curation

Programmes for the first DCC roadshow released

7 October, 2010 | in DCC News

Programmes for the 3-day DCC roadshow have now been released, so take a look at the event page and see which day is relevant to you. Day 1 is gives a general overview to the research data landscape. Day 2 is targeted at senior managers who want to develop an institutional response to the data management challenge.

Digital Curation 101: How to Manage Research Data

Research Councils and funding bodies are increasingly requiring evidence of adequate and appropriate provisions for data management and curation in new grant funding applications.

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.

RDMF5: Keep the Dates!

15 April, 2010 | in DCC News

The fifth meeting of the DCC-RIN Research Data Management Forum will be held in Manchester on 27/28 October 2010. The proposed theme for this event is the Economics of Applying and Sustaining Digital Curation. More detailed information about the programme and registration process will follow in due course via the normal mailing lists and the DCC and RIN websites, but in the meantime you may wish to note these dates in your diaries.

Preservation and Curation in Institutional Repositories Report released

1 April, 2010 | in Publications

We are very pleased to announce that a second State of the ART report from Alex Ball (a UKOLN-based DCC staff member) has been released, this time on Preservation and Curation in Institutional Repositories. It can be found under the Resources section of the DCC website, in the Technology Watch section of Briefing Papers. View State of the ART report

The Digital Curation Centre: A new phase, a new perspective

23 February, 2010 | in DCC News

On 1st March 2010 the Digital Curation Centre embarks on its third phase of evolution, following six years of development and consolidation.

Edinburgh IT futures workshop

23 November, 2008

I spent Friday morning at a workshop entitled “Research, wRiting and Reputation” at Edinburgh University. Pleasingly, data form quite a large part of the programme (although I’ll miss the afternoon talks, including Simon Coles from Southampton). First speaker is Prof Simon Tett of Geosciences talking about data curation and climate change. Problem is that climate change is slow, relative to changes in the observation systems, not to mention changes in computation and data storage.

Curation services based on the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model

20 November, 2008

I’ve had a go at exploring some curation services that might be appropriate at different stages of a research project. I thought it might also be worth trying to explore curation services suggested by the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model, which I also mentioned in a blog post a few weeks ago.

Research Data Management email list created

19 November, 2008

At JISC's request, we have created a new list to support discussion amongst those interested in management of research data. The list is Research-Dataman@jiscmail.ac.uk, and can be joined at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/RESEARCH-DATAMAN.html. The list description is:"List to discuss the data management issues arising in and from research projects in UK Higher Education and its partners in the UK research community and internationally, established by the Digital Curation Centre on behalf of the JISC."

Project data life course

17 November, 2008

This blog post is an attempt to explore the “life course” of an arbitrary small to medium research project with respect to data resources involved in the project. (I want to avoid the term life cycle, since we use this in relation to the actual data.)