E-Research Coordinating Committee report to CAUL April 2006 Cathrine Harboe-Ree

e-Research Coordinating Committee  Data management  Whole of research cycle perspective Discovery  research activity  dissemination Benefit to wider community

Entire E-Science Cycle (EBank)

Report summary  An Australian e-Research Strategy and Implementation Framework The critical importance of e-Research Strategic framework Leadership and coordination Skills development Research, development and deployment Skills transfer

Report summary - cont  An Australian e-Research Strategy and Implementation Framework Access e-Research Fabric Managing data Coordination, oversight and resources

Critical importance  Consolidating current experience  Catalytic change  NCRIS findings (SII requirements)

Leadership  A champion (eg Tony Hey)  Encouraging leadership within government and institutions  CAUL leadership?

R, D & D  Supporting Australia’s strengths  Drawing on OS developments  High performance computing and infrastructure middleware R&D  production versions  Ad hoc  coordinated

Skills acquisition  Investment in education Honours scholarships (50pa x 5) Postgraduate scholarships (35pa x 5) Post-doctoral Fellowships (7pa x 5)  Professional development Encourage institutions to provide opportunities CAUL? CAUDIT?

Skills transfer – e-Research Centre  One Centre, 7 nodes Coordination of e-research development Support services Outreach + awareness raising Skills development Coordination of RD&D $0.5 million pa x 5 Specialisation?

Access  Access to repositories, facilities and networks  Access for researchers and wider community  Authentication and authorisation

e-Research fabric  Network and computing structures, middleware and collaboration tools  National Data Architecture  Emphasis on interoperability  Services and support  NOT networks, bandwidth, etc (funding from elsewhere for these)  NOT published resources

Managing data  Data collection and generation  Data storage and physical management  Standards  Access  Archiving and preservation  Whole of research cycle approach  Australian Research Data Strategy  National Digitisation Strategy

Coordination, oversight + resources  $20 mill pa x 5  E-Research Coordinating Committee Data strategy sub-committee?  SII with NCRIS (16 th Capability)

CAUL response - issues  Capabilities required Technical, information management, policy and advocacy  Institutional leadership role  Library as centre of expertise  Involve records and archives

CAUL strategies and actions  Policy and advocacy skills CAUL/CAUDIT collaboration CAUL to recommend participation in all relevant national committees EDUCAUSE theme CAUL meetings

CAUL strategies and actions - cont  Data management Data management plan guidelines, through national committees Lobby for access to national data (eg ABS)

CAUL strategies and actions - cont  Training E-Research 101 Short courses CAUL/CAUDIT workshops, institutes

CAUL strategies and actions - cont  Enabling collaboration Deploying skills in national and institutional processes  CAUL strategic planning Working Group Inclusion in Strategic Plan CAUL forum?

Priorities for CAUL  National and institutional representation  Skills development  Data management