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Project MANTRA new release

17 October, 2011 | in DCC News

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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Social media: a guide for researchers

18 February, 2011 | in Publications

A new guide from the Research Information Network designed to encourage researchers in the use of social media as a tool for finding and disseminating information.

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PARSE-insight conclusions on European science data infrastructure published

14 July, 2010 | in DCC News

The European project PARSE.Insight has released its final recommendations for the science data infrastructure in Europe with ten major insights into research and researcher behaviours. These reveal major differences between European countries in their methods for dealing with research data, as well as a critical analysis of researchers' attitudes towards data sharing.

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If you build it will they come?

13 July, 2010 | in Publications

A set of innovative techniques that are collectively termed 'web 2.0' have enabled researchers to become producers as well as consumers of information. This report is based on a study commissioned by the Research Infomratin Network to investigate whether such aspirations are being realised. 

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