eResearch Coordinating Committee CAUL presentation September 2005 Cathrine Harboe-Ree

Purpose The e-Research Coordinating Committee provides expert advice to the Government on a strategic framework for the development of Australia’s e- Research capacity. The work of the Committee is expected to better inform investment decisions made under existing Government initiatives such as the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy as well as funding programmes administered by Government departments and agencies.

Membership Dr Mike Sargent AM (Chair) Dr Chris Nicol (Agere Systems Australia) Professor Ah Chung Tsoi (Australian Research Council) Professor Doug McEachern (AVCC) Cathrine Harboe-Ree (CAUL) Dr Alex Zelinsky (CSIRO) Professor Edwina Cornish (National Academies Forum) Professor Brian Anderson (National ICT Australia) Professor Alan Pettigrew (National Health and Medical Research Council) Dr Evan Arthur (DEST) Dr Rod Badger (DCITA) Nick Tate (CAUDIT – observer)

Consultation Reference Group ector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/e _research_consult/ ector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/e _research_consult/

Task Report to DCITA and DEST Ministers NOT a funding committee Will influence NCRIS, ARC, NHMRC, etc funding, and government policy “Change, capability, accessibility” Emphasis on information management and skills, rather than technology

Committee structure NCRIS: National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Five sub-committees Health Environment Safeguarding Australia Frontier technologies E-research (with advice from APAC, Broadband and ARIIC committees)

Timelines June: first public discussion paper June-July: public forums September: first draft of the report December: final draft

Draft report sections Enabling research Enabling collaboration Enabling people Better access to information Physical resources for e-research Networks and hardware resources Shared services resources Specific application resources Structural issues Outreach E-research centres International involvement Cross-sectoral linkages

Report recommendations Ministers to endorse Development of strategic e-research programme and report Committee to provide advice on strategies and actions Integrated framework Integrated network of e-research centres

CAUDIT response Primary areas of service Computer grid Access framework Collaboration grid Data grid Capability development (ie skills) Network framework Knowledge management framework Instrument grid Middleware framework

CAUL role Research information providers Information management specialists Professional development requirements? Leaders in the provision of repositories Research publications Research collections Research data Metadata advisors IP/copyright advisors Publishers Open access Alternative channels (e-presses)

Key issues

Digital curation Research cycle information management Metadata Skills and training

CAUL response? Golden opportunity  Working groups?  Hot topics?  Seminar? Formal response to report

Key references Report of the National Science Foundation, Revolutionising Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure rt/ rt/ JISC Committee for the Support of Research, e-Science Curation Report ScienceReportFinal.pdf ScienceReportFinal.pdf