Abstracts

Building Australia’s eResearch Capability: The Challenge of Data Management

Monday 4 May 2009, 1300 - 1330

Presenter: Margaret Henty

Australian National Data Service, ACT

Presenter Biography

Margaret Henty and Adrian Burton have worked for the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR) since 2005. APSR functions are now being absorbed into the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) with some change of emphasis.

Abstract

The creation of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) provides an opportunity to devise a national approach to the provision of skills for improving both institutional and individual eResearch capability. One of the four proposed ANDS programs is called Building Capabilities. This will have three broad areas of activity: including curriculum development, stakeholder engagement and the development and implementation of an audit and certification framework. This paper discusses the first of these; its target groups and constituency, skills areas and levels, and delivery strategy.