Digital Data Collections ARL, CNI, CLIR, and DLF Forum October 28, 2005 Washington DC Chris Greer Program Director National Science Foundation

Vision: A culture that values digital information A culture of science and education in which it is routinely expected that digital information can be readily found and understood through its presence in digital collections where it is reliably preserved and appropriately protected.

Vision: A digital data collections system that enables that culture A system of digital data collections that is as robust as that that exists now for preservation of information in the print realm.

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LLDDC Report: Goals Provide a framework for analysis; serve as a starting point for discussions with the community and with other agencies (both national and international)Provide a framework for analysis; serve as a starting point for discussions with the community and with other agencies (both national and international) Identify the major policy issues for consideration by NSF and the communityIdentify the major policy issues for consideration by NSF and the community

Framework for Analysis 1. Policy should be informed by a clear vision of the needs and responsibilities of the participants in the “data collections universe” DataAuthors DataManagers DataUsers SupportingAgencies

Framework for Analysis 2. The phrase “data collections” refers to a dynamic, heterogeneous community system Research Collections: Project levelResearch Collections: Project level Resource Collections: Community levelResource Collections: Community level Reference Collections: GlobalReference Collections: Global Informed policy should recognize and build on the existing structure of the DC universe

Summary of Recommendations: Management of digital collections portfolio Community-proxy functions of the collections Data management plans in proposals Education and training for broad use Career path for data scientists

NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative

 Grids of computational centers  Comprehensive libraries of digital objects  Multidisciplinary, well-curated federated data collections  Online instruments and sensor arrays  Software toolkits for resource discovery  Modeling, and interactive visualization  The ability to collaborate with physically distributed teams of people using all of these capabilities. Cyberinfrastructure includes: Source: Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure

… is the organized aggregate of technologies that enable us to access and integrate today’s information technology resources—data and storage, computation, communication, visualization, networking, scientific instruments, expertise—to facilitate science and engineering goals. - Fran Berman, Director, SDSC Cyberinfrastructure …

Recent Events Office of Cyberinfrastructure established Search for Office Director – position posted Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure Agency-wide Strategic Planning Process Underway Cyberinfrastructure Council established

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Education & Training Cyberinfrastructure Vision Components High Performance Computing Collaboration, Communication & Remote Access Data, Data Analysis & Visualization

CI Strategic Planning Ch. 1: Call to Action Ch. 2: Strategic Plan for High Performance Computing Ch. 3: Strategic Plan for Data, Data Analysis & Visualization Ch. 5: Strategic Plan for Education & Workforce Development Ch. 4: Strategic Plan for Collaboration, Communication & Remote Access CI “Vision” document

*Executive Order of November 23, 1993 The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) … is the principal means for the President to coordinate science, space, and technology to coordinate the diverse parts of the Federal research and development enterprise.*

Vision for Digital Data Collections: A change in culture and a digital collections system to match