From KAPTUR to VADS4R: Exploring Research Data Management in the Visual Arts

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

EPrints Interest Group Presentations

At the Open Repositories Conference 2013 I spoke of a project titled KAPTUR that was looking into Research Data Management in the visual arts and the development of management tools within repositories for the handling of data. The KAPTUR project came to a close in March 2013. We have been fortunate enough to secure funding through the AHRC to continue this work into research data management in the visual arts, and this has brought about the VADS4R (visual arts data skills for researchers) project. This paper aims to describe the transition from KAPTUR to VADS4R and describe the work currently being undertaken by the team working on VADS4R, with regard to improving and enhancing repository ecosystems (staff, students and technology) to engage with research data management.