Director’s Report 6 h BRDI Meeting Washington, DC 31 January 2012 Paul F. Uhlir, J.D. Director, Board on Research Data and Information National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC

Director’s Report to BRDI Genesis of the Board  CODATA and US CODATA  Discussions with NSF Data Committee and formation of IWGDD  NRC Policy and Global Affairs Division and Board on International Scientific Organizations Board mission: help improve the stewardship, policy, and use of digital data and information for science and society.

Director’s Report to BRDI Statement of Task: 1. Address emerging issues in the stewardship, policy, and use of research data and information at the national and international levels. 2.Through studies and reports of the NRC, provide independent and objective advice, reviews of programs, and assessment of priorities concerning research data and information activities and interests of its sponsors. 3.Encourage and facilitate collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and nations with regard to common interests in research data and information activities.

Director’s Report to BRDI 4. Monitor, assess, and contribute to the development of U.S. government and research community positions on research data and information programs and policies. 5. Initiate or respond to requests for consensus studies, workshops, conferences, and other activities within the Board’s mission, and provide oversight for the activities performed under the Board’s auspices. 6. Broadly disseminate and communicate the results of the Board’s activities to its stakeholders and to the general public. The Board also serves as the U.S. National Committee for CODATA.

Director’s Report to BRDI Board Sponsors: National Science Foundation National Institute of Science and Technology National Institutes of Health Institute for Museum and Library Services Library of Congress National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United States Geological Survey Department of Energy

Director’s Report to BRDI Recent and ongoing Board projects over past year: - Appointment of new Board members (see the full roster online) - Symposium and Workshop on the Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in the Open Networked Environment (March) and initiation of the young scientist program. - International Symposium on The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries, with BISO and ICSU (April) - BRDI meeting and Symposium on Crowdsourcing (June) - Developing Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards, with CODATA-ICSTI Task Group (first Symposium and Workshop, August 2011), with 2 more meetings planned for 2012.

Director’s Report to BRDI Recent and ongoing Board projects (continued) - Launch of consensus study on Future Career Opportunities and Educational Requirements for Digital Curation (September) - Board review by the Policy and Global Affairs Division (October) - 5 th US-China Roundtable and workshop in Beijing (October) - Board Sponsor Forum on - First meeting of Digital Curation study committee (December) Planned and future Board projects (see Sessions E and G)

Director’s Report to BRDI Reports: Designing the Microbial Research Commons (September 2011) The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data—A Focus on Developing Countries (spring 2012) The Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in Open Networked Environments (spring 2012) For Attribution: Developing Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards (spring 2012)

Director’s Report to BRDI BRDI Staff: Paul Uhlir, Director Subhash Kuvelker, Senior Program Officer Daniel Cohen, Program Officer (on detail from Library of Congress) Cheryl Levey, Senior Program Associate Matthew Haggerty, Financial Officer