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 home for Edinburgh Research Data Blog! TAGS: blog | data | datablog | Edinburgh | Edinburgh DataShare | Edinburgh DataVault | Edinburgh Research Data Blog | MANTRA | Research Data | Research Data Management | Research Data Service | University of Edinburgh 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 →

Reflections on Repository Fringe 2017 TAGS: arts data | data curation | DataVault | Humanities data | librarians | Repository Fringe | Research Data The following is a guest post by Mick Eadie, Research Information Management Officer at University of Glasgow, on his impressions of Repository Fringe 2017. From the Arts The first day afternoon 10×10 (lightning …Continue reading →

Data Vault project kickoff meeting TAGS: #DatsSpring | data vault | JISC | JISC Data Spring | Research Data 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 staff member: Stuart Macdonald TAGS: New Staff | Research Data Library & University Collections has great pleasure in welcoming a new member of staff to its ranks.  We welcome Stuart Macdonald to the position of Research Data Management Service Coordinator, …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data – Call For Papers TAGS: Information Services | Research Data Dealing with Data Conference 2014 Call for Papers Date: Tuesday 26th August 2014, 9am – 1pm Including a formal launch of University RDM service by the Principal at 11:30am Location: …Continue reading →

IDCC 2014 – take home thoughts TAGS: Conferences | IDCC14 | research | Research Data A few weeks ago I attended the 9th International Digital Curation Conference in San Francisco.  The conference was spread over four days, with two days for workshops, and two for …Continue reading →

Thinking about a Data Vault TAGS: Library | Research Data In a recent blog post, we looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether their primary …Continue reading →

Thinking about Research Data Asset Registers TAGS: Library | Research Data In my last blog post, I looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether their primary …Continue reading →

New staff member: Kerry Miller TAGS: Library | New Staff | Research Data Library & University Collections has great pleasure in welcoming a new member of staff to its ranks.  Kerry Miller has joined us in the role of Research Data Management Service …Continue reading →