Gathering evidence of benefits: a structured approach from the JISC Managing Research Data Programme

Molloy, L. , Hodson, S., Poschen, M. and Tedds, J. (2012) Gathering evidence of benefits: a structured approach from the JISC Managing Research Data Programme. In: International Digital Curation Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 14 – 16 January 2013,

Abstract

The work of the Jisc Managing Research Data programme is – along with the rest of the UK higher education sector – taking place in an environment of increasing pressure on research funding. In order to justify the investment made by Jisc in this activity – and to help make the case more widely for the value of investing time and money in research data management – projects and the programme as a whole must be able to clearly express the resultant benefits to the host institutions and to the broader sector. This paper describes a structured approach to the measurement and description of benefits provided by the work of these projects for the benefit of funders, institutions and researchers. We outline the context of the programme and its work; discuss the drivers and challenges of gathering evidence of benefits; specify benefits as distinct from aims and outputs; present emerging findings and the types of metrics and other evidence which projects have provided; explain the value of gathering evidence in a structured way to demonstrate benefits generated by work in this field; and share lessons learned from progress to date.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Keywords: research data management, digital curation, UK, higher education,
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Molloy, Ms Laura
• Authors: Molloy, L., Hodson, S., Poschen, M., and Tedds, J.
• Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies
• Research Group: HATII research projects
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2012 The Authors
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License