Keith Munro, new Research Data Support Assistant TAGS: DataShare | staff Hello, my name is Keith Munro and on March 4th 2024 I began my new role as a Research Data Support Assistant. Immediately prior to joining the Research Data Service …Continue reading →

Digital Curation Interviews project with DCC TAGS: Research Data Service In this guest blog post, Clara Lines Diaz reports on last year’s Digital Curation Interviews with University of Edinburgh researchers, conducted by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) on behalf of …Continue reading →

Large scale data transport service launched TAGS: DataStore | Globus Research Services, IT Infrastructure Division, are pleased to report that a project that allows researchers to transfer terabytes of data between the University of Edinburgh and external collaborators has been …Continue reading →

New feature: Sharing DataVault data with an external user TAGS: DataVault Outward Staging Area | DOSA By popular demand, the Research Data Service is pleased to announce the arrival of a brand new feature: the DataVault Outward Staging Area (DOSA), a free-of-charge benefit to DataVault depositors. …Continue reading →

DataShare awarded CoreTrustSeal trustworthy repository status TAGS: CoreTrustSeal | DataShare | standards CoreTrustSeal has recognised Edinburgh DataShare as a trustworthy repository. What does this mean for our depositors? It means you can rest assured that we look after your data very carefully, …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh’s new Research Data Management Policy TAGS: policy | Research Data Following a year-long consultation with research committees and other stakeholders, a new RDM Policy (www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-data-policy) has replaced the landmark 2011 policy, authored by former Digital Curation Centre Director, Chris Rusbridge, …Continue reading →

New feature in Edinburgh DataShare: the REST API TAGS: dspace | Edinburgh DataShare Ever wanted to get a table of the details of all the datasets on DataShare to do with Scottish history? Or matching some other criteria, possibly on specified fields? If …Continue reading →

Diverse climate change data in DataShare’s newest thematic collection TAGS: climate change | DataShare | open data | Software ‘Code red for humanity’ was the galvanising message of the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published on 9 August. The report draws on thousands of academic …Continue reading →

The big 3-0-0-0: DataShare reaches three thousand datasets TAGS: DataShare We’re thrilled Edinburgh DataShare has just ingested its 3,000th deposit: Davey, Thomas; Draycott, Samuel; Pillai, Ajit; Gabl, Roman; Jordan, Laura-Beth. (2021). Wave buoy in current – experimental data, [dataset]. University …Continue reading →

How to DataShare TAGS: DataShare | videos The latest in our series of Research Data Service ‘how-to’ videos provides guidance and handy hints on making data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) by depositing in Edinburgh DataShare, …Continue reading →