The ARDC Data Retention Project. Outcomes and the path to a sustainable and inclusive national research data infrastructure investment.
J Max Wilkinson1 1Australian Research Data Commons
Abstract
The ARDC Data Retention Project 2020-2023 has now closed. The Project was designed to establish a benchmark for important research data collections using standardised, minimal international metadata specification. Our approach focused on existing research data collections and the international data citation initiative, DataCite. We awarded capacity subsidies in exchange for public registration of research data collections into the DataCite metadata store. The investment supported traditional infrastructure but extended this support with advice, tools and training to maximise delivery and establish a enduring behaviour with clear benefits for data management and infrastructure provision. The collection registration also provided business intelligence to analyse the national capability for curated research data collections and establish a foundation to realistic and sustainable investment models. Our objective was to ensure research data collections of national significance are secured and recognised as national reusable assets and as the evidence underpinning the scholarly record.
Project output, outcomes and analysis will be presented during this talk and include reference documentation, suggested updates to the metadata specification and plans for further investment in the national data storage capability.
Biography
Max has a comprehensive background in research data management, research data governance and research infrastructure operations. For the last 3 years he has worked with the Australian Research Data Commons as a research data infrastructure architect, designing a scalable and sustainable investment model for nationally significant research data collections. Prior to this, he has worked with numerous organisations in New Zealand, the National eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), Council of New Zealand Research Librarians (CONZUL), AgResearch, eResearch2020 and NZ Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. He lived and worked in the UK for two decades, most recently as Head of Research Data and Network Services at University College London, the Datasets Programme Manager at the British Library and Informatics coordinator at Cancer Research UK. He received his PhD in Molecular Nephrology from UCL in 2003. ORCID: 0000-0001-7899-1842