E-Research Coordinating Committee report to CAUL April 2006 Cathrine Harboe-Ree

e-Research Coordinating Committee Data management Whole of research cycle perspective Discovery  research activity  dissemination Benefit to wider community

Entire E-Science Cycle (EBank)

Report summary An Australian e-Research Strategy and Implementation Framework The critical importance of e-Research Strategic framework Leadership and coordination Skills development Research, development and deployment Skills transfer

Report summary - cont An Australian e-Research Strategy and Implementation Framework Access e-Research Fabric Managing data Coordination, oversight and resources

Critical importance Consolidating current experience Catalytic change NCRIS findings (SII requirements)

Leadership A champion (eg Tony Hey) Encouraging leadership within government and institutions CAUL leadership?

R, D & D Supporting Australia’s strengths Drawing on OS developments High performance computing and infrastructure middleware R&D  production versions Ad hoc  coordinated

Skills acquisition Investment in education Professional development Honours scholarships (50pa x 5) Postgraduate scholarships (35pa x 5) Post-doctoral Fellowships (7pa x 5) Professional development Encourage institutions to provide opportunities CAUL? CAUDIT?

Skills transfer – e-Research Centre One Centre, 7 nodes Coordination of e-research development Support services Outreach + awareness raising Skills development Coordination of RD&D $0.5 million pa x 5 Specialisation?

Access Access to repositories, facilities and networks Access for researchers and wider community Authentication and authorisation

e-Research fabric Network and computing structures, middleware and collaboration tools National Data Architecture Emphasis on interoperability Services and support NOT networks, bandwidth, etc (funding from elsewhere for these) NOT published resources

Managing data Data collection and generation Data storage and physical management Standards Access Archiving and preservation Whole of research cycle approach Australian Research Data Strategy National Digitisation Strategy

Coordination, oversight + resources $20 mill pa x 5 E-Research Coordinating Committee Data strategy sub-committee? SII with NCRIS (16th Capability)

CAUL response - issues Capabilities required Technical, information management, policy and advocacy Institutional leadership role Library as centre of expertise Involve records and archives

CAUL strategies and actions Policy and advocacy skills CAUL/CAUDIT collaboration CAUL to recommend participation in all relevant national committees EDUCAUSE theme CAUL meetings

CAUL strategies and actions - cont Data management Data management plan guidelines, through national committees Lobby for access to national data (eg ABS)

CAUL strategies and actions - cont Training E-Research 101 Short courses CAUL/CAUDIT workshops, institutes

CAUL strategies and actions - cont Enabling collaboration Deploying skills in national and institutional processes CAUL strategic planning Working Group Inclusion in Strategic Plan CAUL forum?

Priorities for CAUL National and institutional representation Skills development Data management