Communicating FAIR expectations through data policies in Ireland 

Presenter: Beth Knazook

Data Project Manager, Digital Repository of Ireland

Abstract

Research data policies are the backbone of Open Research, ensuring organisational transparency, and building trustworthiness and accountability by clearly communicating any obligations for managing and sharing data produced in the course of publicly funded research. Policies are also useful tools for demonstrating an organisation’s alignment with certain communities of practice, international standards, and legal and ethical frameworks, and a review of common trends in policy development can indicate how best practice is evolving.

This lightning talk will discuss the data gathered from Irish research policies published in FAIRsharing, updating the findings from DRI’s 2025 Love Data Week webinar (available on the DRI Vimeo channel).

About

Beth Knazook is the research data project manager at the Digital Repository of Ireland where she is working to advance the Repository’s support for FAIR research data through alignment with European and international infrastructures and policies. She offers classes, events, and other engagement activities to promote DRI’s services and is the organisational liaison for the Research Data Alliance, collaborating with international colleagues in developing best practices and opportunities for innovation in Open Research. In her previous work, she was the preservation coordinator for the Portage Network, an organisation established by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries to foster a national research data culture through the provision of services and infrastructure (now a part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada). She has also worked as the digitisation manager for Huron County Library and curator of special collections for Toronto Metropolitan University Library and Archives. She currently teaches professional development courses focused on managing and sharing photograph collections for Library Juice Academy and the Society of American Archivists.