eResearch Coordinating Committee CAUL presentation September 2005 Cathrine Harboe-Ree

Purpose The e-Research Coordinating Committee provides expert advice to the Government on a strategic framework for the development of Australia’s e- Research capacity. The work of the Committee is expected to better inform investment decisions made under existing Government initiatives such as the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy as well as funding programmes administered by Government departments and agencies.

Membership Dr Mike Sargent AM (Chair) Dr Chris Nicol (Agere Systems Australia) Professor Ah Chung Tsoi (Australian Research Council) Professor Doug McEachern (AVCC) Cathrine Harboe-Ree (CAUL) Dr Alex Zelinsky (CSIRO) Professor Edwina Cornish (National Academies Forum) Professor Brian Anderson (National ICT Australia) Professor Alan Pettigrew (National Health and Medical Research Council) Dr Evan Arthur (DEST) Dr Rod Badger (DCITA) Nick Tate (CAUDIT – observer)

Task Report to DCITA and DEST Ministers NOT a funding committee Will influence NCRIS, ARC, NHMRC, etc funding, and government policy “Change, capability, accessibility” Emphasis on information management and skills, rather than technology

Timelines June: first public discussion paper June-July: public forums September: first draft of the report December: final draft

Consultation Reference Group ector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/e _research_consult/ ector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/e _research_consult/

Report sections Digital curation Storage Standards and common practice Security Intellectual property Middleware Management of skills Management of processes Management of incentives Management of work Management of access

CAUDIT response Primary areas of service Computer grid Access framework Collaboration grid Data grid Capability development (ie skills) Network framework Knowledge management framework Instrument grid Middleware framework

CAUL response? Research information providers Information management specialists Professional development requirements? Leaders in the provision of repositories Research publications Research collections Research data Metadata advisors IP/copyright advisors Publishers Open access Alternative channels (e-presses)

Committee structure NCRIS: National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Five sub-committees Health Environment Safeguarding Australia Frontier technologies E-research (with advice from APAC, Broadband and ARIIC committees)

Key references Report of the National Science Foundation, Revolutionising Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure rt/ rt/ JISC Committee for the Support of Research, e-Science Curation Report ScienceReportFinal.pdf ScienceReportFinal.pdf