Store-Share-and-Cite: Increase your citations by (re)use of research data
Summary mini-symposium June 2011
That reusing scientific research data can contribute to reproducing and creating new knowledge, and to increased visibility of the scientific output, was certainly the message that we took home on the 9th of June 2011. About 70 symposium delegates ranging from curious researchers of Dutch technical universities, to national and international data specialists gathered together at the TU Delft Library for the mini-symposium ‘Store-Share-and-Cite: Increase your citations by (re)use of research data’ .
During the 3TU mini-symposium, mainly three questions were addressed by a variety of experts: How to manage data? How to (re)produce (new) knowledge? And how does the 3TU.Datacentrum manage data and facilitate the production of new knowledge?
New data management can lead to new forms of science.
There is consensus on the idea that data centres such as World Data Center or the 3TU.Datacentrum, are important to scientists because there is a need for insight in the data that form the basis for scientific analyses. Michael Diepenbroek (geologist and computer scientist, and coordinator of PANGAEA) presented the complexity and architectures behind data centers like PANGAEA®. He stated that good papers become even better when the data behind the analyses are accessible. Also publishers are more than willing to cooperate in new initiatives to make data more accessible. The publishers like Elsevier, represented by Philippe Terheggen, are developing new options for enhanced publications. Patrick Vandewalle shared his experience as a researcher on the subject of Reproducible research. He showed that the storage of data combined with the code makes the research more robust, to yourself and fellow researchers. Improved data sharing is in the interest of science. Jeroen Rombouts, managing director of the project 3TU.Datacentrum presented Scientific Data Services in the Netherlands. The goal of 3TU.Datacentrum is to facilitate long-term archive and permanent access to technical-scientific research data. This datacenter offers the knowledge, experience and the tools for archiving research data in a standardized, secure and well-documented manner.
Vivid discussion
The afternoon hosted four excellent speakers, a vivid discussion with versatile and yet enthusiastic audience about the present and future trends in research data. As Maria Heijne, director of the TU Delft Library stated:
“Using data that are already there and looking at them from different angles will produce new knowledge.”
We are looking forward to welcoming you at one of our future events.
Check out here some photos and the video of the mini-symposium.
