The Past, Present and Future of Research Data

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Dr. Andrew Treloar

Director of Technology

Australian National Data Service

andrew.treloar@ands.org.au

+61 3 990 2057

www.andrewtreloar.net

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Research data is increasingly becoming important in its own right, not just as the means to deriving a publication. We have been dealing with the data deluge since the turn of the millennium, and the scale of the challenges continue to increase. This presentation will review how we got to where we are today, looking at the pivotal role of data and data management in the history of communication. It will then move to consider the present role of data in scholarly communication by examining a range of problems in the published literature. It will conclude by examining some of the initiatives being taken to start to fix the future of data, and the sorts of services and approaches that will be required.

Presenter Bio:

Dr Andrew Treloar is the Director of Technology for the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) (http://ands.org.au/), with particular responsibility for the Data Capture and Metadata Stores programs. In 2008 he led the project to establish ANDS. Prior to that he was associated with a number of e-research projects as Director or Technical Architect: ARCHER (http://archer.edu.au/ - an e-Research support environment), DART (http://dart.edu.au - data acquisition and analysis), and ARROW (http://arrow.edu.au/ - institutional repository software), as well as the development of an Information Management Strategy for Monash University (http://www.monash.edu.au/staff/information-management/). His research interests include data management, institutional repositories and scholarly communication. He never seems to be able to make enough time for practising his cello, or reading, but does try to prioritise talking to his chooks and working in his vegetable garden and orchard. Further details at http://andrew.treloar.net/.

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