Date and time
Thursday 2 October 2008, 13:30 - 17:00
Description
Registration fees for this workshop are being met by the ANDS Establishment Project. There is no cost to attend; however space is limited.
There presently exists a gap between the possibilities presented by the eResearch agenda and the realities of eResearch practice. Development of institutional capability to support eResearch includes having the right people, expert and available knowledge, well-defined business processes, excellent facilities and equipment, functional information and communication technologies, and established accountability and governance.
This workshop will focus on the ways and means to develop people and their expertise to support eResearch. It will seek input from participants to inform the proposed ANDS Building Capabilities* Program as to how it can best assist Australian universities and research bodies to improve individual capabilities. It will cover such issues as:
- Who has responsibility for skills development?
- What kinds of training are needed in research institutions?
- What topics need to be included in training programs?
- What are institutions around the country currently doing to address skills development?
- What might be shared from these initiatives?
- What delivery mechanisms can be used?
Participants will be invited to share their own experiences and to provide suggestions as to future activities and collaborations.
* The aim of this program is to “improve the level of capability for research data management and research access to data (and associated technologies) across Australia by partnering with willing institutions.”
Who should attend
The workshop is targeted at data centre and repository managers, university administrators and policy developers, academic staff engaged in the planning and conduct of research, librarians and designers and implementers of information literacy programs.
About the presenters
The Workshop will be led by members of ANDS-ON, the ANDS Establishment Project working group.