I'm a stranger here myself: Applying information management principles to Research Data Management

Abstract

It’s easy to look at the scope of the research data management problem faced by NZ universities and put it in the too-hard box. Researchers are producing ever-larger amounts of data and desperately need the storage and management tools to deal with it. New Zealand is also behind other nations like the UK and Australia that have established research data management programmes. We have found it is possible to begin addressing these problems by choosing an appropriately-sized test bed and using information management principles. In the presentation I will show how the LIANZA Body of Knowledge clusters can be used as a framework for approaching research data management projects. I will also include examples from our own pilot project.