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Alexandra Delipalta | 1 July 2019

New MOOC: Delivering Research Data Management Services

The Digital Curation Centre in collaboration with Research Data Netherlands have developed an online course on Delivering Research Data Management Services (DRDMS). The course is now open for enrolment at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/delivering-research-data-management-services starting officially on the 2nd of September 2019. 
Sarah Jones | 18 June 2019

New DCC paper on Open and FAIR

A few weeks ago, a new paper was published that I co-authored with Rosie Higman from the University of Manchester and Daniel Bangert from the University of Göttingen. It untangles the overlaps between FAIR, Open and RDM, providing insights on how each can be used for advocacy and improving good research practice. Check it out!

Higman, R., Bangert, D. and Jones, S., 2019. Three camps,...
Joy Davidson | 15 April 2019

FAIRsFAIR: THE FAIR data hub addressing the data culture change in Europe

On 14th March 2019, the DCC team were in Amsterdam to participate in the launch of the H2020 funded FAIRsFAIR initiative which we'll be partnering on for the next three years. FAIRsFAIR aims to to  contribute towards the culture change needed to increase the production and use of data that are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) in the European...
Sarah Jones | 10 March 2019

RDMF revisited - unconference style

It’s been a while (16 months in fact!) since the DCC held an RDMF, and we’ve had a few requests from the community to provide a space for discussing challenges and sharing lessons on providing research data support. Hot on the heels of a trial at IDCC in Melbourne, we’re going to bring back the RDMF in an unconference format.

Puit 9th April in Manchester in your calendar now....
Sarah Jones | 27 February 2019

We are family! Join the IDCC party

A report on the DCC's first foray into the Southern Hemisphere to run IDCC19 in partnership with the University of Melbourne
Diana Sisu | 24 February 2019

“Digital Sensations”: New generation of innovative solutions advancing digital curation

 Did you miss the demos presented at IDCC19? Natalia Grincheva has produced an overview as well as video podcasts.
Alexandra Delipalta | 6 February 2019

IDCC19 Prize winners
Diana Sisu | 4 February 2019

Opportunities and challenges in digital curation

The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) 2019 will host a community discussion with two major players in digital curation:

  • Nancy McGovern, Director of Digital Preservation at MIT Libraries
  • Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

Delegates will put forward questions which will be discussed live by the two...
Diana Sisu | 18 January 2019

Data curation in medical science and healthcare

Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, is the Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NLM is the world’s largest biomedical library and the producer of digital information services used by scientists, health professionals and members of the public worldwide.

She will give the closing keynote lecture at the 14th edition...
Diana Sisu | 14 January 2019

Christine Kenneally talks about the impact of data on real lives

Christine Kenneally is an award-winning journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, Time, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Monthly, and other publications.

She will give the opening keynote lecture at the 14th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference in Melbourne. Her lecture will look at the lack of personal data for...