Management Responsibility/Control
Another continuum that can be used to characterise data curation practices defines
who is responsible for the management of the data (or who has control over it).
Research data objects in the collaboration space are often managed by the
researcher, members of the research team, or local IT staff. These managers may
not have the skills or the commitment needed for long-term curation. At the other end
of this continuum is management by a dedicated group within the university. Such a
group, which might be a virtual team, would ideally include a range of specialists:
records and archives, library, information technology, and e-Research.