Recorded February 5, 2025.
Andrew Treloar comes back to the FAIR Data Podcast to give us an overview of the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), and a preview of what to expect at this year's in-person RDA Plenary taking place in Brisbane, Australia as part of International Data Week. Rory & Andrew discuss the importance of a local plenary to expand RDA participation and collaboration in the region, and the themes that will be highlighted by the plenary. Did you know that an Australian RDA plenary was originally planned for 2019? Andrew also outlines the ARDC's approach to research commons through thematic commons, and how disciplines differ in their challenges with interoperability.
Recorded June 28, 2022.
This week, Rory is joined by Andrew Treloar, Director of Platforms and Software at the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)! Jumping right in, Rory brings up Andrew's talk at the IDCC on his paper which won the best paper award on the topic of reusability of research platforms! Andrew gives us a high level summary, breaking down the key points in an easily digestible fashion. The focus shifts to the ARDC, and specifically Rory brings up the staggering amount of innovation at the Australian Research Data Commons! Andrew gives us a historical perspective on the ARDC, and goes on to talk about the support the ARDC receives from the Australian government, as well as the necessary engagement with universities to collaborate and improve research data infrastructure and services through particularly relevant and useful projects. Zooming out of Andrew's insights and role at the ARDC, Rory asks Andrew about the events and motivations that led to his entry into the work of research data management. Andrew shares some of the insights gathered over the years and his interests in a field that continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Rory and Andrew round off this fascinating discussion with a look at repositories and the likely state of increasingly necessary relationships between national bodies, universities and domain organizations in the next 5 years!
Recorded October 26, 2010.
Research data is increasingly becoming important in its own right, not just as the means to deriving a publication. We have been dealing with the data deluge since the turn of the millennium, and the scale of the challenges continue to increase. This presentation will review how we got to where we are today, looking at the pivotal role of data and data management in the history of communication. It will then move to consider the present role of data in scholarly communication by examining a range of problems in the published literature. It will conclude by examining some of the initiatives being taken to start to fix the future of data, and the sorts of services and approaches that will be required.
Apologies for the poor audio quality.
Recorded February 27, 2025 at DANS, The Hague, Netherlands.
The Global Open Research Commons (GORC) model structures the socio-technical dimensions of research data collaboration. It adopts the perspective of research infrastructures and identifies the key dimensions that must be addressed in such collaborations. Like any effective model, it serves as a heuristic tool: it not only describes a problem and its potential solutions but also encourages deeper reflection before immediate action. This talk will provide an overview of the motivation behind the GORC model, its main elements, and some of the ways in which it is being used.
Recorded June 25, 2012, Technical University of Denmark at the Datacite Summer meeting.
Discussion of how the Australian National Data Service was using Datacite metadata to augment the Research Data Australia discovery system.