DCC News

New year, new responsibilities

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:
 
We're also planning to run roadshows in London in May, and in Northeast England in April or June.
 
Come and join us!
 
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Disciplinary RDM training materials

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

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Set the training day agenda for #dcc_lboro

We're planning the DCC East Midlands roadshow and want your views to set the programme for the training day. Vote for the topics you want to see covered.

The event will take place in Loughborough in early February 2012. Further details will be on the event page once the dates have been finalised.

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Registration opens for Cardiff Roadshow

Registration is now open for the seventh DCC Roadshow: Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade which is being organised in conjunction with Cardiff University Libraries.

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Career profiles: data management skills in various professions

DCC and RIN have produced a series of career profiles that examine the role of data management skills in various professions 

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Challenges of managing social media research data: a researcher's perspective

Dr Anne Alexander is Co-ordinator of the Cambridge Digital Humanities Network and will be presenting a case study on 'The challenges of managing social media research data: a researcher's perspective' on day one at the forthcoming DCC Roadshow Cambridge. She has written a guest blog post sharing the challenges she faces.

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Project MANTRA new release

The JISC-funded Research Data MANTRA project has produced a course for postgraduate students and early career researchers who work with data and would like to learn more about how to manage it effectively. Course content is geared towards the geosciences, social and political sciences and clinical psychology; however, many of the issues covered apply equally to all research disciplines. The MANTRA course, which consists of an online module and practical exercises in data handling, is now openly available at http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra.

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Register now: workshops at 7th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC)

The DCC is delighted to announce that a draft programme of workshops has just been published and the registration is now open.

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Registration open for DCC Cambridge Roadshow

Registration is now open for the 6th Digital Curation Centre Roadshow: Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade which is being organised in conjunction with Cambridge Library. The roadshow takes place from 9th - 11th November 2011 in the Paston Brown Room, Homerton Conference Centre, Cambridge, CB2 2PH.

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Incentivising Data Management and Sharing

The next Research Data Management Forum, the seventh in the series, is set to tackle the challenging theme of how best to incentivise researchers so that they will be motivated to manage and share their data.

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