Research Data Services Information

Partnerships are essential for Australia. Partnerships are essential for Australia to develop a transformed data and computational infrastructure environment and a partnerships approach is a core principle for the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). Our NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL collaborations and partnerships ensure valuable data and software assets are developed, made available and sustained for everyone. We have a huge collection of resources for researchers, librarians and eResearch professionals. The topics covered by our resources and guides range from ethics and sensitive data to managing data; from research data policy and licensing to training and teaching research data management skills. The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) enables the Australian research community and industry access to nationally significant, data intensive digital research infrastructure, platforms, skills and collections of high quality data. As a national research infrastructure provider, the ARDC facilitates partnerships to develop a coherent research environment that enables researchers to find, access, contribute to and effectively use services to maximise research quality and impact. In July 2018, the ARDC was formed under the Federal Governments National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) through the merger of three existing digital research infrastructure capabilities: the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (Nectar) and Research Data Services (RDS). In May 2019, the ARDC became a company limited by guarantee and is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. We currently have 20 members . Our purpose is to provide Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data. Transforming research through better tools, by providing better software, platforms and data across the research lifecycle. Building strong partnerships and collaborations are at the heart of everything that we do. As one part of ...