Guest Post — Exploring Data Spaces in Scholarly Communications
Today’s guest post explains the new data space pilot, which will be the focus of the upcoming BISG/SSP webinar on May 12, 2026.
Christina Drummond is a data governance technology strategist with more than 20 years of experience across scholarly infrastructure, public policy, and mission-driven organizations. Over the past five years, she facilitated community development of governance mechanisms and MVP infrastructure for the OA Book Usage Data Trust’s data space pilot. She is a member of SSP, RDA, IDSA, IAPP, and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s Regional Data Roundtable and co-chairs the Research Data Alliance Interest Group on Data Spaces in the Research Ecosystem. Equipped with an MA in International Science and Technology Policy and IAPP certifications in Information Privacy and AI Governance, she’s actively looking for ways to continue developing data spaces for research and education networks
Today’s guest post explains the new data space pilot, which will be the focus of the upcoming BISG/SSP webinar on May 12, 2026.
Grant-funded initiatives eventually need a permanent home; here are some lessons learned from Educopia’s Katherine Skinner and Christina Drummond.