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At the University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa, a team consisting of members of the I... more At the University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa, a team consisting of members of the IT and Library departments has evaluated several research data repository platforms in depth. A list of criteria was developed based on other lists of criteria, a South African research data repository workshop and several internal and external discussions and surveys. Two commercial and four open source research data repositories were short listed for evaluation. By end February 2017 we should know which repository the University will be prepared to fund and implement. The University is also keen to investigate the possibility of forming a consortium with other South African Universities in order to obtain the best research data platform at a good price.
Papers by Johann van Wyk
Redbox Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) Received information on criteria list, b... more Redbox Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) Received information on criteria list, but Redbox is only a meta data repository and not a data repository.
▪ Investigate Very Large Database initiative (now DIRISA) from the Department of Science and Tech... more ▪ Investigate Very Large Database initiative (now DIRISA) from the Department of Science and Technology as possibility to support UP's RDM needs ▪ Central UP server or repository ▪ Address the need for physical storage space. ▪ Create a formal staff position of 'research data manager' to drive RDM at UP (research data manager was appointed in 2013) Shortlisted products Product Vendor / Implementation Partner RFI Feedback DSpace Atmire Received information on criteria list, proposed implementation options and its associated cost. Figshare Digital Science Received information on criteria list, proposed implementation options and its associated cost. Islandora Discoverygarden Received information on criteria list, proposed implementation options and its associated cost.
− To evaluate the most recent technological systems (e.g. Security systems, interactive websites)... more − To evaluate the most recent technological systems (e.g. Security systems, interactive websites) that regulate the organisation and planning of academic libraries in general, as well as specialised education libraries; − To investigate the lists of current journals in Education of the foremost universities to determine if such lists correlate with South African lists and lists of the University of Pretoria; − To investigate the possibility of long-term partnerships with heads of education libraries in the USA;
Presentation to researchers at a Workshop on Data Management Plans, Merensky Library, University ... more Presentation to researchers at a Workshop on Data Management Plans, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 August 2017.
Presentation on behalf of Dr Heila Pienaar (UP) at the eResearch Africa 2017 Conference, Universi... more Presentation on behalf of Dr Heila Pienaar (UP) at the eResearch Africa 2017 Conference, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 4 May 2017.
Presented at the: 'UP Carnegie Capstone Conference', Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Con... more Presented at the: 'UP Carnegie Capstone Conference', Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 March 2019.
ABSTRACT Overview of the history and status of blogs in South African libraries
Presentation delivered at the NeDICC Workshop on 'The role of the information professional in... more Presentation delivered at the NeDICC Workshop on 'The role of the information professional in relation to Research Data Management', CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, 22 June 2016
Presented at the ORCID Research Visibility Workshop, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pr... more Presented at the ORCID Research Visibility Workshop, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 14 August 2019
Library Management, 2020
PurposeThe purpose of this article is to give an overview of the development of a Virtual Researc... more PurposeThe purpose of this article is to give an overview of the development of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) conceptual model for the management of research data at a South African university.Design/methodology/approachThe research design of this article consists of empirical and non-empirical research. The non-empirical part consists of a critical literature review to synthesise the strengths, weaknesses (limitations) and omissions of identified VRE models as found in literature to develop a conceptual VRE model. As part of the critical literature review concepts were clarified and possible applications of VREs in research lifecycles and research data lifecycles were explored. The empirical part focused on the practical application of this model. This part of the article follows an interpretivist paradigm, and a qualitative research approach, using case studies as inquiry method. Case studies with a positivist perspective were selected through purposive sampling, and infere...
Overview of the history and status of blogs in South African libraries
Presentation at Elsevier Library Connect Seminar, 6 October 2014, Johannesburg, 7 October 2014, D... more Presentation at Elsevier Library Connect Seminar, 6 October 2014, Johannesburg, 7 October 2014, Durban, and 9 October 2014, Cape Town, on the role of the librarian in Research Data Management
Various approaches to Research Data Management at Higher Education Institutions focus on an aspec... more Various approaches to Research Data Management at Higher Education Institutions focus on an aspect or two of the research data cycle. At the University of Pretoria the approach has been to support researchers throughout the research process covering the whole research data cycle. The idea is to facilitate/capture the research data throughout the research cycle. This will give context to the data and will add provenance to the data. The University of Pretoria uses the UK Data Archive’s research data cycle model, to align its Research Data Management project-development. This model identifies the stages of a research data cycle as: creating data, processing data, analysing data, preserving data, giving access to data, and reusing data. This paper will give a short overview of the chronological development of research data management at the University of Pretoria. The overview will also highlight findings of two surveys done at the University, one in 2009 and one in 2013. This will be ...
