Case study: Improving research data management
As part of a suite of activities including the University Modernisation Fund Shared Services and Cloud Programme run by JISC, Southampton University researchers developed LabTrove, a software application that enables and facilitates the Smart Research Framework.
LabTrove provides researchers with a highly flexible electronic notebook and data management system that facilitates the capture and use of this information in a collaborative environment.
The application also provides researchers with the ability to share experimental plans, thoughts, observations and achievements across a wider online community in a secure, semantically-rich and extensible manner.
It makes collaboration easier, can improve planning and discussions, delivers efficiency gains in the production of presentations and reports and can change the nature of academic and student interactions within a research environment.
Working in partnership with Southampton University, Liberata provides hosting platform services alongside infrastructure, application and first line user support for LabTrove.
Liberata is a supplier on our Cloud and Data Centre Framework. The framework helps facilitate smarter ways of working through the uptake of cloud software for the Janet community.
How LabTrove can improve research data management
LabTrove provides researchers with the necessary tools to facilitate improved data management within research projects:
- It’s web-based
- Cross platform browser assess
- API-enabled automated processing
- Metadata encouraged
- Blog style and TimeLine views
- Research and Data Centric system
- Attached information held in the original form with a web friendly image created to encourage easy initial viewing
- Plug-in architecture facilitates additional subject specific tooling to be added
- Variety of authentication mechanisms possible: LDAP, Openid, username/password
- Full documentation
- Open Source
- Support and Consultancy Service
About research data management
Research Data Management in the higher education sector includes all aspects of creating, housing, delivering, maintaining, archiving and preserving data. It can also:
- Enable research data to be more visible and available
- Capture and promote your work and that of other academics within your research community
- Assist with processes for the linkage of publications to supporting data.
- Contribute to national and global initiatives which will ensure an international audience for your latest research
- Be searchable by global search tools
Contact
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