{"id":79,"date":"2013-06-17T13:44:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2013-06-17T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:44:17","slug":"an-insight-into-institutional-rdm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/2013\/06\/17\/an-insight-into-institutional-rdm\/","title":{"rendered":"An insight into institutional RDM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I attended the Jisc Managing Research Data Programme Workshop in Birmingham on 25-26 March on behalf of the University of Edinburgh and gained a real\u00a0insight into how other institutions are addressing Research Data Management (RDM) and how well our work has been\u00a0received. It had participants from all areas of RDM, with good presentations sharing\u00a0progress made on the subject at their institutions.<\/p>\n

What clearly stood out was the compliments on the work we have done so far … this was
\nmentioned numerous times over the weekend where presenters commented on using our work (such as RDM policy and training) as a\u00a0starting point for their projects. The ‘Business Cases’ session was particularly interesting\u00a0highlighting all the important non-technical issues (funding, stakeholders, politics, local\u00a0culture, etc) that need to be handled sensitively in planning and implementing RDM.<\/p>\n

Sarah Jones presented our new DIY toolkit for librarians in the ‘RDM Training’ session. The
\ntoolkit is a self-directed training course, intended to be used by a group of librarians to
\nbuild confidence in supporting researchers with RDM. MANTRA modules are used as pre-reading\u00a0and reflective questions and exercises are used to guide discussion at each face-to-face\u00a0session. The training materials were well received and are already being reused by other\u00a0Universities.<\/p>\n

It was interesting to discover there was lack of training for IT folk in RDM and a desire to
\nhave this addressed … I reported that we were in the process of producing this at our
\nUniversity. One institution sent all their RDM staff (IT, librarian, research services, etc)
\nto the workshop so ‘all’ get a real feel for what is required and appreciate best practices
\nat other institutions. It was somewhat comforting, but not entirely surprising, to learn
\nthat other institutions have similar challenges to us with RDM.<\/p>\n

While the sessions over the two days were informative, the opportunity to network with peers\u00a0at other places and discuss issues\/challenges at the round table sessions and evenings was\u00a0invaluable and perhaps the biggest plus in attending the workshop. I enjoyed the experience\u00a0and learnt a lot from it.<\/p>\n

You can find out more about the event and access all the presentations and event reports on the event web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abdul Majothi
\nHead of IS Consultancy for CHSS
\nUser Services Division
\nInformation Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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