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New content in MANTRA: ‘Keeping research data safe’ TAGS: We are pleased to provide an update on MANTRA, the free online research data management training resource. The MANTRA course was developed around ten years ago to provide knowledge and …Continue reading →

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New home for Edinburgh Research Data Blog! TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | Tempus fugit. This Data Blog, which has been going since 2013 is now moving to Edinburgh University Libraryblogs. This follows the 2018 organisational merger of the Data Library team at …Continue reading →

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End of an era – 2017-2020 RDM Roadmap Review (part 1) TAGS: | | | Looking back on three years that went into completing our RDM Roadmap in this period of global pandemic and working from home, feels a bit anti-climactic. Nevertheless, the previous three …Continue reading →

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Dealing with Data 2019 (January 2020): Collaboration Across the Nations TAGS: | | Picture the scene: A cold January day, the wind blowing the scarves of the passers-by through the large windows of the Informatics Forum meeting room. The group inside listens, takes …Continue reading →

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Training researchers for a software and data-intensive world with Edinburgh Carpentries TAGS: | This is guest post from Giacomo Peru and the EdCarp Committee (https://edcarp.github.io/committee/). Sections of this post were published previously on the EPCC blog. The Edinburgh Carpentries (EdCarp) is a training …Continue reading →

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New video about the Research Data Service TAGS: The Research Data Service team is delighted to announce a new resource to help researchers and research support staff become familiar with the wide range of tools and support that …Continue reading →

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Aerial Digimap data: The mapping service where it’s always sunny TAGS: | The latest Digimap addition is aerial photo images, covering the whole of Great Britain to 25cm precision. The University of Edinburgh has just subscribed to Aerial Digimap, so the great …Continue reading →

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Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: February to April 2016 TAGS: | | The membership of the Research Data Service Virtual Team across four divisions of IS was confirmed and met for the first time (to replace the former action group meetings) on …Continue reading →

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Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: November 2015 – January 2016 TAGS: | | Data Seal of Approval have awarded DataShare Trusted Repository status; their assessment of our service can be read at https://assessment.datasealofapproval.org/assessment_175/seal/html/. In addition a major new release of DataShare was completed …Continue reading →

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Rediscovering the Poetry of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, a 19th-Century Edinburgh Writer and Musician Today we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement...
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