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RDM within the University of St Andrews IT support

Digital Curation Centre blogs — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:07:12 +0000

During the JISCMRD workshop in October 2012, I gave a presentation on the outcomes of the DCC institutional engagement project at the University of St Andrews and how that project has influenced the development of research data management (RDM) support within St Andrews.

JISCMRD: Developing and implementing RDM policy

jonathan.rans — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:42:28 +0000

The development of research data management (RDM) policy has been a hot topic over the previous year with the EPSRC’s deadline of May 1st 2012 for the production of a ‘roadmap’ strategy document driving activity in this area. Now the focus is shifting, with institutions looking to the future and asking how these aspirational policies can be turned into practical reality.

UEL’s perspective: Data management from a standing start

Blogs — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:40:50 +0000

First in a series of blog posts featuring institutional experiences of developing policies, implementing strategies and capturing roadmaps.

Developing institutional data policies: trend for 2012

sarah.jones — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:44:50 +0000

The DCC is supporting a number of UK universities with research data management and top of the wishlist for most is a data policy. The EPSRC policy framework is often cited a key driver. We’re also seeing lots of policy development courtesy of the new JISC Managing Research Data programme, so predict this will be a key trend in 2012.