[fair-data-stewardship] Data Stewardship Interest Group: continuing efforts

[WHYTE Angus]

Dear Katie and colleagues,

Your IG outcomes look really interesting.  I thought you may like to know about the survey we have just launched from the RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship IG.  I’m copying the announcement below. If you have seen this on other lists please forgive the cross-posting…

Kind regards,
Angus

Data Stewardship comes in many forms and contexts, with the common goal of supporting data management.  Yet that diversity can make it hard for the RDM community to further professionalise our work and services.

The RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship Interest Group (PDS-IG) is seeking input from the research data community to help us model different approaches to research data stewardship. We would be grateful to hear from any research data stewardship service provider to help us capture the sheer diversity of activities, roles and environments around the world.

Your valued participation in the 15-minute survey linked below will allow the PDS-IG’s modelling task group to capture the range of different data stewardship models at work, supporting the PDS Interest Group’s aim to further the professionalisation of data stewardship.

Please access the survey below, and feel free to share the link widely with colleagues:

https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_dhEtf6fYpYIJOlw

All responses will be kept confidential and stored at the University of Manchester. We will share the anonymised dataset openly to allow the wider community to gain insights into the breadth of data stewardship. This valuable dataset will be crucial to the next stages of the modelling task group’s work. Beyond this, the dataset can be used to benchmark existing services and can serve as a reference to those wishing to develop data stewardship positions in a range of settings.

To find out more about the work of the PDS-IG or how to get involved please see our RDA Interest Group page: https://rd-alliance.org/groups/professionalising-data-stewardship-ig


For more information, or any questions about the survey, please contact: graham.parton at stfc.ac.uk<mailto:graham.parton at stfc.ac.uk>


We look forward to your valued contributions.



Best wishes,



Angus Whyte

On behalf of the PDS-IG Models Survey Team


Dr Angus Whyte
Senior Research Data Specialist
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Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021 at 14:52
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Hi all,

Earlier this year, GO FAIR U.S. hosted a FAIR Stewardship Interest Group meeting<https://gofair.us/news/2021-05-8-data-stewardship-ig-mtg.html>, which was attended by about 70 people. The purpose of the meeting was to start discussions around all things data stewardship-related, especially as it pertains to the larger FAIR community (needs related to training, overall skills, job descriptions, and so on).

One outcome of this meeting is the recent FAIR Data Stewardship<https://gofair.us/news/2021-09-09-announcing-fair-data-stewardship-listserv.html> listserv. This is meant to be an informal forum for the data stewardship community to connect, ask each other questions, network, share training opportunities, and so on.

We feel that there's still an opportunity to keep the momentum going from that initial, well-attended meeting in April. We'd like to propose a quarterly Data Stewardship Interest Group meeting, where interested folks can meet, share, discuss, and generally keep the conversation going. There's a similar effort happening in the Netherlands<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dtls.nl_about_community_interest-2Dgroups_data-2Dstewards-2Dinterest-2Dgroup_&d=DwMGaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=gxUDECc4rZvpOJ5eYvQPC9Y2ZTjslIKcVgHXpb3OVEU&m=qfGzCVzqli-nR2LDP1M5zCyQrqAlPI5fPXrGvPkzpHo&s=not4u15RRuTzzoXiHBSiJ4REvMPKzIQC_aSsXl9rJXo&e=>, which also meets semi-regularly.

Our question to all of you: is there any interest among you in helping organize and chair such a group? Please let us know--we'll be glad to help get things started and connect you with the GO FAIR US office for support. So far we have one volunteer, and we’re looking for one or two more to share the effort.

Thanks so much,

Katie and Chris

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