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

As part of our core offer we:

• provide repositories for the preservation of the practice research works:
  • Kent Academic Repository (KAR)
  • Kent Data Repository (KDR)
• offer advice on practice research work preservation, including digitisation, portfolio archiving and copyright issues
• 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, including demonstrating research quality through portfolio submissioncuration of collections.

Copyright, including the use:

• of other people’s work in your practice research
• sharing and re-use of your own practice research works and your licensing choices.

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)

Click the button below to email the Research and Scholarly Communication Support team about practice research works.