In February 2016 the LEARN project launched a survey addressed to any research institution willing to analyse its readiness to manage research data. The survey’s 13 questions were based on issues outlined in the LERU Roadmap for Research Data. Each question had three possible answers, aligning with one of three possible situations: an institution ready to manage research data (green) an institution on the way […]
The LEARN Project began in 2015 with a mission to raise awareness of the need for better Research Data Management (RDM), and to help this process along by producing several resources to help institutions with their RDM needs. Two years later, this EU-funded project with five partners has reached its official end point. We’re proud of the many resources we’ve provided to the community in […]
Throughout the two years of the LEARN Project, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN/ECLAC) has invested a lot of effort in awareness raising and in capacity building on RDM issues in the Latin America and Caribbean region. One of the most powerful ways in which ECLAC achieved its aims was through a series of Mini Workshops. This series concluded […]
The LEARN Project has five partners and, uniquely for an EU-funded project, one of them is based in the South American country of Chile. The Chilean-based partner is ECLAC, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and recently ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, travelled to Brussels to meet Neven Mimica, the European Union Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development. They agreed to renew the […]
LEARN recently hosted a webinar about our new Toolkit of Best Practice for Research Data Management. The speakers were: Wouter Schallier, ECLAC Paolo Budroni, University of Vienna Martin Moyle, UCL The webinar is now available for anyone to view, via the video below. The Toolkit, and other project resources, can be downloaded from our Tools & Resources page.
The LEARN Project is all about creating tools and resources which help institutions improve the way research data is managed. Through workshops and other activities, we’ve spoken to many institutions about the challenges they face in this area. However, data management isn’t something that only comes from institutions. Researchers also need to be actively involved, and institutions need to understand how to encourage researchers when […]
The LEARN Project has been shortlisted in the “Outstanding Library Team” category, as part of the prestigious Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards (THELMA) for 2017. The annual THELMA awards showcase and celebrate the best examples of professional services innovation, teamwork and enterprise in the university sector. LEARN was entered into the competition by University College London, one of the five partners participating in […]
Is your library or institution working on a Research Data Management policy, or looking for examples of best practice when it comes to managing research data? If so, join us on 24 April at 1500 CET for a free webinar: The LEARN Tookit – an armoury of best practice for all research performing organisations. The Toolkit was recently launched by LEARN as a resource for […]
Research data is the new currency of the digital age. From sonnets to statistics, and genes to geodata, the amount of material being created and stored is growing exponentially. For research performing organisations, this deluge of data presents many challenges in areas such as policy and skills development, training, costs and governance. To help address these issues, today LEARN is publishing the final draft of […]
This week data scientists, librarians, computer scientists, and domain scientists will gather in Barcelona for the 9th Research Data Alliance Plenary Meeting, and LEARN will be there! RDA Plenary meetings are special working events that help move the research data community forward, improving data sharing across disciplines, technologies, and countries. This ethos fits perfectly with LEARN’s goal of supporting institutions in their quest to better deal […]
