Conveners
DIRISA: I
- Nobubele Shozi (CSIR)
DIRISA: II
- Nobubele Shozi (CSIR)
DIRISA: Panel Discussion
- Tshiamo Motshegwa (University Of Botswana)
Ms
Anelda Van der Walt
(NWU/Talarify)
06/12/2017, 11:00
DIRISA
Talk
What is eResearch? Depending on the point of view, eResearch may be defined as heavily reliant on cyber infrastructure and data science skills or as research data management, repositories, and open science policies, or actually anything in between. Institutions embarking on the eResearch journey should not underestimate the value (both in terms of time and money) that can be gained by first...
Mr
Niklas Zimmer
(University of Cape Town)
06/12/2017, 11:30
DIRISA
Invited talk (plenary/keynote)
A presentation on UCT Libraries implementing an Institutional Data Repository (IDR) service for UCT. Included are: 1. an overview of drivers for Open Access Data Science support (Mandates and Policies, as well as benefits), 2. a description of how a suitable mechanism for compliance was identified (in the context of a federated, national approach); 3. a brief discussion of key features of the...
Dr
Dale Peters
(UCT), Dr
Mark Hahnel
(figshare)
06/12/2017, 11:55
DIRISA
Talk
Amidst a growing number of Open Science mandates for data sharing and reuse, South African universities are scrambling to provide services to the research community to facilitate compliance with the various requirements of numerous international funding agencies. The impending burden posed on institutions to fund this requirement was brought sharply into focus with the introduction of a...
Dr
Mark Hahnel
(figshare)
06/12/2017, 13:30
DIRISA
Talk
The institutional repository (IR) has played an integral role in the scholarly infrastructure over the last 25 years. As the dissemination of digital information at the institutional level is accelerating and research outputs are diversifying, we find ourselves at a crossroads of the future direction of the IR. To compound the complexity, not only do researchers want to share research in a...
Dr
Heila Pienaar
(University of Pretoria)
06/12/2017, 13:55
DIRISA
Talk
The presentation will cover the following elements for RDM success:
• RDM life cycle
• Research data elements in the research life cycle with international examples
• What can be seen as RDM infrastructure
• IT infrastructure
• Library infrastructure
• Research office infrastructure
• Recommendations and conclusion
Mrs
Ina Smith
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf))
06/12/2017, 14:20
DIRISA
Talk
The Open Science movement – focused on making research data, software code and experimental methods publicly available and transparent - is steadily gaining momentum. According to Gewin (2016), “[A]a spirit of openness is gaining traction in the science community, and is the only way, say advocates, to address a 'crisis' in science whereby too few findings are successfully reproduced....
Dr
Tshiamo Motshegwa
(University Of Botswana)
06/12/2017, 15:30
Questions:
1. What are the obstacles to data sharing and how can these be addressed?
2. How can we raise awareness among researchers on data sharing?
3. How can data sharing be incentivised?
4. What resources are needed to make data sharing work?
