Practice research works

We work with you from the conception of your research project, through to archiving, data management, dissemination and preservation of practice research works. This helps with:

• creating high quality funding applications
• collaborations
• increasing the reach of your research inside and outside of academia.

Our core offer

• We provide repositories for the preservation of the practice research works:
  • Kent Academic Repository (KAR)
  • Kent Data Repository (KDR)
• We offer advice on the preservation of practice research works, including digitisation, portfolio archiving and copyright issues
• We deliver these services in accordance with industry standards and best practice developed in discussion with national bodies, including funders and special interest groups.

Using KAR and KDR gives you:

• persistent identifiers for the greatest reach of your practice research works or data
• archiving standards
• metrics for the use of your work through download tracking
• the ability to cross reference and group research outputs across a research project, including publications, presentations, creative works and defiant objects

We can advise you on:

• Digitisation, including:
  • analogue to digital
  • digital to digital
  • sustainable file formats
  • website preservation.
• Portfolio archives, incuding:
• demonstrating research quality through portfolio submission
• curation of collections.
• Copyright, including:
  • the use of other people’s work in your practice research
  • the use, sharing and re-use of your own practice research works and the choices you have for licensing.

Practice research works are items that arise from the synergy of a creator’s research and practice. They exist in a wide variety of formats, can be intangible and are enhanced by specialist support for description, preservation and discovery.

Practice research works could include, but are not limited to:

• physical objects (buildings, sculptures, paintings, films, novels, book art)
• events (performances, exhibitions, curations, demonstrations)
• transient works (where time is a crucial part of the outcome)

Practice research works can be evidenced through:

• recordings (photo, audio, video)
• portfolio (collection of related materials)
• digital surrogates (image, audio, video)
• research methods archiving (for example sketchbooks, logbooks, workbooks, lab books)

Need research support or advice? Email researchsupport@kent.ac.uk

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