2020 brought about monumental change. In May, following the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many others, there was a global groundswell of antiracist activism headed up by the Black Lives Matter movement. By and large, white people began to consider the privileges and biases afforded by whiteness and white supremacy, at an individual and a structural level. One major issue is the sharing of knowledge and data ownership. This blog looks at how archivists, as a collective of information workers, can embed anti-racism into their practice.

Register for DMPonline user group running on 8 June 2021 9.30 - 12.30 BST

The benefit of subscribing to our enhanced package is that you get to customise your pages. In our recent blog post, we have laid out how we revisited and improved the process. One of the areas where we have realised we will need to improve on is also introducing UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for your newly customised testing pages. In this blog post I summarise how to go about testing your newly created pages, however you can also watch a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHmViocehQM).

How are institutions coordinating their ‘core’ generic and/or discipline-level support for research data stewardship, and how can national communities of practice help? RDMF21 will take place as two half day events on the afternoon of the 12th and the morning of the 13th of July, and it will feature a wide range of international speakers, and a mix of presentations and interactive breakout discussions. 

We have a new job opening for a senior technical role in the DMPonline service at the DCC. Read the full article for more information and the link to apply. Applications close on July 12th.