SPEC Kit 334: Research Data Management Services · 203
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Data Interview Protocol
http://dmconsult.library.virginia.edu/SciDaC/files/2013/04/Data-Interview-Protocol.docx
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Copyright (c) 2012 by UVa Library. This work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Data Interview Protocol
Data Sharing and Long-‐term Accessibility
Get them thinking about the future of their data i.e. how can these files continue to be accessed and
used (if appropriate), do they need to be preserved, if so, for how long?
5.1 Have you been asked to provide or share your data? Could or should your data be reused or
repurposed by others, and if so, how and by whom?
Publisher requirement
Funder requirement
Restrictions (Confidentiality, Sensitivity)
Documented for sharing
Long-‐term Preservation
5.2 Do your files need to be preserved? For how long? Does all of it need to be kept?
Raw or processed data or both
Who decides? Who is responsible?
Where?
Libra, the UVa IR
How long?
What Would Make Data Management Easier for You?
Ask where the interviewee currently gets advice and support and what else s/he would like to see
provided by the University. Key thing is to gauge desire for preservation policy, suggested coverage and
any supplementary support needed to implement it.
6.1 What would help you create and manage your data better?
6.2 Who should be responsible for digital preservation? Who should be responsible for funding it?
Preservation responsibility
Help, where?
Library
6.3 What sort of impact might a University-‐wide policy on data preservation have upon you? What
sort of policy do you think would be reasonable?
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Data Interview Protocol
http://dmconsult.library.virginia.edu/SciDaC/files/2013/04/Data-Interview-Protocol.docx
S c i e n t i f i c D a t a C o n s u l t i n g G r o u p (S c i D a C )/F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 2
Copyright (c) 2012 by UVa Library. This work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-‐ShareAlike 3.0 license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-‐sa/3.0/.
© 2012 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Page 4
Data Interview Protocol
Data Sharing and Long-‐term Accessibility
Get them thinking about the future of their data i.e. how can these files continue to be accessed and
used (if appropriate), do they need to be preserved, if so, for how long?
5.1 Have you been asked to provide or share your data? Could or should your data be reused or
repurposed by others, and if so, how and by whom?
Publisher requirement
Funder requirement
Restrictions (Confidentiality, Sensitivity)
Documented for sharing
Long-‐term Preservation
5.2 Do your files need to be preserved? For how long? Does all of it need to be kept?
Raw or processed data or both
Who decides? Who is responsible?
Where?
Libra, the UVa IR
How long?
What Would Make Data Management Easier for You?
Ask where the interviewee currently gets advice and support and what else s/he would like to see
provided by the University. Key thing is to gauge desire for preservation policy, suggested coverage and
any supplementary support needed to implement it.
6.1 What would help you create and manage your data better?
6.2 Who should be responsible for digital preservation? Who should be responsible for funding it?
Preservation responsibility
Help, where?
Library
6.3 What sort of impact might a University-‐wide policy on data preservation have upon you? What
sort of policy do you think would be reasonable?
