My name is Madiareni Sulaiman, and I serve as a research data librarian at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN Indonesia). I am currently in my third year as a PhD student in Information Studies at UCL, with a focus on Research Data Management (RDM). This is my second time attending the RDAP Summit. Previously, I was a lightning talk speaker, and now I am participating as a scholarship recipient!

This Summit is truly inspiring and has given us food for thought. The term resilience was mostly addressed during the Summit in the context of its sustainability, particularly when a speaker from Invest in Open Infrastructure highlighted that funding issues perpetually recur [“Stronger together: Ecosystem-level approaches to strengthening data sharing infrastructures”]. Regarding that issue, my key takeaway from the "Collaborative Modalities for Data Services Instruction and Outreach" is to continue focusing on iteration and growth. By concentrating on the evolving roles of data librarians, we can better meet the high demand for skills necessary to serve our stakeholders, especially in relation to research data across various disciplines.

In addition, the session that inspired me the most was the "What is "Curation" In a Self-Mediated, Open Repository?". Many researchers rely upon open repositories, with the subject of this session being Open Science Framework (OSF). I had not given it much thought, as I assumed that the generalist repository would typically fall short in curation and quality. However, it seems that we can curate them, although researchers may still need to participate actively. And as an institution, we do not have direct access to the data deposited because it will be done by researchers themselves anyway. But it turns out that as curators, we could facilitate it.

The OSF initiatives aimed at facilitating curators in generalist repositories actually align closely with my interest in RDM collaboration, as they provide data librarians with the opportunity to actively participate in research projects beyond the confines of institutional repositories. The session highlighted the synergy among generalist repository providers, the accountability of researchers, and the role of institutional access in enhancing the FAIR principles of research. The shown dashboard enables institutions to access the metrics report, while curators can efficiently perform their tasks to curate the dataset. During the session, I asked about when this curation might take place and whether it can be done while the data is still active. And the speaker responded that it is feasible, provided the researchers grant access to the dataset as the research project commences.

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