Research data are a cornerstone of the scientific method. This session will scrutinize current practices and policies around data access, curation, and storage, assessing their adequacy in the face of escalating data complexity and volumes. Is data truly its own research product? Why do researchers struggle with using discipline repositories that help with curation and reuse? What are the real costs of such policies? We'll discuss the need for robust, scalable infrastructures to support data sharing, the challenges of ensuring trusted data, and the role of data in enhancing the transparency and utility of scientific findings.
Moderator: Shelley Stall, Vice President, Open Science Leadership Program, American Geophysical Union; Cynthia Hudson Vitale, Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries; Danie Kinkade, Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
This solutions-focused workshop is funded by the National Science Foundation. It convenes a diverse group of experts for intensive discussion on the open questions provoked by changes in the research communications enterprise. The participants will work together to advance a research agenda that can inform the development of new policies and practices in open science communications.
This event was held on Friday, September 20th, 2024, and was hosted at the Association for the Advancement of Science headquarters in Washington, DC. The workshop was conceived and sponsored by the MIT Press and supported by funding from the National Science Foundation.
