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  • Object stores

    Object stores

    Posted on 20 February 2012 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    Although my involvement in Research360 is at the level where technology and people interact, I’m also doing my best to understand how our infrastructure is developing at a much lower level so that I’m in a position to better advise non-technical stakeholders. Bath University Computing Services (BUCS) are currently in the process of procuring a new [...]

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  • South-west meetup

    South-west meetup

    Posted on 13 February 2012 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    On Wednesday 1 February, we met up with representatives of three other universities in the south-west area to discuss and find common ground on our JISC Managing Research Data projects. Represented were: Research360, University of Bath data.bris, University of Bristol OpenExeter, University of Exeter Managing Research Data, University of the West of England Each institution has its own unique set [...]

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  • Progress update: February 2012

    Progress update: February 2012

    Posted on 10 February 2012 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    Progress update: February 2012 On Thursday 2 February 2012, we got together for a project team meeting, so leading on from that, here’s a brief progress report: As we’re starting to get a number of requests for help specifically related to research data management, we agreed to set up a queue on RT (Request Tracker, our support [...]

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  • VALA2012: libraries and technology down under

    VALA2012: libraries and technology down under

    Posted on 9 February 2012 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    Liz Lyon gave a keynote speech on Wednesday 8 February 2012, entitled “The Informatics Transform: Re-engineering Libraries for the Data Decade“, at the VALA2012 conference in Melbourne, Australia. The talk focused on the transformations required for libraries to keep up with digital trends, and drew on Liz’s own experience for exemplars, including the University of [...]

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  • Introducing… Catherine Pink, Institutional Data Scientist

    Introducing… Catherine Pink, Institutional Data Scientist

    Posted on 20 December 2011 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    Our new Institutional Data Scientist, Catherine Pink, started yesterday. She’ll be contributing more to the blog soon, but for now, here’s a short introduction: I’m Catherine Pink and I’m the new Data Scientist for the Research360 project. I have a broad role that will primarily involve acting as an interface with and between the existing support services and [...]

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  • Vacancy: Systems Developer (Research Data Management)

    Vacancy: Systems Developer (Research Data Management)

    Posted on 20 December 2011 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    We are looking to recruit a Systems Developer to develop an interface between our Virtual Research Environment (Sakai) and a SWORD2-compliant digital repository, as well as to provide general development and support of our research data infrastructure. The post is part-time and fixed-term. For more information and to apply, please see our jobs site: Systems Developer – [...]

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  • Doctoral Training Centres as catalysts for research data management

    Doctoral Training Centres as catalysts for research data management

    Posted on 15 December 2011 by Jez Cope | From Research360
    As I’ve already mentioned, the focal point for a lot of the pilot work in Research360 is the Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Sustainable Chemical Technologies. This presents us with some interesting opportunities and challenges, and is well worth investigating: DTCs (or CDTs depending on the research council) are fast becoming the norm for PhD [...]

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