Making It Happen: Sustainable Data Preservation and Use by Anita de Waard.
Great set of overview slides on why research data should be preserved.
Not to mention making the case that semantic diversity, in systems for capturing research data, between researchers, etc., needs to be addressed by any proffered solution.
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