The Research Data Culture Conversation: Summary of the Challenge

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 A to E of the RDCC's observations.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherZenodo
Commissioning bodyARDC - Australian Research Data Commons Limited
Number of pages15
Edition1st
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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Keywords

  • data management
  • eReseach

Access to Document

  • Developing an Effective Research Data Culture

    Quenette, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Groenewegen, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ennor, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dart, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Kannan, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    1/09/19 → 31/01/20

    Project: Research

  • 3 Public outreach

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

    Soo, A.-L. (Host), Quenette, S. (Host), Francis, R. (Host), Betbeder-Matibet, L. (Host), Janke, A. (Host), Duncan, I. (Contributor), Martinez, P. (Contributor), Hyland-Wood, B. (Contributor), Thomas, A. (Contributor), Abramson, D. (Contributor), Leydig, D. (Contributor), Yu, F. (Contributor), Smeaton, K. (Contributor), Elieff, T. (Contributor), White, A. (Contributor), Johnston, J. (Contributor), Brown, S. (Contributor), Graesser, C. (Contributor) & Wheeler, L. (Contributor)

    30 Jan 2020

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

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

    Soo, A.-L. (Host), Quenette, S. (Host), Francis, R. (Host), Betbeder-Matibet, L. (Host), Janke, A. (Host), Burton , A. (Contributor), Honeyman, T. (Contributor), Nicholls, S. (Contributor), Cho, J. (Contributor), Chew, A. (Contributor), M Sefton, P. (Contributor), Haythornthwaite, A. (Contributor), Nairnsey, J. (Contributor), Seddon, P. (Contributor), Trewin, K. (Contributor), Martin, J. (Contributor), Carruthers, K. (Contributor), Wise, S. (Contributor), Nielsen, M. (Contributor), Stanton, J. (Contributor) & Frances, M. (Contributor)

    3 Dec 2019

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

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

    Soo, A.-L. (Host), Quenette, S. (Host), Francis, R. (Host), Betbeder-Matibet, L. (Host), Giugni, S. (Host), Smith, A. (Contributor), McAvaney, C. (Contributor), Lynn, H. (Contributor), Weatherburn, J. (Contributor), Dalvean, J. (Contributor), Russell, K. (Contributor), Dickson, N. (Contributor), McPhee, N. (Contributor), May, N. (Contributor), Mosbergen, R. (Contributor), Ennor, S. (Contributor), Dart, S. (Contributor), Winton, L. (Contributor), Neish, P. (Contributor) & Ferrers, R. (Contributor)

    5 Dec 2019

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

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