Fourth Meeting of the Board on Research Data and Information
November 30 – December 1, 2010
ACTION ITEMS
Action Items to be completed by December 20, 2010:
Action 1: All Board members should provide suggestions for speakers for the
Symposium on The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data:
A Focus on Developing Countries
Action 2: The Board Director will send letters to Fran Berman and Alyssa Goodman
to appoint a graduate student/post doc as an “unpaid consultant” to
participate in the Workshop on the Future of Scientific Knowledge
Discovery in Open Networked Environments.
Action 3: All Board members should provide comments on the project proposals
submitted by Scott Hausman of NOAA.
Action 4: All Board members who have travel expenses for reimbursement should
submit their receipts and expense forms to Cheryl Levey per her emailed eTravel Expense Report instructions, as well as fill out the Doodle Calendar that she sent indicating availability for the spring Board meeting.
Action Items to be completed by January 31, 2011:
Action 5: Michael Lesk, Bob Chen, and Norman Bradburn should complete a 2-pager for a study combining items K.6.b., c., and d (from the December 1 meeting agenda) and regarding what should be the research agenda for improved data stewardship (best practices, goals/objectives).
Action 6: Roberta Balstad, Sara Graves, Bob Chen, and Bonnie Carroll should complete a 2-pager for an annual U.S. World Data System Forum.
Action 7: Michael Lesk, Barbara Entwisle, and Margaret Hedstrom should complete a 2-pager for a study on the evaluation of the impact of data sharing and management mandates for the grantees of science agencies.
Action 8: Michael Nelson and Roberta Balstad should work with Board staff to complete a 2-pager for a study or essay on the value proposition to the nation for scientific data.
Action 9: Board staff, together with Michael Carroll, should complete a full proposal on the Research Data as Intellectual Property symposium/workshop.
Action 10: Board members and sponsors should provide their ideas for the next mini-symposium to be held in conjunction with the next Board meeting.
Action Items to be completed by the fifth Board meeting:
Action 11: The Board Director should discuss all of the draft proposals with the Board sponsors prior to the next Board meeting and develop full proposals for discussion at the next Board meeting, responding to the comments and interests of the sponsors.
Action 12: Board members should consider Session ideas for the next CODATA Conference in Taipei in 2012.
Other possible actions not agreed at the fourth Board meeting:
Action A: The IMLS is interested in a possible study on the data workforce issues—education, training, skill sets, jobs, and human infrastructure needs generally—which also was discussed by the Board at its evening session on November 30. It is therefore suggested that the Board Director work with Michael Lesk, Chris Borgman, Barbara Entwisle, Margaret Hedstrom, and Michael Keller should complete a 2-pager or full proposal for the Board’s consideration at the next meeting.
Action B: Based on his proposal at the Board discussion at its evening session on November 30, Steve Berry with Board staff should complete a 2-pager for a high-level forum/roundtable on the balance of data funding in research grants, and perhaps on other research data and information issues.
Action C: Also based on his proposal at the Board discussion at its evening session on November 30, Steve Berry(with Board staff should complete a 2-pager for a symposium/workshop or study on data quality evaluation criteria and methods.