MANTRA @ Melbourne The aim of the Melbourne_MANTRA project was to review, adapt and pilot an online training program in research data management (RDM) for graduate researchers at the University of Melbourne. Based …Continue reading →

Jisc Data Vault update Posted on behalf of Claire Knowles Research data are being generated at an ever-increasing rate. This brings challenges in how to store, analyse, and care for the data. Part of …Continue reading →

Research Data Alliance – report from the 6th Plenary The Research Data Alliance or RDA is growing about as fast as the data all around us. It got off the ground in 2012 with the support of major research …Continue reading →

Edinburgh DataShare – new features for users and depositors I was asked recently on Twitter if our data library was still happily using DSpace for data – the topic of a 2009 presentation I gave at a DSpace User …Continue reading →

Data Vault project kickoff meeting Last week, members of the Data Vault project got together for the kickoff meeting.  Hosted at the University of Manchester Library, we were able to discuss the project plan, milestones …Continue reading →

New data analysis and visualisation service Statistical Analysis without Statistical Software The Data Library now has an SDA server (Survey Documentation and Analysis), and is ready to load numeric data files for access by either University …Continue reading →

Leading a Digital Curation ‘Lifestyle’: First day reflections on IDCC15 [First published on the DCC Blog, republished here with permission.] Okay that title is a joke, but an apt one to name a brief reflection of this year’s International Digital …Continue reading →

Open up! On the scientific and public benefits of data sharing Research published a year ago in the journal Current Biology found that 80 percent of original scientific data obtained through publicly-funded research is lost within two decades of publication. The …Continue reading →

New release of Research Data MANTRA (Management Training) online course The Research Data MANTRA course is an open, online training course that provides instruction in good practice in research data management. There are nine interactive learning units on key topics …Continue reading →

Upcoming Dealing with Data Conference and RDM Service Launch The Edinburgh RDM team is a-buzz this week with preparations for the launch of our services, which will be carried out by the University’s Principal, Sir Timothy O’Shea in the …Continue reading →