At the University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa, a team consisting of members of the I... more At the University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa, a team consisting of members of the IT and Library departments has evaluated several research data repository platforms in depth. A list of criteria was developed based on other lists of criteria, a South African research data repository workshop and several internal and external discussions and surveys. Two commercial and four open source research data repositories were short listed for evaluation. By end February 2017 we should know which repository the University will be prepared to fund and implement. The University is also keen to investigate the possibility of forming a consortium with other South African Universities in order to obtain the best research data platform at a good price.
Redbox Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) Received information on criteria list, b... more Redbox Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) Received information on criteria list, but Redbox is only a meta data repository and not a data repository.
▪ Investigate Very Large Database initiative (now DIRISA) from the Department of Science and Tech... more ▪ Investigate Very Large Database initiative (now DIRISA) from the Department of Science and Technology as possibility to support UP's RDM needs ▪ Central UP server or repository ▪ Address the need for physical storage space. ▪ Create a formal staff position of 'research data manager' to drive RDM at UP (research data manager was appointed in 2013) Shortlisted products Product Vendor / Implementation Partner RFI Feedback DSpace Atmire Received information on criteria list, proposed implementation options and its associated cost. Figshare Digital Science Received information on criteria list, proposed implementation options and its associated cost. Islandora Discoverygarden Received information on criteria list, proposed implementation options and its associated cost.
− To evaluate the most recent technological systems (e.g. Security systems, interactive websites)... more − To evaluate the most recent technological systems (e.g. Security systems, interactive websites) that regulate the organisation and planning of academic libraries in general, as well as specialised education libraries; − To investigate the lists of current journals in Education of the foremost universities to determine if such lists correlate with South African lists and lists of the University of Pretoria; − To investigate the possibility of long-term partnerships with heads of education libraries in the USA;
Presentation to researchers at a Workshop on Data Management Plans, Merensky Library, University ... more Presentation to researchers at a Workshop on Data Management Plans, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 August 2017.
Presentation on behalf of Dr Heila Pienaar (UP) at the eResearch Africa 2017 Conference, Universi... more Presentation on behalf of Dr Heila Pienaar (UP) at the eResearch Africa 2017 Conference, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 4 May 2017.
Presented at the: 'UP Carnegie Capstone Conference', Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Con... more Presented at the: 'UP Carnegie Capstone Conference', Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 March 2019.
ABSTRACT Overview of the history and status of blogs in South African libraries
Presentation delivered at the NeDICC Workshop on 'The role of the information professional in... more Presentation delivered at the NeDICC Workshop on 'The role of the information professional in relation to Research Data Management', CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, 22 June 2016
Presented at the ORCID Research Visibility Workshop, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pr... more Presented at the ORCID Research Visibility Workshop, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 14 August 2019
Library Management, 2020
PurposeThe purpose of this article is to give an overview of the development of a Virtual Researc... more PurposeThe purpose of this article is to give an overview of the development of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) conceptual model for the management of research data at a South African university.Design/methodology/approachThe research design of this article consists of empirical and non-empirical research. The non-empirical part consists of a critical literature review to synthesise the strengths, weaknesses (limitations) and omissions of identified VRE models as found in literature to develop a conceptual VRE model. As part of the critical literature review concepts were clarified and possible applications of VREs in research lifecycles and research data lifecycles were explored. The empirical part focused on the practical application of this model. This part of the article follows an interpretivist paradigm, and a qualitative research approach, using case studies as inquiry method. Case studies with a positivist perspective were selected through purposive sampling, and infere...
Overview of the history and status of blogs in South African libraries
Presentation at Elsevier Library Connect Seminar, 6 October 2014, Johannesburg, 7 October 2014, D... more Presentation at Elsevier Library Connect Seminar, 6 October 2014, Johannesburg, 7 October 2014, Durban, and 9 October 2014, Cape Town, on the role of the librarian in Research Data Management
Various approaches to Research Data Management at Higher Education Institutions focus on an aspec... more Various approaches to Research Data Management at Higher Education Institutions focus on an aspect or two of the research data cycle. At the University of Pretoria the approach has been to support researchers throughout the research process covering the whole research data cycle. The idea is to facilitate/capture the research data throughout the research cycle. This will give context to the data and will add provenance to the data. The University of Pretoria uses the UK Data Archive’s research data cycle model, to align its Research Data Management project-development. This model identifies the stages of a research data cycle as: creating data, processing data, analysing data, preserving data, giving access to data, and reusing data. This paper will give a short overview of the chronological development of research data management at the University of Pretoria. The overview will also highlight findings of two surveys done at the University, one in 2009 and one in 2013. This will be ...
Publikationsansicht. 47494193. Engaging academia through Library 2.0 tools : a case study : Educa... more Publikationsansicht. 47494193. Engaging academia through Library 2.0 tools : a case study : Education Library, University of Pretoria (2009). Van Wyk, Johann. Abstract. PDF Presentation. Presentation at the African Digital Scholarship ...