Jenny Fewster is the Director of the HASS (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Research Data Commons) and Indigenous RDC at the Australian Research Data Commons. With over 20 years’ experience in collecting, managing and disseminating research and cultural heritage data and resources, Jenny is passionate about delivering quality research infrastructure and data to meet the diverse needs of HASS and Indigenous researchers. She has a wealth of experience in the collection, management and dissemination of research and cultural heritage data and resources through digital humanities platforms, most recently as Executive Officer of AusStage. Under her stewardship since 2003, AusStage has become the most extensive national cultural dataset on live performance. Jenny is acutely aware of the diverse infrastructure needs of the digital humanities, with expertise in database design, metadata schemas, interoperability factors, resource discovery protocols, content management systems, data visualisation techniques and digital literacy.
