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Data Matters

What was Data Matters?

On 15 July 2010, the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, with the support of the National Library of New Zealand and the Royal Society of New Zealand, hosted an event called Data Matters: Making the Most of Publicly-Funded Research Data at Te Papa in Wellington. The main purpose of the event was to develop an understanding of the actions needed to transform the science sector’s approach to publicly-funded research data management. Over 100 people attended, including representatives from all New Zealand Crown Research Institutes and Universities, along with many government departments.

Presentations

Presentations from the day are listed below.

• The Science Data Landscape PDF/207Kb - Lesley Middleton (Acting CE, MoRST)
• Lifting the Data Management Horizon PPT/10Mb - Robert Gibb (Landcare Research)
• KRIS, Data Harvesting and the Shared Repository (speech notes) PDF/59Kb - Penny Carnaby (CE, National Library)
• Data Re-Use and the Australian National Data Service PDF/2Mb - Andrew Treloar (Director of Technology, The Australian National Data Service)
• The Environmental Data Management Policy Statement - Isabella Cawthorn (MoRST). Isabella introduced the Environmental Data Management Policy Statement and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology's Access to Research component (PDF/207Kb) of the Environment Sector Investment Plan
• Bay of Islands Portal - Brent Wood (NIWA). Brent used a live web demonstration of the Oceans Survey 20/20. The website http://www.os2020.org.nz goes live shortly.
• Adding Value to Government Data: the Partnership Model of the Geohealth Lab (PPT/6Mb) - Wendy Lawson (University of Canterbury)
• When Will It All Stop? The Deluge of Data and Knowledge, and its Consequences for Data Infrastructure (PPT/15Mb) - Mark Gahegan (University of Auckland)
• COMPASS: Centre Of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (PPT/405Kb) - Gerard Cotterell & Martin von Randow (University of Auckland)

What happens now?

MoRST is developing a work programme around data management. This will include some of the actions suggested by participants at Data Matters, and also implementing the Environmental Data Management Policy Statement.