JISC makes Freedom of Information issues clearer for researchers
Managing requests for research data under Freedom of Information (FoI) and Environmental Information Regulation legislation has just got easier for researchers with the launch of a step-by-step...
View ArticleShared Services in Cloud Computing
Today's announcement by HEFCE of funding for the development of cloud services in UK Higher Education will allow the DCC to develop some significant new services in the coming year. Read more
View ArticleOnline Data Management Planning Tool Tames Data and Meets Research Funding...
A group of major research institutions is partnering to develop a flexible online tool to help researchers generate data management plans. This effort is in response to demands from funding agencies,...
View ArticleJISC Legal Cloud computing and the law toolkit
JISC Legal's new cloud computing and the law toolkit assists HEIs to navigate the legal issues associated with implementing cloud computing at their institutions. Read more
View ArticleJISC Headlines Issue 95: Podcasts on research data management
The current issue of JISC Headlines includes two podcasts on research data management from leading experts in the field. Read more
View ArticleSTFC releases a scientific data policy
The STFC has released a scientific data policy, meaning that every member of RCUK has now issued guidelines on data management and sharing. The STFC policy builds on the RCUK Common Principles on Data...
View ArticleNew institutional data policy
The University of Hertfordshire has released a data management policy. Image: University of Hertfordshire Learning Resource Centre, Creative Commons licenced - CC-BY p_a_h Read more
View ArticleBook: Managing Research Data
Managing Research Data aims to introduce the broader research community to such core issues of data management as the terms of compliance with funder expectations, the context and recommended...
View ArticlePromoting information literacy for HE researchers
Stéphane Goldstein, Research Information Network (RIN), has authored an article for LIBER Quarterly that summarizes the collaborative approaches fostered by the RIN Working Group on Information...
View ArticleDMP Online v3.0 launches
The Digital Curation Centre is pleased to announce the launch of DMP Online v3.0 This new release marks a major progression in the software’s functionality. For the first time users can create data...
View ArticleA Wellcome development?
Graham Pryor, 29 June, 2012The Wellcome Trust has announced that it will be strengthening the manner in which it enforces its open access policy. With immediate effect, failure to comply with the...
View ArticleReflections on data sharing
Michael Day, 3 July, 2012The findings of the Researchers of Tomorrow study have challenged assumptions that researchers of the generation born between 1982 and 1994 would be naturally more 'connected'...
View Article4C Project - Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation
The EC has launched a major new initiative to help organizations invest confidently in digital curation and preservation. 4C Project - ‘the Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation’ - will help...
View Article4C consultation is now open!
The 4C project is issuing an open consultation to find people interested in clarifying the costs of curation for their organisation. It consists of an online questionnaire that will start a...
View ArticleANADP wins Preservation Publication Award from Society of American Archivists
Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation wins Preservation Publication Award from Society of American Archivists. The volume includes an contribution on Education Alignment authored by Joy...
View ArticleRDM Service Coordinator job at Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Research Data Management Service Coordinator to spearhead the development of a compelling user-shaped RDM service for the University of Edinburgh academic...
View ArticleRDM job at Strathclyde University
The University of Strathclyde is currently advertising for a Research Data Support Officer. Based in Research and Knowledge Exchange Services,the position will be part of the Research Data Management...
View ArticleNEW Book: Delivering Research Data Management Services
This new book published on 20 December 2013 is a step-by-step guidance to setting up and running effective institutional research data management services to support researchers and networks.Read more
View ArticleNEW Book: Mastering Digital Librarianship
This new book examines the changing roles of the librarian and how working within a rich digital environment has impacted on the ability of professionals to develop the appropriate 'know how'; skills,...
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