GRL2020 Mission
GRL2020 champions the creation
of a Global Knowledge Infrastructure that opens up knowledge to
research communities worldwide and society at large by responding to
the new and specific needs of eResearch and eScience. This global
infrastructure will advance beyond the current state of the art by
creating an environment that provides any type of relevant information
resource, such as publications and datasets, with the research
community defining how the material is used. The global knowledge
infrastructure of the future will be a more powerful and flexible
ecosystem capable of interoperability and collaboration across
boundaries and disciplines underpinned by a commitment towards trusted,
long-term services and open access, enabling the deployment of content
resources and technical services in multiple ways.
The creation of a knowledge infrastructure of the future requires
considerable technological and organisational effort and will mean
significantly rethinking the role and processes currently performed by
research libraries, particularly in terms of stewardship of digital
data. GRL2020 brings together researchers and stakeholders from diverse
domains and countries to deliberate how the challenges ahead can best
be addressed. Particular emphasis is placed on both the technical and
non-technical hurdles that need addressing as instrumental in defining
the steps to advance towards such an infrastructure.
