at kbx7.de
Please note: 2 phase registration,
please "reply" to the message from the list server
(message includes registration/verification code)
As a member of this list you can post messages
up to a size of 80 KB
Do not use attachments; refer to links for download instead.
__________________________________________________
to leave this list write a mail to:
mailto:leave-codata_international-1896081R at kbx7.de
______________________________________________________
Advertizement in the header or in the end of this mail
is automatically inserted by the server
and is not necessarily of interest to the subject of this eMail list.
______________________________________________________
kbx7 eNewsletter server is operated under German privacy law regulations
______________________________________________________
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/private/esip-all/attachments/20140403/7348a77a/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 1736 bytes
Desc: image001.gif
URL: <http://www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/private/esip-all/attachments/20140403/7348a77a/attachment-0001.gif>