DCC SCARP project

The purpose of our recent SCARP project was to investigate the diverse attitudes and approaches to data deposit, sharing and reuse, curation and preservation across disciplines. We hope that our findings will help to encourage further knowledge sharing and promote good practice in digital curation activities throughout all areas.

We used a range of methods to conduct our SCARP research. By combining traditional survey/literature review approaches with seven immersive case studies in selected research communities, we have improved our understanding of the specific issues affecting curation and preservation and highlighted possible ways forward.

Through a series of immersive case studies, the DCC SCARP project (2007-2009) identified disciplinary approaches to data deposit, sharing and re-use, curation and preservation, in each case working with research projects over several months.

The following publications are available:
– Disciplinary Approaches to Sharing, Curation, Reuse and Preservation: DCC SCARP Final Report to JISC
– SCARP: Data Dimensions: Disciplinary Differences in Research Data Sharing, Reuse and Long term Viability (Synthesis Report)
– Curation of Research Data in the Disciplines of Engineering
– Digital Curation Approaches for Architecture
– Roles and Reusability of Video Data in Social Studies of Interaction
– Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
– Clinical Data from Home to Health Centre: the Telehealth Curation Lifecycle
– Curating Atmospheric Data for long term use: Infrastructure and Preservation Issues for the Atmospheric Sciences community
– Curating Brain Images in a Psychiatric Research Group: Infrastructure and Preservation Issues