Grassroots data management support at Plant & Food Research

Plant & Food Research (PFR) is a CRI focusing on improving the way we grow, fish, harvest, prepare and share food.  We’re based across 14 locations in NZ and employ around 700 science staff.  Spread out across all our science teams is a network of Data Stewards whose role is to help and advise their team mates on how to improve their own data management practice.  The network was set up six years ago and Data Stewards are now an integral part of how we do science at PFR.  The network is well supported at all levels of the organisation because it brings value in many different ways.

This presentation is about why and how the network was established and about how it works day to day.  We’ll look at why it’s been successful and what lessons we’ve learnt along the way. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Briget Lander is a data and information management professional with many years’ experience in commercial, not-for-profit and academic organisations.  In her current role she encourages scientists to see that it’s not only themselves who value the data they produce and supports them in taking good care of that data.

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