OECD Global Science Forum Project on Sustainable Business

OECD Global Science Forum Project on Sustainable Business Models for Data Repositories

Summary of the Problem § Govt. and research funder policies mandate Open data. § OECD Principles and Guidelines, 2007 § G 8 Science Ministers Statement, 2013 § Major funders in US, UK, EC Horizon 2020 data policy etc. § Need for sustainable data repositories and data stewardship. § Increasing volume presents a challenge. § Requirements for stewardship present a greater challenge. § Concern that current funding models are inflexible and will not meet the growing requirements Ø Sustaining digital data infrastructure is a major issue for science policy! § Witnessing Innovation § Changes in funding / business models (Archaeology Data Service, DANS, ICPSR) § Innovative business models (Dryad, Fig. Share); challenge for Europe Open Science Cloud. 2

Summary of the Problem § § The cost of data stewardship should (ideally) be an essential, integral part of the cost of doing research. Ongoing work on the cost of data curation. § 4 C Project (Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation) http: //4 cproject. eu/ § Little work has been done on the economics and business models of data infrastructure. § Blue Ribbon Task Group Report on Sustainable Digital Preservation: http: //brtf. sdsc. edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report. pdf § Sustaining Domain Repositories for Digital Data: A White Paper (ICPSR): http: //datacommunity. icpsr. umich. edu/sites/default/files/White. Paper_ICPSR_ SDRDD_121113. pdf § Need for work on who pays and how: analysis of income streams, of innovative funding models, of willingness to pay and responsibilities, of business models in general. 3

Highlights of the Deliverable § § § 4 Interest Group on Cost Recovery / Income Streams for Data Repositories. Co-Chairs: Anita de Waard (Elsevier Research), Ingrid Dillo (DANS), Simon Hodson (CODATA). Landscape survey of income streams of 25 data repositories, including detailed interviews. Typology of income streams. SWOT analysis of mian business models. Final Report: Income Streams for Data Repositories https: //rdalliance. org/system/files/documents/Income_Streams_for_Data_Repositories. FINAL-160210. pdf

Highlights of the Deliverable 5

Preliminary Conclusions from Survey and Analysis § § § 6 Structural funding supports c. 50% of repositories surveyed. Structural funding often supplemented and some concerns expressed about flexibility and adaptability. Many data repositories value participation in R&D projects, and many are highly dependent on this grant income but overheads need to be considered. Concern about administrative overheads and that encourage cheaper, lower levels of curation. Many repositories interested in charging for value-added services. Data deposit fees are being explored by a small number of repositories.

Repositories exploring alternative income streams 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 yes no maybe 7

Alternative Income Streams Under Consideration § § § § Increasing core structural funding (given priority for data) Contracts for specific services offered (hosting, archiving, curation) Expanding the number of affiliated institutions (services, member benefits) Deposit fees Charging for value-added data or services Specific services for the commercial sector Sponsorship § SWOT analysis in RDA Session in Paris explored the pros and cons of various income streams and business models. 8

The OECD-Global Science Forum (GSF) § Global science policy forum (33 countries + EU) § Working Party of the Committee on Science and Technology Policy within the OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate. § Convenes national delegates from science ministries, funding agencies and academia § Open to non-member countries and partners § Venue for shared learning, bench-marking and consensus building. § GSF reports can be influential – land on ministers’ desks § Possibility of OECD recommendations that are ‘soft law’, e. g. 2007 guidelines on access to data from public research 9

Impact and Adoption: OECD GSF Project on Business Models § Questions to address: 1. 2. 3. 4. § § § Ø How are data repositories currently funded? What innovative income streams are available? How do income streams match willingness/ability to pay of various stakeholders? How do income streams/willingness to pay fit together into a sustainable business model? Builds on existing work of RDA-WDS Working Group. Broader landscape study of current funding models. Focus group on innovative income streams. In-depth economic analysis of business models. Test business models with stakeholder groups. Policy recommendations based on concrete business model options. 10

Impact and Adoption: OECD GSF Project on Business Models § § § 11 Q 1 April-June 2016: Project set up; Expert Group virtual meetings; data repository interviews, inc. those identified by GSF. Q 2 July-Sept 2016: Complete income streams landscape survey; focus group on innovative income streams; develop economic analysis of business models. Q 3 Oct-Dec 2016: Stakeholder Workshop (inc. GSF) on Business Models. Q 4 Jan-March 2017: Iterate draft report and recommendations with Expert Group. March/April 2017: final report with recommendations on sustainable business models presented to GSF for final approval. § International Expert Group: comprising nominees from GSF delegates and from CODATA, RDA and WDS. § Workshops 1) on innovative income streams and cost restraint and 2) to test business models.

Next Steps and Contact Information § OECD GSF Project will launch with Expert Group meeting in April or June. § Contact Ingrid Dillo ingrid. dillo@dans. knaw. nl, Simon Hodson simon@codata. org, or Carthage Smith Carthage. SMITH@oecd. org 12