Integrating research data into the publication workflow: the eBank UK experience

E-science has the potential to enrich scholarly communication from the perspective of both research and learning. This paper will explore emerging infrastructure that will enable effective curation of data to deliver this potential. The exponential growth in digital data arising from e-science requires new modes of data curation. The large volume of digital data now being created calls for new modes of publication, discovery, re-use and preservation. New patterns of publication, ‘publication at source’, are required, embedding the publication of data into the research scientist’s work patterns. Curation of digital data must support discovery services, building new service models on traditional library and publishing practice. There are opportunities for re-use of the increasing amount of digital data being produced, whether re-use takes place as part of research activity or in the development of course materials. In addition, secure archiving is necessary to ensure preservation of digital data.