Breaking down the boundaries to storing, sharing and publishing research data

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014General Track Papers and PanelsThe session was recorded and is available for watching (this presentation starts at 0:25:45)For several years Monash University have been employing the Data Curation Continuum as a conceptual model to understand the nature of research data workflows, and to put in place infrastructure that will enhance and enable these workflows. This paper describes a practical application of this model being undertaken by Monash University in collaboration with the Australian Synchrotron. It looks at the state of data management in this specific circumstance before the project began, the work undertaken and the challenges going forward. The paper demonstrates a solution that seeks to remove or minimise many of the boundaries faced when moving data within this continuum. The Store.Synchrotron service enables the archiving of data for the collecting researcher early and automatically (the Private Domain), facilitates controlled collaboration through tools provided (the Shared Domain), and provides a mechanism to make data publishable and freely available (the Public Domain) without the researcher needing to shift data from one place to another.Androulakis, Steve (Monash University, Australia)Bertling, Philip (Monash University, Australia)Groenewegen, David (Monash University, Australia)Harrison, Andrew (Monash University, Australia