Based in UCD Library I provide high level supports for researchers in UCD, I prepare guidance on RDM related UCD policies, procedures & resources, review Data Management Plans and provide specific advice on metadata and archiving or publishing of research data. I work closely with colleagues in UCD Research, Research IT, UCD Data Protection, UCD Office of Research Ethics and NovaUCD in relation to intellectual property. I spend a good chunk of my time selling the idea of Open Research and FAIR data to researchers who are already overburdened with an excessive workload. Libraries have been organising and providing access to the world’s information for millennia so I feel we are ideally placed to apply these skills to the world of research data. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1644-1236

First of all, I’m not a data steward. I’m an epidemiologist and a statistician. In these roles I deal with lots of data. I spend most of my time either designing the studies that create it, or analysing it once created – but I also spend lots of time manipulating, organizing, describing, storing, and sharing data. Perhaps I’m a data steward after all.  https://twitter.com/statsepi/status/1627619698891231232 

Leading a university library involves working with a lot of data in terms of day-to-day activities, decision-making and strategic activities.  This can touch on everything from data governance, quality and compliance within the library as well as relating to the scholarly and information resources the library makes available to our stakeholders. Collaboration, integrity and the broader institutional context you are working in are critical for understanding your data and using it to make the best decisions. For the library we also think about Data Stewardship in terms of skills in Data Literacy, Information Literacy and Digital Literacy which form a key part of the training, instruction and supports provided by our team to our community of learners and education providers. 

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Dr Orla Murphy is a board member of the Digital Repository of Ireland. She co-chairs the Arts and Culture in Education Research Repository ACERR representing RPOs and CHIs, including Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Poetry Ireland, and the Education initiatives of the National Museum of Ireland.  She is also Irish national representative on the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures strategic working group for social and cultural innovation, SCI.  She also represents Ireland as vice chair of the Scientific Committee of the CoST Association and  is Chair of the CoST SC’s new working group on Open Access.  As Head of the Department of Digital Humanities she has expertise in the heterogeneous datasets generated in Arts and Humanities practice and research.  She has worked with generations of researchers seeking  to create sustainably, openly accessible work. She has experienced the challenges of open research stewardship across the breadth of Arts and Humanities data.  http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/A014/omurphy

Dr Chris Burbidge works at iCRAG as Senior Research Scientist in Earth Analytics. He is supporting Research Professorship PhD,  researchers, and faculty across iCRAG and coaching on mathematical and statistical analysis to develop team skill sets. He evaluates research projects to determine opportunities for data analytics and machine learning, and developing new workflows to enable more efficient data capture and analyses. To develop and promote data infrastructure for Irish geoscience research -and beyond-, he acts as lead, contact point and contributor in six EU and national projects bringing together academic, public sector and industry partners, with a focus on iCRAG architecture planning and implementation through the development of platforms and case studies. These include building networks and defining FAIR Open approaches to recording iCRAG sample data, through liaison with UCD Library, Geological Survey of Ireland, Research Data Alliance and Royal Irish Academy. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7457-1525