Biography
Yvonne Desmond is the manager of the DIT Libraries Central Services Unit which provides the support services for the DIT libraries. More recently, the Central Services Unit has become involved in a number of digitisation projects, one of which is the institutional repository Arrow@dit. A long-time advocate of open access and online services she is currently engaged with developing the Institutional Repository as both an archive and a disseminator of scholarly information.
Abstract
This presentation examines the constituent elements of Fair Data as stated by the European Commission and will explore the opportunities and challenges that are involved in integrating this concept into the mind-set of researchers. It is proposed that Open DATA poses bigger challenges and barriers for researchers than that involved in Open Access Publications. Some possibilities for achieving the kind of cultural change that is required will be suggested as well as a practical plan of implementation for DIT