Collaborative Approach to Research Computing and Data Management
Lauren Geiger
Digital Archivist and Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
Micheal Navicky
Director of High Performance Computing
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University (MSU) conducted the Research Computing and Data (RCD) Capabilities Model assessment developed by the Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) several months ago. The assessment uncovered several shortfalls from the current, siloed approach to research computing and data management. It also identified opportunities through overlapping and often not well-publicized capabilities that would create a broader collaborative approach to research computing and research data management. To address these issues, representatives from the MSU Libraries, Information Technology Services, the Office of Research Security and Compliance, and High Performance Computing formed a team to identify cross-campus needs and create a plan to address them. As a result, this team submitted an Area 7 (Planning) Campus Cyberinfrastructure grant. By continuing to work together with campus partners to build collaborative relationships, the institution can leverage computational capacity, data, software, and domains to maximize research outcomes.
Montana State University’s Research Alliance: Creating Intentional Library and University Partnerships and Spaces for Research and Data Services
Jason Clark
Head of Research Optimization, Analytics, and Data Services (ROADS)
Montana State University
Doralyn Rossmann
Dean of the Library
Montana State University
Montana State University (MSU) has seen an increase in the number and complexity of researchers’ data service and research facilitation requests—from writing data management plans to analyzing research and data sharing networks, or from storing data to high performance computing and machine learning applications for research data. In response to these evolving needs, MSU formed a unique partnership, the Research Alliance, made up of campus entities that support faculty, student, and staff research and research data needs. The partners reside in a newly created space in the MSU Library, and they include the Center for Faculty Excellence; the Office of Research Development; the MSU Library Research Optimization, Analytics, and Data Services (ROADS); the Undergraduate Scholars Program; and Research Cyberinfrastructure (University IT). This project is unusual in that much preparation work went into forming a truly collaborative partnership before the launch of the Research Alliance space, and also because the Library is a fully present partner in the initiative. Throughout the project, the Library convened working and planning groups, facilitated service design, and provided leadership in the formation of the Alliance. This presentation will discuss the partnership formation, it will reflect on the successes and challenges in the early days of the Alliance’s formation, and it will include discussion of where shared data science projects and instructional collaborations are gaining traction between partners.
https://www.montana.edu/research-alliance/
https://www.montana.edu/research/ord/
https://www.montana.edu/uit/rci/
https://www.montana.edu/facultyexcellence/
https://www.montana.edu/usp/
Background information from Rebecca Bryant of OCLC Research:
https://hangingtogether.org/social-interoperability-at-montana-state-university/
