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DataShare Spotlight: The Hiberlink project, and anticipating change in a data repository TAGS: | | | | | While looking through DataShare for datasets about research practice, I found the Hiberlink project dataset [1], which perfectly illustrates some of the challenges the changing digital research landscape poses to …Continue reading →

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DataShare spotlight: Debates on slavery and abolition held by student debating societies at the University of Edinburgh, 1765-1870 TAGS: | | The best part of my job is looking through the new datasets submitted to DataShare, our open-access data repository. One of the first datasets that gripped me was; Debates on …Continue reading →

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DataShare spotlight: Human MotionLess Dataset (HuMoLs) and the creative potential of research data TAGS: | | | | For the second installment of the spotlight on DataShare blog posts, I would like to showcase a fascinating item containing videos of people not doing anything! The dataset in question …Continue reading →

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Evelyn Williams, new Research Data Support Assistant TAGS: | | Hello, readers of Edinburgh Research Data Blog! Last month I joined the University’s Research Data Service team as a Research Data Support Assistant, and I’m excited to be back at …Continue reading →

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Keith Munro, new Research Data Support Assistant TAGS: | 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 →

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DataShare awarded CoreTrustSeal trustworthy repository status TAGS: | | 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 →

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Quicker, easier interface for DataVault TAGS: | | | | We are delighted to report that Edinburgh DataVault now has a quicker and easier process for users. The team have been working hard to overhaul the form for creating a …Continue reading →

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Diverse climate change data in DataShare’s newest thematic collection TAGS: | | | ‘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 →

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The big 3-0-0-0: DataShare reaches three thousand datasets TAGS: 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 →

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How to DataShare TAGS: | 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 →

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