DRI is not the data owner for the majority of the data in the Repository, with a number of notable exceptions including our own Publications and the outputs of some DRI-led research projects. As is outlined in the European Commission’s own data governance and data policy, they are the ‘business owners of data assets’, and are accountable for the quality of the assets. These are the organisations that are responsible for the data and primarily comprise DRI’s members. The data that you find in the Repository has a variety of data owners. One element of our work that can cause confusion, though, is the difference between ownership and stewardship of data. The DRI team also collaborate with our members to showcase this digital content, working on promoting it and encouraging others to cite and reuse it. The Repository preserves, manages and provides sustained access to this social and cultural content for the long-term future. In DRI’s Repository, you can discover collections of data that range from the Cork LGBT Archive, to the Jacob’s Biscuit Factory Archive, to the Irish Women at Work Oral History Project. What is ‘data stewardship’ and who specifically, are these data stewards? This post looks at data stewardship and the past, present and future of data stewardship in Ireland
