Projects

To further the development of the DCC and the services that we are able to offer, we collaborate with a wide range of external partners.

Current projects led by or involving the DCC include:

• DryadUK
  developing and evaluating a research data repository for life sciences
• DigCurV
  an EU project to create a framework for vocational training in digital curation
• CARDIO
  a benchmarking tool to assess research data management
• SRF
  a cloud-based collaborative notebook system to assist the management of lab-based research data

Past projects include:

• KRDS/I2S2
  developing tools for assessing the benefits of the digital preservation of research data
• Closing the Digital Curation Gap
  an international collaboration on curriculum development and data skills
• Data Management Skills Support Initiative (DaMSSI)
  a support project for the JISC data management training projects
• Incremental
  a data management project producing guidance and training materials
• Infrastructure for Integration in Structural Sciences (I2S2)
  an earth science / chemistry data management project
• Engineering Research Information Management (ERIM)
  a data management project focused on mechanical engineering data
• Piloting the LIFE costs tool in UK HEIs
  a project to roll-out and test the LIFE preservation costs methodology and tool
• Case Studies in the Life Sciences
  RIN-funded studies on researchers data sharing practices in the life sciences
• Open Science Case Studies
  case studies investigating what motivates researchers to make data open
• SCARP
  disciplinary case studies investigating data management practices
• ERIS
  a project to enhance repository infrastrcture in Scotland

Partnerships

We also cultivate longer term, less formal relationships with a number of organisations involved in UK research.

Discover more about how alliances with the likes of LOCKSS, CODATA, NeSC and eSI help to further the work of the DCC.