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 →

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 →

Quicker, easier interface for DataVault TAGS: data archiving | DataShare | DataVault | Edinburgh DataVault | Research Data Service 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 →

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 →

“Archiving Your Data” – new videos from the Research Data Service TAGS: data reuse | DataShare | DataVault | videos In three new videos released today, researchers from the University of Edinburgh talk about why and how they archive their research data, and the ways in which they make their …Continue reading →

DataShare 3.0: The ‘Download Release’ means deposits up to 100 GB TAGS: big data | DataShare | RDM services With the DataShare 3.0 release, completed on 6 October, 2017, the data repository can manage data items of 100 GB. This means a single dataset of up to 100 GB …Continue reading →

Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: May to July 2016 TAGS: Awareness raising and advocacy | DataShare | DataStore | DataVault | MOOC | News and publications | RDM services | Roadmap progress | Tagged DataShare The following key results were highlighted in the RDM Programme Progress Report: There were 42 new users and 69 data management plans created with DMPOnline. An additional 1.5PB has been …Continue reading →

Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: February to April 2016 TAGS: DataShare | DataVault | MOOC 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 →