This compilation is an excerpt from a three-part blog series originally published by the Association of Research Libraries at arl.org. Each of the three parts are co-authored by Natalie Meyers, e-research librarian at University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries, as well as Judy Ruttenberg and Cynthia Hudson-Vitale. Links to the full text are provided below.

 

In preparation for the December 2019 invitational conference, “Implementing Effective Data Practices” — hosted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and California Digital Library (CDL) — a series of short pre-conference interviews were conducted.

Representatives from scholarly societies, research communities, funding agencies, and research libraries were interviewed about their perspectives and goals around machine-readable data management plans (maDMPs) and persistent identifiers (PIDs) for data. They intend to help expose the community to the range of objectives and concerns we collectively face in adopting these practices. Interviewees were asked about the value they see or wish to see in maDMPs and PIDs, their concerns, and their pre-conference goals.

In an effort to make these perspectives more widespread, excerpts from these interviews were shared and discussed in the context of the final conference report that was released recently. In a series of blog posts, Natalie Meyers, Judy Ruttenberg, and Cynthia Hudson-Vitale will explore and discuss interview themes in the context of the broad adoption of these critical tools.

Part I: Why This Work Matters

Published on October 28, 2020

To start off this series of scholarly communications stakeholder perspectives, we need to position the importance of this infrastructure within broader goals. The overall goal of the conference was to explore the ways that stakeholders could adopt a more connected ecosystem for research data outputs. The vision of why this was important and how it would be implemented was a critical discussion point for the conference attendees.

Read the full Part 1 blog post.

Part II: Conference Goals

Published on November 4, 2020

In this blog post, we hear from stakeholders about their goals for the conference. While the overall goal of the conference was to explore the ways that stakeholders could implement a more connected ecosystem for research data outputs, these interviewees highlight the fact that success hinges on coordination and support among various stakeholders.

Read the full Part 2 blog post.

Part III: Getting down into the Details

Published on November 10, 2020

This third blog post highlights a recurring theme we heard from stakeholders about wanting more than just high-level recommendations for implementing effective data practices. Conference attendees wanted specifics about what it would take to bring the vision described in our first blog post into existence.

Read the full Part 3 blog post.