In this third post focusing on our recent RDM survey of UK HEIs, we consider the impact of the JISCMRD programme on the work UK HEIs are undertaking. Jisc recently funded projects to undertake a range of initiatives investigating the management of research data. Specific programme strands were: Research Data Management Infrastructure (RDMI) Research Data […]
Following on from our earlier post about Institutional readiness for managing research data, Stéphane and I have been looking at staffing levels in UK HEIs for establishing and supporting RDM. The data comes from our recent survey of UK HEIs RDM practices and a mapping to JISCMRD programme institutions. A further set of indicators can serve to […]
We now have a short slide presentation as an introduction to research data management at Loughborough. The slides cover funders’ expectations for managing research data and what Loughborough is doing to prepare institutional policy, services and support for RDM.
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We have been working with Stéphane Goldstein, a Consultant at the Research Information Network (RIN), to see whether there is any link between the development of institutional research data management services and involvement in the JISCMRD programme. Universities in the UK are preparing policies and services to better support research data management. This work is being […]
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Many research funders now require a data management plan (DMP) to be submitted in a grant proposal. Such plans set out how data will be handled during a project and how it will be shared with others. They are an invaluable tool to guide data management and should be amended as necessary as a project […]
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Thanks to Professor Rob Wilby, we have our first research data management case study. Rob talks about his research into Flood indices for Britain (1881-2011) and reasons for making the data public. These include benefits to the public, improving dissemination and uptake of research, and improved visibility which can lead to greater citation. Rob’s case […]
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The results of our recent survey of UK HEI research data management activities are available. Martin Hamilton has posted a comprehensive blog post intriguingly titled ‘Metadata is a Love Note to the Future – UK Higher Education Research Data Management (RDM) Survey‘. The survey and results generated a good deal of interest on and off-line.
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Loughborough University has been conducting a survey to discover what services UK Universities offer for managing research data created within their institutions. Martin Hamilton wrote about the survey in a post titled ‘UK Higher Education Research Data Management Survey‘. The questionnaire was divided into four main themes: About RDM at your institution: this covered demographics and whether a research […]
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We have had another brilliant training session from the Digital Curation Centre. Once again the topic was research data management planning but this time looking at costing for RDM. The outline for the session was as follows: Introduction What are Data Management Plans and why are they important? Funders’ policies on data management and eligible […]
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RCUK have just released guidance information on costing research data management in grant proposals. There is a brief press release (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2013news/Pages/130709.aspx) which includes a link to a more detailed blog posting and Q&A document from an event about funding for research data management.
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