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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?

 

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Organisational perspectives at #idcc11

7 December, 2011 | in Blogs

Summary of presentations in the organisational perspectives session at #idcc11

Data Matters: A view from a research funder
David Lynn, Head of Strategic Planning and Policy, Wellcome Trust
 
Taking care of the university's research data
Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer and Librarian, University of Edinburgh
 
Data Transparency: Managing the legislative risk
Andrew Charlesworth, Director of the Centre for IT and Law (CITL), University of Bristol

 

Photo (c) Tim Gander

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JISC makes Freedom of Information issues clearer for researchers

23 December, 2010 | in Press Releases

Managing requests for research data under Freedom of Information (FoI) and Environmental Information Regulation legislation has just got easier for researchers with the launch of a step-by-step guidance document.

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Research Data and Freedom of Information (FOI) - JISC Draft FAQs

20 October, 2010 | in DCC News

Draft FAQs aimed at researchers who might receive a FOI request for research data have been released by JISC. A web version has been set up to allow comments.

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Debate Continues on "Climategate" Data Implications

20 July, 2010 | in Blogs

Times Higher Education discusses implications for data release, arising from a recent ruling by the Information Commissioner's Office on tree-ring data, and the Russell Report on the "Climategate" emails affair.

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