Adding Value by Taking a National and Institutional Approach to Research Data: The ANDS Experience

The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) has been working to add value to Australia’s research data environment since 2009. This paper looks at the changes that have occurred over this time, ANDS’ role in those changes and the current state of the Australian research sector at this time, using case studies of selected institutions. International Journal of Digital Curation (2013), 8(2), 89–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v8i2.274 The International Journal of Digital Curation is an international journal committed to scholarly excellence and dedicated to the advancement of digital curation across a wide range of sectors. The IJDC is published by UKOLN at the University of Bath and is a publication of the Digital Curation Centre. ISSN: 1746-8256. URL: http://www.ijdc.net/ 90 The ANDS Experience doi:10.2218/ijdc.v8i2.274