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  • Developing a roadmap for RDM

    Developing a roadmap for RDM

    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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  • South-west meetup

    South-west meetup

    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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  • Review of Data Management Lifecycle Models

    Review of Data Management Lifecycle Models

    Ball, A., 2012. Review of Data Management Lifecycle Models. Bath, UK: University of Bath.

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  • Progress update: February 2012

    Progress update: February 2012

    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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  • Research Data Management Plan Requirements Specification for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath

    Research Data Management Plan Requirements Specification for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath

    Darlington, M. and Ball, A., 2012. Research Data Management Plan Requirements Specification for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath. Bath: University of Bath.

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  • VALA2012: libraries and technology down under

    VALA2012: libraries and technology down under

    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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  • Re-skilling for research – observations on an RLUK report

    Re-skilling for research – observations on an RLUK report

    The Preface to this new RLUK report opens by declaring how it “is clear that as the nature of research within our institutions changes, so must the role of the library in supporting research”.Read more

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  • Scoping Data Management: inflation, inflation!

    Scoping Data Management: inflation, inflation!

    I recently asked a PI how much data space he thought he and his team of researchers might need over, say, the next two years. Based on his current research he thought perhaps, 1-2 GB per project would be about right on average, although he did have one anomalous project the raw data for which [...]

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  • How can we evaluate data repositories? Pointers from DryadUK

    How can we evaluate data repositories? Pointers from DryadUK

    How can researchers, publishers and others interested in a data repository tell if it is any good or not? The Dryad UK project has released a 'Draft Framework for Assessing the Dryad Data Repository'. This was was among the final outputs recent...

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  • House of Lords debates research data curation and disclosure

    House of Lords debates research data curation and disclosure

    Scrutiny of the Protection of Freedoms Bill brings calls from peers for 'temporary exemption' for data if researchers undertake to deposit in an archive. This is one of many amendments being considered that would bring FOI legislation in the re...

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