data policy Archive

  • 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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  • Policies for open research

    Policies for open research

    Posted on 18 April 2012 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    I was tweeted some great questions about RDM and open access policies today and thought they warranted more than a 140 character response. Read more

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  • A journey shared – on the road to research data management.

    A journey shared – on the road to research data management.

    Posted on 12 April 2012 by Monica Duke | From DCC
    The workshop on developing institutional data policies held in mid-March helped institutions to come together to discuss different approaches and learn from each other. This article describes some of the lessons emerging from the workshop, complementin...

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  • Turning roadmaps to action

    Turning roadmaps to action

    Posted on 19 March 2012 by angus.whyte | From DCC
    Many UK Higher Education Institutions are setting out their 'roadmap' of actions to support research data management, to meet a deadline set by funding body EPSRC. Prompted by a workshop organised by DCC and JISC with the RoaDMaP project at Lee...

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  • House of Lords debates research data curation and disclosure

    House of Lords debates research data curation and disclosure

    Posted on 15 January 2012 by angus.whyte | From DCC
    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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  • Tools for data management planning

    Tools for data management planning

    Posted on 12 December 2011 by sarah.jones | From DCC
    The DCC ran a workshop at IDCC which brought together the teams that have developed the UK and US data management planning tools: DMP Online and DMP Tool. The workshop initially looked at the data policies in each country that define requirements fo...

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