Mrs. Reyna Jenkyns1, Helen Glaves2
1World Data System, Victoria, Canada, 2British Geological Survey, United Kingdom
Biography:
Reyna Jenkyns is currently the Associate Director for the World Data System International Technology Office, hosted by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) at the University of Victoria. Prior to the WDS, she worked for ONC from 2009 to 2023, most recently as the Data Stewardship Manager. In that time, she has contributed to many data community committees and working groups. She received her Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and her Master of Science from the University of Victoria.
Helen Glaves is a Senior Data Scientist at the British Geological Survey (BGS), with more than 30 years’ experience in marine geoscience and geoinformatics. Her current role focuses on the development and implementation of research infrastructures, which includes acting as Director of the Integrated Core Services (ICS-C) for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). She is actively involved in a number of national and international initiatives addressing various aspects of open science and data stewardship, including acting as co-chair for the In Situ Data subgroup and a member of the Data and Knowledge Working Group within the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). She is also an editor for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) journal Earth & Space Science and chair of the AGU Charles S. Falkenberg Award committee.
Abstract:
Many initiatives and networks exist that share some common goals with respect to data curation, sharing, archiving and preservation. These initiatives take many forms with numerous points of intersection and overlap: data repositories (disciplinary, generalist, institutional), research institutions, collaborative environments (e.g., data spaces, digital twins), technical service providers, federated data systems, data commons, registries and more. In an increasingly challenging global landscape for scientific research data stewardship, there is a growing need to work collaboratively to address common goals and maximize potential benefits of pooling our shared global resources.
This BoF aims to bring together global, regional and national initiatives that are working towards common goals with respect to data stewardship, and identify those commonalities where greater collaboration, coordination and combining of resources will reduce duplication of effort, avoid divergence in practices and policies and potentially maximize the benefits of open sharing and reuse of data, products and services. Furthermore, to ensure a robust global data ecosystem, we aim to develop a better understanding of the distinct value-added roles and interdependencies between initiatives.
Several examples will be given of existing initiatives that are already actively promoting open sharing and reuse of data that are aligned with widely accepted policies and practices including adoption of recognized principles such as FAIR, CARE and TRUST. Four lightning talks will feature relevant initiatives and networks: Kelsey Druken (ACCESS-NRI), Helen Glaves (GEO), Mark Rehbein (Australian Ocean Data Network), and Angus Nixon (AuScope Geochemistry Network). Participants will be encouraged to engage in the discussion and contribute examples of both the challenges encountered and successful collaborations, illustrating potential opportunities for future cooperations that can make use of dwindling resources available for data stewardship.