Author: CESSDA Training

Destination: CESSDA Training

As you may have noticed here and there, some developments have been going on behind the scenes at the Archive and Data Management Training Center. Since the official launch of CESSDA AS in Bergen on December 5th, 2013, we have … Continue reading

RDM? Ja bitte! German Rectors’ Conference actively supports Research Data Management

A recommendation published by the German Rectors‘ Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, HRK) asserts that German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) should take an active role in systematically addressing the challenge of research data management [1]. An association of currently 268 HEIs serving 94% of … Continue reading

Horizon 2020, Research Data Management, You, and Us.

Horizon 2020[i] is the European Union’s latest research and innovation funding programme, making €80 billion available in the seven years between now and 2020. Horizon 2020 embraces the global movement amongst research funders that requires data generated be made available for verification, … Continue reading

DOIs and the danger of data “quality”

I’ve just spent a moment looking at guidelines [PDF] from the UK’s National Environment Research Council (NERC) on how NERC funded research can obtain a persistent identifier through the DOI® system. NERC have a data sharing policy, and fund data centres … Continue reading