ORCID and WDS Partner to support reuse of research data

"Given our shared objectives, we have agreed to enter into a formal partnership, the ultimate goal of which is to build levels of trust to enable sharing of research data."
- ORCID blog post by Laure Haak, 18 May 2017

See: https://orcid.org/blog/2017/05/18/orcid-wds-partner
 

Griffith Research Hub: Connecting an entire University's research enterprise

Griffith Research Hub: Connecting an entire University's research enterprise

Natasha Simons, Arve Solland, Jan Hettenhausen

Book chapter in: Linked Data and User Interaction

IFLA publication, deGruyter 2015

Abstract: Universities are operating in a knowledge environment characterised by competition, collaboration, a diversification of research outputs and rapid technological change. Thus the use of linked data is rapidly gaining momentum, typically for educational resources with research as a subset of this content.  The Griffith Research Hub is focused specifically on exposing linked data for research. It provides a publicly accessible, single comprehensive view of Griffith University’s research output and activities, including research publications, projects, datasets, centres, researchers and their collaborators. The Hub serves an ambitiously wide audience including higher degree research students, researchers, industry and the media. Built in-house on open source semantic web technologies, the Hub draws data automatically from multiple enterprise systems and includes an edit interface for manual correction and enrichment of data. The Hub is the product of a partnership between Griffith University and the Australian National Data Service. Benefits of the Hub include powerful yet simple search and browse tools, generation of substantial web traffic, linked data that allows users to seamlessly discover related information in other services and databases including at the National Library of Australia, visualisation features, and the development of a shared ontology to describe research activities.

Librarians as partners in research data service development at Griffith University

Librarians as partners in research data service development at Griffith University

Samantha Searle, Malcolm Wolski, Natasha Simons, Joanna Richardson

Program 2015 49:4

The purpose of the paper is to describe the evolution to date and future directions in research data policy, infrastructure, skills development and advisory services in an Australian university, with a focus on the role of librarians.

The authors have been involved in the development of research data services at Griffith, and the case study presents observations and reflections arising from their first-hand experiences.

Griffith University's organisational structure and 'whole-of-enterprise' approach has facilitated service development to support research data. Fostering strong national partnerships has also accelerated development of institutional capability. Policies and strategies are supported by pragmatic best practice guidelines aimed directly at researchers. Iterative software development and a commitment to well-supported enterprise infrastructure enable the provision of a range of data management solutions. Training programs, repository support and data planning services are still relatively immature. Griffith recognises that information services staff (including librarians) will need more opportunities to develop knowledge and skills to support these services as they evolve.

This case study provides examples of library-led and library-supported activities that could be used for comparative purposes by other libraries. At the same time, it provides a critical perspective by contrasting areas of good practice within the University with those of less satisfactory progress. While other institutions may have different constraints or opportunities, some of the major concepts within this paper may prove useful to advance the development of research data capability and capacity across the library profession.