{"id":1358,"date":"2014-08-29T14:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2014-08-29T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:45:39","slug":"dealing-with-data-conference-rdm-service-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/2014\/08\/29\/dealing-with-data-conference-rdm-service-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Data Conference & RDM Service Launch – summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"University<\/a>Information Services (IS) held a half-day conference in the Main Library on the subject of \u2018Dealing with Data\u2019 to coincide with the launch of the University of Edinburgh\u2019s Research Data Management support services on 26 August.<\/p>\n

University researchers presented to over 120 delegates from across the disciplinary and support spectrum on many aspects of working with data, particularly research with novel methods of creating, using, storing, or sharing data. Subjects included Big Data for disease control, managing West Nilotic language sound files, sharing brain images, geospatial metadata services, visualising qualitative data via carpets!<\/p>\n

\"Dealing<\/a><\/p>\n

The RDM Programme team are currently collecting feedback and will report on this and the conference in more detail via this blog.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dealing with Data Conference\u2019 delegates then gathered in the Main Library foyer to hear brief talks by Professor Jeff Haywood, Professor Peter Clarke and Dr John Scally followed by the formal launch of the RDM Services by the University\u2019s Principal, Sir Timothy O\u2019Shea who underlined the successful collaboration between research and support service communities in establishing research support services worthy of a leading UK research-intensive university.<\/p>\n

\"University<\/a><\/p>\n

A ‘storify’ story of tweets<\/a> collected during the launch and the conference is available, with pictures and perspectives from various attendees.<\/p>\n

The launch of the IS-led RDM Services is the culmination of work detailed in the RDM Roadmap<\/a> which began in earnest in August 2012 following approval of the RDM Policy<\/a> by the University Court in May 2011.<\/p>\n

Details of available and planned RDM Services for University of Edinburgh researchers were reported on in the blogpost: RDM Roadmap: Completion of Phase 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Conference presentations can be downloaded from Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) at: https:\/\/www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk\/handle\/1842\/9389<\/a><\/p>\n

Stuart Macdonald
\nRDM Service Coordinator
\nstuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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