One side of A4 monthly newsletter for the members of the Kaptur Project Steering Group - and particularly aimed at the Project Sponsors. Month 5 (the first edition) of 18 month project.

1. KAPTUR news 05/18
CULTURAL CHANGE LEADING TO INCREASED FUNDING FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH
Led by the Visual Arts Data Service, a Research Centre of the University for the Creative Arts, and
working collaboratively with four institutional partners: Glasgow School of Art; Goldsmiths, University
of London; University for the Creative Arts; and University of the Arts London; KAPTUR (October
2011 - March 2013) will discover, create and pilot a sectoral model of best practice in the
management of research data in the arts.
MONTH 05 HEADLINES:
 the final version of the Environmental Assessment report is available online
 the Project Officers have made contact with a range of stakeholders to establish working
groups on managing research data: IT, Research Office, Researchers, Library, Freedom Of
Information Officers
 the Technical Manager has met and interviewed IT staff for the Technical Analysis report
 a first draft of the Technical Analysis report has been written
 the presentations from the Steering Group meeting are available online; also a blog post
 the Technical Manager attended the PHP UK Conference 2012
 the UCA Project Officer attended and wrote a blog post about the Digital Curation Centre
(DCC) Roadshow, Loughborough
 All the Project Officers, and the Technical Manager, have now attended DCC Roadshows
 the four-page DCC Research data policy briefing (PDF) document is being used as a
starting point for discussion for developing institutional policies; this is set in context in a DCC
blog post by Sarah Jones (December 2011)
BENEFITS FOR VISUAL ARTS RESEARCHERS:
 the Environmental Assessment report has been written from the perspective of the visual arts
researcher and this will then lead into advocacy and (later on) training and support
 positive feedback received from the visual arts researcher interviewees on the report, for
example, a Professor commented:
"[...] this is a very interesting document, clear, and valuable even. In its
methods as well as the material outcomes. Congratulations."
BENEFITS FOR THE INSTITUTIONS:
 collaboration amongst the Project Officers has enriched the outcomes of the qualitative
research in the Environmental Assessment report and opened up discussion with researchers
 the work of the Project Officers and the Technical Manager will improve awareness across
the institutions of areas such as Open Access which will enhance submissions to external
funders
News/EVENTS - available from: @MTG_work on Twitter and from the KAPTUR blog
PROJECT PROGRESS - available on the KAPTUR blog under the category monthly reports
PROJECT OUTPUTS - available from SlideShare and also key outputs from the KAPTUR website