[ckan-discuss] Fwd: Researchers want support storing research data

[Jonathan Gray]

Thought this might be of interest (re: CKAN storage work)...

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Researchers want support storing research data

Researchers express a clear need for help in storing the research data
they use daily. They do find it very important to be in control of
what happens to their data. Researchers wish to control who has access
to the data and under which conditions.

These findings came from a review of various literature commissioned
by SURFfoundation. The study What researchers want shows that
researchers regard preservation as a next step, outside their
immediate scope of interest. Storage and preservation are distinct
issues for researchers. What researchers want collates the
requirements of researchers with regard to storage of and access to
research data.
The research is based on fifteen recent sources, covering the
Netherlands, the UK, USA, Australia and Europe.

Requirements for support
Researchers can benefit from support services in managing their
research data, although these services must meet a number of
requirements. Between various scientific disciplines there are major
differences in the way they conduct their research. However they do
share requirements when we look at storage of and access to research
data. The listed requirements can be be found in the management
summary of the report.

Management of research data
The identified requirements will be be taken further in a new
SURFfoundation project, CARDS (Controlled Access to Research Data,
Stored securely).  In this project researchers at five universities in
the Netherlands will receive support  for the effective management of
their research data. The findings will also be available to other
universities early 2012.

Further information

·         The study is available at:
http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/publicaties/Pages/Whatresearcherswant.aspx

·         An overview of studies undertaken in the SURFshare programme
on research data can be found at:
http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/themas/openonderzoek/permanentaccesstodata/Pages/default.aspx

About SURFshare
The aim of the SURFshare programme is to improve access to
cutting-edge research results by means of the latest ICT. That is
possible, because ICT not only speeds up standard communication
processes, but also changes the nature of the research cycle itself.
The growing number of options for knowledge-sharing and dissemination
mean that traditional publications, tools (for example models,
algorithms and visualisations) and research data are increasingly
interwoven.

SURFfoundation’s intention with the SURFshare programme is to create a
common infrastructure that will facilitate access to research
information and make it possible for researchers to share scientific
and scholarly information.



This newsitem can also be found on the SURFfoundation website



Kind regards,

Keith Russell

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