Since November 2021, Meredith has served as the Executive Director of the World Data System’s International Program Office, run by the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, USA, and physically located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
She has over 10 years of experience supporting the grant peer review process for the U.S. federal government, including science writing, reviewer recruitment, and data management.
Meredith earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, and her Master of Sciences in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she is currently a Ph.D. candidate focusing on scholarly communications.
Her research interests include peer review as well as organizational governance.
Dear colleagues, I am writing today to share that, due to an increase in workload, I am stepping down as co-chair of this Interest Group. Daniela Santos Oliveira has agreed to take my place as a co-chair of this group and will do a fine job supporting the IG’s needs. Although I am stepping down, […]
Dear TRUST WG members, A quick reminder of our next session on Thursday, 16 April at 14:00 UTC on Zoom (https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/87655820239). Review P26 WG session DRI TRUST webinar Review final timeline (below) Future meetings – work meeting for writing See you then, Meredith Meredith P. Goins, MSIS Executive Director, WDS International Program Office c/o WDS-IPO at UT-Oak […]
All, We are canceling our meeting this coming Thursday, 19 March. We had a great presentation at RDA P27. See the following: Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aqTE83WBJmW_UlPNbQTDEKDD-jcdTnqu/edit?slide=id.p1#slide=id.p1 Collaborative notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16uwmXDcqMn9LSqYxnhopBwFsH4neY9WSQGacU-l74dw/edit?usp=sharing Thank you and talk soon, Meredith Goins On behalf of the co-chairs
Join us to learn more about the certification journey! See you online at the Plenary soon! See you on Whova at: https://rdavp26.events.whova.com/Agenda/5174811 Mon, 16 March 2026 13:30-15:00 UTC AGENDA Overview of IG Presentation from: Newly certified repositories Kerstin Lehnert, Astromat Repositories that were unable to be certified Johan Kylander, CSC – IT Center for Science […]
Posted on behalf of the FIDELIS. FIDELIS mentoring and peer-to-peer support programme: first open call for financial support 27 February 2026 11-12 CET Within its three-year lifetime, FIDELIS project will establish and operate a European network of Trustworthy Digital Repositories, fostering their harmonisation and interoperability across repositories. It will provide a framework to support repositories in becoming and […]
I apologize for the late share. The co-chairs met today and created the following proposal for the Virtual RDA P26 in March. Certification Pathways: From Self-Assessment to Recertification – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NddU8lyZ3DAYWNIW5lktI-hjxL58GVIVS8VsXaY67JI/edit?usp=sharing We appreciate any feedback you can provide by 21 Nov 10 am EST | 3 pm UTC. We also welcome nominations of repositories that would […]
Thank you all for your time today. As promised, please find the following documents and share any feedback you have. Mark it up! It can only make it better! Unlock TDRs via the TRUST Principles – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RvU6Eagh-SH11VoVXPwu1Hara_e_L5Jdqykyh7IAabE/edit?usp=sharing I appreciate any feedback you can provide by 21 Nov 10 am EST | 3 pm UTC. Meredith […]
Please join the IG on Thursday, 16 October 2025, from 3:30 to 5 pm AEST in Room P2 for our session Badge of (Data) Honor: Navigating Certifications and Standards Since I am unable to attend, Olivier Rouchon has agreed to serve as facilitator for this session. Join us to hear about OAIS v.3 standards, participate […]
Due to Thursday, 19 June being a holiday in multiple countries, we are rescheduling our working group meeting to Thursday, 26 June at 14:00 – 15:00 UTC. My thanks to Ryan for sending out an updated Zoom appointment for our calendars. During this and the next meeting, we will actively be working on the deliverable […]
As promised in the meeting today, I have created a document to capture our text for the final report. The outline document (TRUST Adoption & Outreach Working Group Report Outline ) guides writers as they update the final report. This is also where you sign up to write a section, bullet, or paragraph! The June […]
