Transcript Director’s Report 6h BRDI Meeting Washington, DC 31 January 2012 Paul F. Uhlir, J.D. Director, Board on Research Data and Information National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC [email protected] www.nas.edu/brdi.

Director’s Report
6h BRDI Meeting
Washington, DC
31 January 2012
Paul F. Uhlir, J.D.
Director, Board on Research Data and Information
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
[email protected]
www.nas.edu/brdi
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Genesis of the Board
 CODATA and US CODATA
 Discussions with NSF Data Committee and formation of IWGDD
 NRC Policy and Global Affairs Division and Board on International
Scientific Organizations
Board mission: help improve the stewardship, policy, and use
of digital data and information for science and society.
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Statement of Task:
1.
2.
3.
Address emerging issues in the stewardship, policy, and use of
research data and information at the national and international
levels.
Through studies and reports of the NRC, provide independent and
objective advice, reviews of programs, and assessment of
priorities concerning research data and information activities and
interests of its sponsors.
Encourage and facilitate collaboration across disciplines, sectors,
and nations with regard to common interests in research data and
information activities.
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4.
Monitor, assess, and contribute to the development of U.S.
government and research community positions on research data
and information programs and policies.
5.
Initiate or respond to requests for consensus studies, workshops,
conferences, and other activities within the Board’s mission, and
provide oversight for the activities performed under the Board’s
auspices.
6.
Broadly disseminate and communicate the results of the Board’s
activities to its stakeholders and to the general public.
The Board also serves as the U.S. National Committee for
CODATA.
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Board Sponsors:
National Science Foundation
National Institute of Science and Technology
National Institutes of Health
Institute for Museum and Library Services
Library of Congress
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Geological Survey
Department of Energy
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Recent and ongoing Board projects over past year:
- Appointment of new Board members (see the full roster online)
- Symposium and Workshop on the Future of Scientific Knowledge
Discovery in the Open Networked Environment (March) and
initiation of the young scientist program.
- International Symposium on The Case for International Sharing of
Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries, with BISO and
ICSU (April)
- BRDI meeting and Symposium on Crowdsourcing (June)
- Developing Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards,
with CODATA-ICSTI Task Group (first Symposium and Workshop,
August 2011), with 2 more meetings planned for 2012.
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Recent and ongoing Board projects (continued)
- Launch of consensus study on Future Career Opportunities and
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Educational Requirements for Digital Curation (September)
Board review by the Policy and Global Affairs Division (October)
5th US-China Roundtable and workshop in Beijing (October)
Board Sponsor Forum on
First meeting of Digital Curation study committee (December)
Planned and future Board projects (see Sessions E and G)
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Reports:
Designing the Microbial Research Commons (September 2011)
The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data—A Focus on
Developing Countries (spring 2012)
The Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in Open Networked
Environments (spring 2012)
For Attribution: Developing Attribution and Citation Practices and
Standards (spring 2012)
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BRDI Staff:
Paul Uhlir, Director
Subhash Kuvelker, Senior Program Officer
Daniel Cohen, Program Officer (on detail from Library of Congress)
Cheryl Levey, Senior Program Associate
Matthew Haggerty, Financial Officer