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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

Incentivising data sharing

4 November, 2011 | in Blogs

The theme for #rdmf7 was incentivising data management and sharing. We had an impressive line up of speakers, matched by an equally exciting and engaged audience.

Front page image: 'Sharing' by furiousgeorge81. CC-BY-NC-ND

Policies on research data in UK institutions - do you have one to share?

24 May, 2011 | in DCC News

The DCC has recently set up a mechanism to capture and reference examples of institutional research data management policies. We're doing this because we think it's useful to track their existence and because many people have told us that they would find it easier to create policies for their own institution if they could see some working examples. As a national coordination body, it's definitely our role to collate these.

What will the new Public Data Transparency Principles mean for researchers and HEIs?

1 July, 2010 | in Blogs

The new Government's Public Sector Transparency Board met last week for the first time and promptly published a draft set of Public Data Principles on the data.gov.uk team blog. So what does this mean for research data and HEI's?

New Guide to UK Research Policy

23 June, 2010 | in DCC News

The Research Information Network just published a new guide which describes the nature, roles and responsibilities of the different Government bodies involved in research policy and funding, and the relationships between them.

It comes with a useful chart showing the links between the key organisations involved.

A Digital Divide?

12 May, 2010 | in Blogs

My attention was drawn this week to the PLANETS White Paper, The Digital Divide - Assessing Organisations’ Preparations for Digital Preservation, which summarises the findings of a Market Survey last year of 200 organisations around the world.

NSF to Ask Every Grant Applicant for Data Management Plan

10 May, 2010 | in Blogs

US funding body the National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to require a 2-page Data Management Plan with all funding applications, according to a news article on Science Insider. The article quotes NSF's Edward Seidel describing the plans, which will be subject to 'merit review', as phase one of "a broader effort to address the growing interest from U.S. policymakers in making sure that any data obtained with federal funds be accessible to the general public". Any influence on UK funding body polices remains to be seen.

ERIM Project Report Released - Review of the State of the Art of the Digital Curation of Research Data

6 May, 2010 | in Publications

The report examines models and terminology already in use to describe digital curation, digital repositories, data lifecycles and data processing. It summarizes the guidance provided by research funders, data centres and curation specialists on curating digital data, alongside any requirements they impose. Finally, it provides a brief overview of standards and tools of particular relevance to the ERIM project, and draws lessons from the introduction of a new curation policy at the World Data Center for Climate.

Digital Curation and Preservation Policies in Scottish HEIs

28 April, 2010 | in DCC News

The JISC-funded ERIS project aims to enhance curation and preservation processes within institutions in order to build confidence amongst researchers in the longevity of repositories. As a first step, a survey was undertaken to collect information on the status of digital curation and preservation policies in Scottish HEIs. The survey, which did not identify any preservation policies endorsed at an institutional level, revealed that repositories are still relatively young, and that preservation is not yet amongst their highest priorities.

I2S2 project

The aim of the Infrastructure for Integration in Structural Sciences (I2S2) project was to uncover what’s needed to implement a data-driven research infrastructure in the structural sciences – chemistry in particular. Issues of scale, complexity and inter-disciplinary research throughout the data lifecycle were explored over 18 months from October 2009 to March 2011.

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I2S2 project

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