Global Data Resilience Webinar Hosted by RDA and AGU

Webinar Description: The recent closure and dismantling of data infrastructure across the globe has motivated the need for the rescue, preservation, safeguarding, and perpetuity of data. More efforts are required to ensure data is accessible and not erased. The Global Data Resilience (GDR) initiative for the Earth, space, and environmental sciences, stewarded by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), has undertaken efforts to strengthen and reestablish data resilience mechanisms and infrastructure, connecting researchers, organizations, and data stewards. The Research Data Alliance is supporting the next steps to transition the Global Data Resilience activities to the RDA’s larger global community platform. The GDR initiative’s goal is to move from centralized and isolated data production and safeguarding communities towards a strategy of decentralized, international, multi-funded, ethical, and community-based data resilience cooperation. Ultimately, distributing responsibilities, multiple funding sources, and data sovereignty ensures that no single failure can disrupt the entire data ecosystem. The GDR initiative’s mission is to ensure the long-term resilience of Earth, space, and environmental science data by establishing a sustainable federated network of repositories sharing capacity, coordinating effort, and building a collective safety net. The Research Data Alliance is supporting the next steps to transition the Global Data Resilience activities to the RDA’s larger global community platform. Objective: Present the Global Data Resilience (GDR) Roadmap (ver. 1.0) for the Earth, space, and environmental sciences; invite participation; request feedback. Recording: Session 1 - TBD Recording: Session 2 - TBD Resources provided: TBD