Importance of data management highlighted

There is a growing awareness of the need to manage research data well throughout the life of a project and beyond, according to Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Monash University Librarian.

Speaking at a recent seminar hosted by the Library, Ms Harboe-Ree said that research data management is important to funding agencies, Monash University and individual researchers, as it can improve the effectiveness and the impact of the research conducted by staff and graduate students.

More than 60 attendees from the faculties, the Monash eResearch Centre, ITS, the Library and other areas of the University attended the seminar, which built on the success of a seminar held at this time last year for faculty research managers and administrators.

Speakers discussed policy developments and introduced the suite of services and tools that are available to help researchers manage their data more effectively. Showcased tools included the Monash Large Research Data Store (LaRDS), and the Sakai and ARCHER collaboration environments. Presentations also covered the Library's increasing efforts to provide advice and information to researchers at the planning stage of their projects.

Rod Devenish, Deputy Director of the Monash Research Graduate School, proposed ways in which Monash University could respond to the challenge of research data management. He cited upcoming Monash Research Graduate School activities such as inductions and the exPERT seminar series, which will include research data management from 2009 onwards. Speaking from his own experiences as a researcher, he also identified the changes that would be needed for units and individual staff to make improvements to their data management practices.

A podcast of the event is available  from Monash University Lectures Online.

20 November 2008

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