Exploring the uptake of digital research infrastructure

NB: This proposal is coordinating with the proposed BoF on Impact of Research Infrastructures. As outlined in the 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap (https://www.education.gov.au/download/13735/2021-national-research-infrastructure-roadmap/26919/2021-national-research-infrastructure-roadmap/pdf, Recommendation 7), Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) is fundamental to Australia s research effort. Understanding uptake - by whom, how and for what purposes such infrastructure is used, and why it is not used - is key for understanding user needs and opportunities, and increasingly also for reporting to funders and other organisations. Following on from the eResearch 2023 BoF (https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/understanding-and-capturing-the-uptake-of-digital-research-infrastructure/), this session is for anyone interested in the uptake of DRI to share existing methods and approaches, challenges, lessons learned, and implementable, effective ways of measuring the uptake of DRI. We are particularly interested in understanding what relevant parties, including organisations providing or funding digital research infrastructure, need to know about DRI uptake and how easy it is to collate this information. This includes identifying current quantitative and qualitative methods for measuring uptake, and evaluating which approaches have (not) been successful, and why. Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. Lightning talks (5 mins each) exploring the uptake of digital infrastructure: 2.1 Two lightning talks from Australian organisations about approaches used to understanding uptake of DRIs 2.2 One example of an international approach 2.3 Questions 3. Discussion, exploring questions such as: - How does your organisation measure uptake? - How does this approach work for your organisation? What difficulties do you encounter? - What infrastructure do you need for these approaches? What infrastructure do you (not) have? 4. Next steps