[Rdap] Fwd: [CODATA-international] Publication of 'Sustainable and FAIR Data Sharing in the Humanities' (ALLEA)

Sun Feb 23 19:53:58 EST 2020

For those of working with humanities researchers (or looking to do so)....

-Jon

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From: Natalie Harrower <N.Harrower at ria.ie>
Date: Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:12 AM
Subject: [CODATA-international] Publication of 'Sustainable and FAIR Data
Sharing in the Humanities' (ALLEA)
To: codata-international at lists.codata.org <
codata-international at lists.codata.org>

Dear Colleagues,

You may be interested in the publication of Sustainable and FAIR Data
Sharing in the Humanities
<https://allea.org/portfolio-item/sustainable-and-fair-data-sharing-in-the-humanities/>,
a new ALLEA report authored by the working group E-Humanities. It provides
a series of recommendations tailored to humanities researchers to produce
data and other research outputs along FAIR principles, and it was developed
through an open consultation process. Press release below.

Kind Regards,
Natalie

* * * * * *

*Let’s be FAIR! ALLEA presents recommendations for sustainable data sharing
in the humanities*
<https://allea.org/lets-be-fair-allea-presents-recommendations-for-sustainable-data-sharing-in-the-humanities/>

A new ALLEA report
<https://allea.org/portfolio-item/sustainable-and-fair-data-sharing-in-the-humanities/>
provides
key recommendations to make digital data in the humanities “Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable”, in line with the FAIR principles.
The document is designed as a practical guide to help scholars, research
funders, professionals and policymakers navigate the shift towards a
sustainable data sharing culture.

In a digital world, the abundance of data offers new opportunities for all
research fields, including the humanities, where the digitisation of texts,
images, sounds, video recordings and other data types can significantly
contribute to advancing research, while also transforming methodologies and
scholarly communications.

But data requires management, and data management requires common
guidelines for good implementation. In recent years, the FAIR principles
<https://www.force11.org/fairprinciples> have been widely adopted as best
practice in data management for research and other professional fields. For
instance, they are quickly gaining ground in galleries, libraries,
archives, and museums, whose data collections hold crucial resources for
scholars in the humanities. Addressing these developments, the ALLEA report
“Sustainable and FAIR Data Sharing in the Humanities
<https://allea.org/portfolio-item/sustainable-and-fair-data-sharing-in-the-humanities/>”
helps translate these principles into practice. It proposes technical,
legal and ethical considerations to construct, store, present, disseminate
and preserve data in such a way that they can be retrieved, accessed,
reused, and interoperable.

*“To exploit the true potential of humanities scholarship, and to share and
combine data across disciplines to address big challenges, we need an
awareness and common understanding of the FAIR principles and the nuances
of their implementation. It is clear from ongoing discussions in scholarly
communication and through the development and rapid proliferation of the
Open Science paradigm that the FAIR principles are having a sustained
impact on research practice. To support scholars and institutions aiming to
produce FAIR data, this report combines practical advice on how to align
with the principles, with a focus on practical guidance from a humanities
perspective. We hope they prove useful in the collective effort to move
towards more a more open research landscape,”* states Dr. Natalie Harrower,
Chair of the ALLEA E-Humanities Working Group.

*Data management lifecycle*
Following the data management lifecycle, the report is structured in five
stages: (1) identify, (2) plan, (3) collect/produce, structure & store, (4)
deposit for preservation, cite & share, and (5) disseminate. For each
phase, a set of practical recommendations and further reading are
presented. The authors consider the differences among data sharing cultures
across disciplines in the humanities but also encourage pathways towards
interdisciplinary data practices.
<https://allea.org/portfolio-item/sustainable-and-fair-data-sharing-in-the-humanities/>
*Launch and Public Consultation*
The publication was prepared by the ALLEA E-Humanities Working Group
<https://allea.org/e-humanities/> and builds upon the most recent
developments in the FAIR and EU research policy landscape. A public
consultation to seek feedback from researchers and practitioners was
launched at ALLEA’s General Assembly, the annual meeting of European
Academies, in May 2019. The working group received more than 200
suggestions, which were carefully considered and incorporated.
The report was launched at the 15th International Digital Curation
Conference in Dublin on 18th February 2020.
*_______________*

*Dr. Natalie Harrower Director, Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish
Academy n.harrower at ria.ie <n.harrower at ria.ie> | @natalieharrower www.dri.ie
<http://www.dri.ie> | @dri_ireland*

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-- 
Jonathan Petters Ph.D.
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Data Services, University Libraries
Virginia Tech
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