Data Administration and Management

This UKRDS interim report is an early draft from the feasibility stage of the consultancy prepared for the UKRDS Steering Committee. It is intended as a working draft of the Feasibility Study report scheduled for completion in early August 2008. As such it reflects ongoing work and analysis and is subject to further changes and review. It has been produced to inform the steering committee of outcomes to date and solicit their feedback on key issues for the UKRDS feasibility study project.

The interim report includes an initial analysis of the survey carried out of some 700 researchers at the four case study sites (see Appendix A), regarding their current storage provision and future requirements.

Each case study site also provided information from their IT and Support Services regarding the services view of research funding and provision of data storage. From this, we have extracted some trends in the growth of data storage requirements and the planned provision to meet these requirements.

Storing digital data is becoming more essential to the work of librarians, who are trying to think in terms of the next 100 years — a virtual eternity in computer time.

The author, Margaret Henty, provides an Australian perspective on improving the environment in which eResearch is conducted through developing institutional capability and providing appropriate skills training.

The University of Washington's Office of Information Management responsibilities include core business applications, defining data management and application integration practices and policies, managing information systems and business process improvement projects, and establishing a strong developer community. The OIM's role is to align the various information management activities throughout the university.

Additional contributor: William Shirey, Associate Vice Provost, Business Applications, University of Washington

An identity management system often becomes a critical source of information for electronic services. Demands for data can result in tension between those who collect and safeguard the data and those who leverage it. This presentation will discuss the role that data governance plays at USC to both serve and protect.

Consolidated logging systems provide a comprehensive view of system events and simplify the review and analysis of logs. Notre Dame's system collects and analyzes logs from over 300 servers. The project overcame the technical challenges of handling large volumes of logs and transforming the raw data into meaningful information.

Do you have a practice or interesting approach to share in the security and identity management space? Or would you like to connect up with someone with a similar challenge and collaborate on a solution? This session will provide a final chance for attendees to discuss a good idea or opportunity for peer networking.

Learn how Hofstra University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, developed custom reports to shine light on how students and faculty are using Blackboard as well as what they are doing with this data to inform faculty development and administrative support. Introductory Level