The latest in our series of catch-up blog posts is by Miggie Pickton at the University of Northampton.read more
Category: research data management
Hallelujah and praise the LARD! The first London Area Research Data group meeting
This is a guest post by Laurence Horton, Data Librarian at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) It was a hot and stormy day; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when I dodged … Continue reading →
Where are they now? An RDM update from the Open University
The latest in our series of catch-up blog posts is the Open University which was incorporated into our Institutional Engagement programme in autumn 2013. At that time the OU had only recently commenced an internal project to develop as institutional fr…
Notes from the Digital Humanities Summer School, University of Oxford (DHOxSS), 14-18 July 2014
Here at the DCC, we regularly engage with researchers, research support staff and other professions dealing with research data. With researchers, we discuss, advise and help them to understand the requirements, benefits and methods of digital cur…
Where are they now? An RDM update from the University of Edinburgh
As part of our series to catch up with participants from the institutional engagement programme, this month we have an update from Stuart MacDonald at the University of Edinburgh. Stuart has recently started a one-year secondment as Research Data Mana…
The long journey of the research penny
National governments and ministries of research and education have an interest to see their money travel far, and not only as far as the unexplored edges of science. The real target is eternity. To achieve eternity, research funding bodies across … 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 →
DMPonline at OpenAIRE-COAR 2014
On 20th May 2014 I presented DMPonline at an OpenAIRE-COAR 2014 pre-conference workshop in Athens, Greece.read more
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 →
An exchange of experience on managing research data
Sharing expertise and lessons learned is vital when addressing shared challenges such as Research Data Management. The LSHTM organised a networking seminar over one lunchtime in November to bring representatives from different universities together to …