Hello all,
I'm new in post at the University of Glasgow as the RDM service coordinator. Apologies if I'm duplicating previous threads.
I'm currently meeting with EPSRC PIs on a one-to-one basis to discuss the upcoming EPSRC requirements and how we can help them become compliant. This has thrown up several issues that PIs are very anxious about. Have any of you already had to deal with / advise on any of these issues?
First up:
Recording Metadata... a PI I spoke to recently has data in the form of electron micrographs. Depending on the sample and sample prep method, he subjects the image data to multiple processes before it is usable. He records some of his processing in a paper lab book, but doesn't record everything as it changes every time and is obvious to him from the output. He is ameanable to complying with EPSRC requirements but is very worried about the amount of time that he would have to put in creating info that would make his data meaningful. Also worried that if deposits this data as raw without sufficient info, another group would fail to reproduce his results.
Next:
Timescale... many PIs don't think that 1 years' privaledged access from data of creation is not enough to allow them to benefit from it (most seem to think that 3 years would be more appropriate). Is there any consensus emerging on expectation V? Does a draft manuscript that has sat on a desk for a couple of years waiting for a final experiment etc count as a 'publication plan'?
Another anxiety is around what happens if re-used data is not referenced appropriately. Will there be a system for correctly attributing impact to the original researchers?
Mary
Dr Mary Donaldson
RDM Service Coordinator
University of Glasgow
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