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New book: Managing Research Data

23 January, 2012 | in Press Releases

Managing Research Data aims to introduce the broader research community to such core issues of data management as the terms of compliance with funder expectations, the context and recommended approaches to individual and institutional data management planning, the roles and responsibilities of key players in the research data lifecycle, as well as detailed reports of initiatives, strategies and organizations being deployed nationally and on a global scale.

Re-skilling for Research - an RLUK report

6 February, 2012 | in Blogs

The Preface to this new RLUK report opens by declaring how it “is clear that as the nature of research within our institutions changes, so must the role of the library in supporting research”.

How can we evaluate data repositories? Pointers from DryadUK

1 February, 2012 | in Blogs

How can researchers, publishers and others interested in a data repository tell if it is any good or not? The Dryad UK project has released a 'Draft Framework for Assessing the Dryad Data Repository'. This was was among the final outputs recently published from Dryad UK, funded last year under the JISC Managing Research Data programme. In this post report author Angus Whyte outlines some of the framework and welcomes comments on how it might be extended and applied to other data repositories.

House of Lords debates research data curation and disclosure

15 January, 2012 | in Blogs

Scrutiny of the Protection of Freedoms Bill brings calls from peers for 'temporary exemption' for data if researchers undertake to deposit in an archive. This is one of many amendments being considered that would bring FOI legislation in the rest of the UK closer to the Scottish law, exempting research intended for publication. But does this buck the trend towards openness? How can the legislation be tweaked to promote better data management as a route to more transparent research with reusable outputs?

New year, new responsibilities

4 January, 2012 | in DCC News

UK universities are increasingly developing strategies for research data management. In some cases new posts are created and in others responsibility is assigned to existing IT teams, libraries and other research support services.

If you're beginning to address research data management, the DCC roadshows are a great way to hear examples of good practice and tips to help you get started.

Dates for the next two regional roadshows are set:

East Midlands, Loughborough, 7-8 February 2011
Northwest England, Salford, 20-21 March 2011

We're also planning to run roadshows in London in May, and in Northeast England in April or June.

Come and join us!

Image Creative Commons BY-NC-SA by Matti Mattila

Developing institutional data policies: trend for 2012

22 December, 2011 | in Blogs

The DCC is supporting a number of UK universities with research data management and top of the wishlist for most is a data policy. The EPSRC policy framework is often cited a key driver. We’re also seeing lots of policy development courtesy of the new JISC Managing Research Data programme, so predict this will be a key trend in 2012.

Disciplinary RDM training materials

22 December, 2011 | in DCC News

The JISC Research Data Management training projects (RDMTrain) produced a range of disciplinary training materials. These are available for reuse and have been deposited in JORUM.

To help users find relevant resources, we've mapped the RDMTrain outputs to the data management activities in the DCC lifecycle model.

Mapping of RDMTrain materials to DCC lifecycle model

Front page image CC-BY-NC by Arenamontanus

DMP Online

The beta version of the DMP Online tool launched in March 2010 and was showcased at the JISC Conference in April. The DCC’s data management planning tool draws on funders’ data-related requirements to help researchers create, develop and export customisable data management plans at the grant application stage and throughout the project’s lifetime.

DMP Online

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