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Challenges

Challenges. Work force issues New tasks The new French research system. Work Force issues (1). The core need: maintain the services Retirements, departures Increase in the volume of information Actions to explore/implement on the CDS side Automation/appraisal to deal with the work load

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Challenges

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  1. Challenges F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  2. Work force issues • New tasks • The new French research system F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  3. Work Force issues (1) • The core need: maintain the services • Retirements, departures • Increase in the volume of information • Actions to explore/implement on the CDS side • Automation/appraisal to deal with the work load • Lots of efforts in those directions in the last ~20 years, in particular using the electronic version of the journals • The current evaluation is that all possibilities in terms of automation and appraisal have been explored and that we cannot go beyond without loosing quality (DJIN, selection of data for SIMBAD) • No margin to deal with departures, increase in volume or new tasks • To deal with retirements and departures • Transfer/duplication of expertise • Facilitate maintenability of the services • New repartition of tasks and responsibilities has to be worked out Recently done for the Bibliography team following the departure of three key staff within a few years F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  4. Work Force issues (2) • Very specific expertise • The CDS model is built on a base of permanent positions for the core tasks • Long formation and transmission of expertise • Specific profiles - some people (research or technical tasks) cannot bear the job for a long time, we have to find those who will remain motivated on the long term • Temporary contracts possible but as a buffer before recruitment • All departures (research and technical staff) have to be replaced • Retirements can somehow be foreseen (although there is a margin on the retirement age and retirement is a personal decision of the individuals before the limit age) • Unexpected departures cannot by definition be foreseen and alter the programmation linked to retirements • The staff is on different statuses and the management of retirements depends on the status • Until now CNRS/INSU has taken its responsibilities, has significantly increased the work force and replaced retirements and departures • UdS??? Key staff on UdS positions • New tasks have to come with new means, in particular human resources F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  5. Work force issues (3) • Immediate needs • CNRS • One IE position opened by CNRS this year (presently a contractor – VizieR/SIMBAD) – competition on going • Unexpected departure of a SIMBAD staff has to be replaced (temporarily: contractor) • UdS: a critical situation with retirement of key staff • Marc Wenger, SIMBAD responsible • Chantal Bruneau, CDS Secretary • Several positions lost, high risks. Financial sustainable support as Action Spécifique but human resources much more problematic because international functional tasks not in the core tasks of the University (teaching, research) • CNAP (astronomers) • Pascal Dubois’ retirement not replaced 1 to 1 (100% functional tasks on SIMBAD) • François Ochsenbein (VizieR, 100%) • National competition, CDS specific profiles, no other solution than a pro-active position of INSU (« postes fléchés » F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  6. New tasks Possible new tasks well in our expertise domains and important for the astronomical community • Gaia • Astronomical data curation • Very fast evolution • How to deal with it? A&A, CNRS DIST, European or multinational level…?? Astronomy had been recognized by EU as one of the flagships of scientific data (cf the selection of EuroVO-AIDA, one of the five projects selcted on the 1st FP7 Call on the subject), but Agencies prefer to deal with physical repositories or « interdisciplinarity » rather than with content curation for disciplinary usage At another level: dissemination and outreach towards education F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  7. The new French research system • Main power in the future: Universities • Astronomy: national organisation, fully international context (CNRS/INSU) • CDS is a child of INSU, in partnership with UdS, and serves the international community • TGIR status: recognition at the national level • New structures: « Equipex », but better adapted to physical infrastructures (NOEMA/IRAM) • Cf ESFRI – VO too light for ESFRI F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

  8. The local situation • Two Observatories: astronomy and Earth Sciences • INSU is moving towards grouping local structures • Extremely different organisations and understanding of service tasks – CDS is fully included in the research environment of the Observatory • A message from the CS is required on the absolute necessity that CDS is preserved F. Genova, Challenges, CDS SC meeting, 2011/06/29-30

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