data management Archive

  • IDCC13: What’s in a name? The ‘data scientist’ symposium

    IDCC13: What’s in a name? The ‘data scientist’ symposium

    Posted on 21 January 2013 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    The IDCC symposium this year was on ‘What is a data scientist?’ After some shuffling of chairs, Liz Lyon opened proceedings with a quick show of hands on who thought they were a data engineer, data analyst, data librarian, data steward, dat...

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  • IDCC13: Bringing people together via DMPs

    IDCC13: Bringing people together via DMPs

    Posted on 15 January 2013 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    The DMP workshop at IDCC brought together speakers from all corners of the globe to pursue the common interest of data management planning. The event was kicked off by Martin Donnelly of the DCC who co-organised it with Carly Strasser from the Californ...

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  • New resources

    New resources

    Posted on 24 September 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    There have been loads of useful links circulated recently. As an aide-memoire and signpost to others who may have missed them, here's a quick summary. First off there's a US study to demystify the data management requirements of research funder...

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  • Data Citation tutorial at iPres 2012

    Data Citation tutorial at iPres 2012

    Posted on 31 August 2012 by Monica Duke | News
    Monica Duke and Alex Ball will be presenting a tutorial on data citation at iPres 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The tutorial will be held on the 2nd October and registrations are  open (early bird registration closes on 1st September).

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  • 10 recommendations to get started with research data management

    10 recommendations to get started with research data management

    Posted on 27 August 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC, Reports
    Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management, Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard et al, (July, 2012) This is a breath of fresh air. An EU report that does exactly what it says on the tin - in only 3 pages! The LIBER e-Science...

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  • Librarians, data management and listening dogs

    Librarians, data management and listening dogs

    Posted on 23 August 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    DCC staff were at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress last week. The conference was vast, welcoming over 4,200 librarians to Helsinki and addressing all manner of library concerns. The programme included a number of sessions relevant to da...

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  • ANDS & the DCC

    ANDS & the DCC

    Posted on 16 April 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    After giving a presentation on DMP Online at the Future Perfect conference, Martin and I visited ANDS staff in the Canberra and Mebourne offices.  We had some great discussions, sharing common ground and learning from each other's lessons. Rea...

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  • Is the Future Perfect?

    Is the Future Perfect?

    Posted on 16 April 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    The overriding message from the Future Perfect conference was that the future is not perfect!  There are lots of digital preservation challenges that we're still grapling with, but on a more optimistic note, we *are* making headway. Read more

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  • The essential data roadmap

    The essential data roadmap

    Posted on 1 March 2012 by graham.pryor | From DCC
    Last April the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) wrote to university vice chancellors explaining their Policy Framework on Research Data. This framework set out EPSRC’s principles and expectations concerning how the insti...

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  • Developing a roadmap for RDM

    Developing a roadmap for RDM

    Posted on 16 February 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    We trialled a new session at the Loughborough roadshow on developing data policy and services. This ended with an excerise on producing an RDM roadmap, as the EPSRC requirement to do this by May 2012 is uppermost on many people's minds. Read more

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