Enhancing Libraries' Role Through RDA Engagement
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The research Data Alliance’s vision is researchers and innovators openly
sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the
grand challenges of society
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Interact
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Partner
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Develop
strategic, collaborative relationships
and partnerships with data producing
stakeholders;
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Engage
in institution-wide advocacy processes;
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Engage
in an international forum;
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Adopt
RDA recommendations and outputs to
support the strategic aims of libraries.
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Gain
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Enhance
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Improve
your competitive advantage professionally;
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Access
an extraordinary network of international
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Become part of a large,
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Provide an
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the implementation and adoption of RDA’s
Recommendations;
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Join RDA as an
organisational member
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contribute an annual subscription fee;
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As a library director, encourage your staff to
become RDA
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augmenting and enriching
the worldwide network of data experts
and information professionals;
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contributing to the development and maintenance
of high-quality,
practical solutions for data interoperability in libraries across the
globe;
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acting as the
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communication
hub for all activities
surrounding the data creation and publication lifecycle;
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acting as
RDA adopters
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Recommendations for the greatest effect and utility in libraries.
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Nominate library staff to be involved in Working and
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Propose a new group to discuss and resolve a research data
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Follow and contribute to the RDA and Librarianship
Archival Science and Information Service
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Send library representatives to the RDA biannual plenaries
Adopt
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An RDA Recommendation or Output
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RDA members collaborate together across the globe to tackle
numerous infrastructure & data sharing challenges related
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Reproducibility
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Data preservation
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Best practices for domain repositories
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Legal interoperability
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Data citation
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Data type registries
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Metadata
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So much more!
RDA is building the social and technical bridges that enable open
sharing of data to achieve its vision of researchers and innovators
openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to
address the grand challenges of society.
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At their core, libraries in the information
age provide a public means of accessing
knowledge
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David Pescovitz, research director at the
Institute for the Future
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People will come to see libraries as places
to create the future, not just learn about
the present.”
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Please use these slide sets for your own use.
To find out more about Libraries and RDA visit
rd-
alliance.org/get-involved/value-research-data-alliance-libraries
For the complete RDA Value statement for Libraries
click
here
Stay up to date with RDA:
Email - enquiries@rd-alliance.org
Web - www.rd-alliance.org
Twitter - @resdatall
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/ResearchDataAlliance
Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General RDA –
hilary.hanahoe@rda-
foundation.org
Twitter - @hilaryhanahoe
Explore how libraries can benefit from engaging with the Research Data Alliance (RDA), including opportunities to interact with data professionals, researchers, and academics, enhance expertise, and contribute to global data interoperability solutions. Discover the value of RDA for libraries and information management professionals, highlighting networking benefits and strategic partnerships. Learn how libraries can actively engage with RDA to amplify its impact and support international data initiatives.
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The Value of the RDA for Libraries The Value of the RDA for Libraries The research Data Alliance s vision is researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society
Why should libraries Why should libraries engage with RDA? engage with RDA? Interact with data professionals, researchers, ICT experts and academics; Partner with experts to augment the library community and its interoperability solutions; Develop strategic, collaborative relationships and partnerships with data producing stakeholders; Engage in institution-wide advocacy processes; Engage in an international forum; Adopt RDA recommendations and outputs to support the strategic aims of libraries.
Whats in it for librarians and What s in it for librarians and information management information management professionals? professionals? Gain greater experience and expertise; Enhance the quality and effectiveness of personal work and activities; Improve your competitive advantage professionally; Access an extraordinary network of international colleagues and organisations.
How can libraries engage? How can libraries engage? Become part of a large, international data community; Provide an organisational perspective of RDA - influence its direction, assist in the implementation and adoption of RDA s Recommendations; Join RDA as an organisational member and contribute an annual subscription fee; As a library director, encourage your staff to become RDA community members.
Libraries offer significant Libraries offer significant contributions to the RDA contributions to the RDA by by augmenting and enriching the worldwide network of data experts and information professionals; contributing to the development and maintenance of high-quality, practical solutions for data interoperability in libraries across the globe; acting as the bridge and communication hub for all activities surrounding the data creation and publication lifecycle; acting as RDA adopters who amplify, direct, and promote RDA Recommendations for the greatest effect and utility in libraries.
Engaging with the RDA Engaging with the RDA Participate: Nominate library staff to be involved in Working and Interest Groups; Propose a new group to discuss and resolve a research data challenge Follow and contribute to the RDA and Librarianship Archival Science and Information Service Attend: Send library representatives to the RDA biannual plenaries Adopt: An RDA Recommendation or Output
What does RDA do? What does RDA do? RDA is building the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing of data to achieve its vision of researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society. RDA members collaborate together across the globe to tackle numerous infrastructure & data sharing challenges related to: Reproducibility Data preservation Best practices for domain repositories Legal interoperability Data citation Data type registries Metadata So much more!
At their core, libraries in the information age provide a public means of accessing knowledge David Pescovitz, research director at the Institute for the Future. People will come to see libraries as places to create the future, not just learn about the present.
Libraries and Libraries and RDA RDA Please use these slide sets for your own use. To find out more about Libraries and RDA visit rd- alliance.org/get-involved/value-research-data-alliance-libraries For the complete RDA Value statement for Libraries click here Stay up to date with RDA: Email - enquiries@rd-alliance.org Web - www.rd-alliance.org Twitter - @resdatall LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/ResearchDataAlliance Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General RDA hilary.hanahoe@rda- foundation.org Twitter - @hilaryhanahoe
