eResearch Australasia 2015

Last week I attended what is one of the best conferences of the year - eResearch Australasia, held in Brisbane.  It is always a very inspiring event and I always come back filled with ideas to put into practice at work.

This year was a bit different to previous years in that it had a more library/human capital focus.  Previous years have been heavy on the technology side which, while interesting, was often slightly over my head.  This year is different.

The main themes prevalent throughout the conference were:

• The importance of libraries and librarians for open data
• Linked open data, not just shared data
• Data as an institutional asset
• The connected researcher.

Next year is being held in Melbourne during October - only a year to implement all my ideas before the next round.