4C - Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation

Focus Group # 5 - Research Data Management

London, UK: 3rd November 2014

The main objectives of this focus group were to:

• find out what users think of the CCEx
• identify what users want / expect from the tool
• find out recomendations for improvement
• discover any concerns about sharing cost data and what could be done to mitigate these concerns

Questions included:

• Do you find the CCEx intuitive and easy to use?
• Which features do you like least/best?
• What are the barriers to using it?
• Are there any redundant features?
• Is the language understandable or is there too much jargon?
• Would your organisation submit cost data? And who, within your organisation, would be responsible for submitting data?
• What kind of support are you currently using for costing digital curation?

Schedule for the day:

• 1300 - Lunch
• 1330 - Welcome by Joy Davidson, DCC
• 1340 - 'Introduction to the 4C Project and the Curation Costs Exchange' by Sarah Middleton, DPC
• 1400 - Individual familiarisation with the CCEx
• 1430 - Focus Group discussion on the CCEx
• 1515 - Coffee break
• 1530 - 'Overview of Roadmap' by Joy Davidson, DCC
• 1540 - Focus Group discussion on Roadmap
• 1600 - Thanks and close

Links

Curation Costs Exchange: http://www.curationexchange.org/

4C Project Roadmap: http://www.4cproject.eu/roadmap

Read the focus group report (493.64 kB)