Research Data Culture Conversation: Response to ARDC

Ai-Lin Soo, Andrew Janke, Luc Betbeder-Matibet, Rhys Francis, Stephen Giugni, Steve Quenette

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Abstract

Research data is a cross-organisational, multi-responsibility activity supported by many functions within a university, including research itself together with support ‘pillars’ including archives, data privacy, eResearch, IT, library, records and the research office. The “Research Data Culture Conversation” (RDCC) is a conversation between representatives of these pillars from Australian universities, focused on understanding the challenges faced in the current data generation climate.

The results of these discussions over the last 2 years are in summary:

A) Data growth in research is now so rapid it threatens a budget shift across a university which cannot be sustained into the future - something about data needs to change;
B) The ever increasing expansion of data holdings is driven by research opportunities;
C) Data is a new asset class requiring new investment;
D) The existing national data conversation is well developed in Preservation, Sharing and Re-use
E) The national conversation on Resourcing, Sensitivity and End-of-Life needs strengthening;
F) Research Data Management Plans must inform decision making and must deliver the productivity gains needed as data grows; and
G) Institutions, which are a primary location where data ambitions and obligations meet budgets, need nationally-coherent discipline-sensitive responses to be defined.

This paper addresses F and G of the RDCC's observations.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherZenodo
Commissioning bodyARDC - Australian Research Data Commons Limited
Number of pages10
Edition1st
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2020

Keywords

  • data management
  • eResearch
  • record keeping
  • sentencing
  • data lifecycle

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Access to Document

  • 3 Public outreach

  • Research Data Culture Conversation Phase 1 National Meeting (QLD) 2020

    Ai-Lin Soo (Host), Steve Quenette (Host), Rhys Francis (Host), Luc Betbeder-Matibet (Host), Andrew Janke (Host), Ian Duncan (Contributor), Paula Martinez (Contributor), Bernadette Hyland-Wood (Contributor), Amberyn Thomas (Contributor), David Abramson (Contributor), Derek Leydig (Contributor), Fei Yu (Contributor), Kathleen Smeaton (Contributor), Tessa Elieff (Contributor), Andrew White (Contributor), Jenny Johnston (Contributor), Sarah Brown (Contributor), Cassandra Graesser (Contributor) & Louise Wheeler (Contributor)

    30 Jan 2020

    Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public outreach

  • Research Data Culture Conversation Phase 1 National Meeting (NSW) 2020

    Ai-Lin Soo (Host), Steve Quenette (Host), Rhys Francis (Host), Luc Betbeder-Matibet (Host), Andrew Janke (Host), Adrian Burton (Contributor), Tom Honeyman (Contributor), Scott Nicholls (Contributor), Jacky Cho (Contributor), Adrian Chew (Contributor), Peter M Sefton (Contributor), Adele Haythornthwaite (Contributor), Jason Nairnsey (Contributor), Peter Seddon (Contributor), Katrina Trewin (Contributor), Julia Martin (Contributor), Kate Carruthers (Contributor), Sharyn Wise (Contributor), Manuel Nielsen (Contributor), Jennifer Stanton (Contributor) & Maude Frances (Contributor)

    3 Dec 2019

    Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public outreach

  • Research Data Culture Conversation Phase 1 National Meeting (VIC) 2019

    Ai-Lin Soo (Host), Steve Quenette (Host), Rhys Francis (Host), Luc Betbeder-Matibet (Host), Stephen Giugni (Host), Ailie Smith (Contributor), Christopher McAvaney (Contributor), Helena Lynn (Contributor), Jaye Weatherburn (Contributor), Jo Dalvean (Contributor), Keith Russell (Contributor), Neil Dickson (Contributor), Nicholas McPhee (Contributor), Nicholas May (Contributor), Rowland Mosbergen (Contributor), Sandra Ennor (Contributor), Stephen Dart (Contributor), Lyle Winton (Contributor), Peter Neish (Contributor) & Richard Ferrers (Contributor)

    5 Dec 2019

    Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public outreach

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