About

Dr Andrew Treloar, Director of Technology for the Australian  National Data Service (ANDS), will be giving a seminar which is being hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath on Friday 1 April starting at 11.00.

Note that the seminar will be held in the Library seminar room which is located on Level 4 of the University Library.

If you would like to attend the seminar please complete the booking form to reserve a free place.

Also note that if you would be interested in viewing a live video stream of this seminar you can also reserve a place. Note that this is intended to gauge interest in the provision of a video stream of the seminar.

Abstract

This seminar will first consider the international challenges arising  from the shift towards data-intensive research and the rapid uptake of instruments that produce very large data volumes. It will then  consider the national approach taken in Australia - the Australian  National Data Service (ANDS). The seminar will present the rationale  for ANDS, its different programs, and the services that are being  developed and taken up. ANDS has decided to take an explicitly (but  not exclusively) emphasis on institutional engagement. And so finally  the seminar will conclude by considering the ways in which different  institutions in Australia are responding to, and engaging with, ANDS  programs. The seminar should be relevant to anyone with an interest in  data management.

Biographical Details

Dr Andrew Treloar is the Director of Technology for the Australian  National Data Service (ANDS) (http://ands.org.au/), with particular  responsibility for the Applications and Metadata Stores programs. In 2008 he led the project to establish ANDS. Prior to that he was associated with a number of e-research projects as Director or Technical Architect: ARCHER (http://archer.edu.au/ - an e-Research  support environment), DART (http://dart.edu.au - data acquisition and  analysis), and ARROW (http://arrow.edu.au/ - institutional repository  software), as well as the development of an Information Management  Strategy for Monash University (http://www.monash.edu.au/staff/information-management/). His research interests include data management, institutional repositories and scholarly communication. He never seems to be able to make enough time for practising his 'cello or reading, but does try to prioritise talking to his chooks (chickens!) and working in his vegetable garden and orchard.

Further details at http://andrew.treloar.net/.