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Report from the Jisc Research Data Network meeting – May 2016

On Wednesday 18th May 2016 Matt Mahon (UCL Library Services) attended the Jisc Research Data Network meeting at the University of Cardiff. This is his report from this event. “The day was organised in order to allow colleagues working on research data management across different UK higher education institutions to share their experiences of setting up various aspects of Research Data Management (RDM) services. In […]

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Let’s take a coffee break to discuss research data

The first week of April saw Amsterdam host the two-day Open Science Conference which was devoted to establishing an action plan to foster and promote open science. On the first day there were several panels introducing the current situation and the problems and challenges faced by this topic. The second day was focussed on action and this was where LIBER played an outstanding role by […]

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2nd LEARN Workshop: Vienna (April 6th 2016)

Representatives of several ministries, funding bodies, research institutions from eight European countries and of two international publishers attended the 2nd LEARN workshop at the Campus of the University of Vienna, organised by LEARN partner UNIVIE with the help of the consortium members. The workshop, focused on Research Data Management towards Open Science, was designed to encourage all stakeholders – researchers, research funders, research organisations and senior decision makers – […]

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CEPAL Building by John Zacherle (Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/4283217428

Paving the way for RDM in Latin America and the Caribbean: The role of ECLAC in LEARN

(This post is also available in Spanish / Este post también está disponible en castellano: Preparando el camino hacia la Gestión de Datos de Investigación en América Latina y el Caribe: El rol de la CEPAL en el Proyecto LEARN) As a Project partner, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has actively been  promoting LEARN and pursuing efforts to advocate […]

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Call for expressions of interest: research and data management

Have you designed a research data management plan at your institution? Are you involved in the provision of an RDM service for your community? Have you developed an RDM policy for your organization? Have you defined a cost model for management of your research data? At LEARN Project we are very interested on hearing about your experience, whether successful or not, and gather representative stories […]

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LEARN, Policies and Data Management Plans

LEARN Partner University of Vienna has started to analyse existing Research Data Management (RDM) policies at selected Universities and research institutions, identifying Data Management Plans (DMP) as core instruments of RDM policies. Data Management Plans (DMP) encompass the entire lifecycle of data, including generation, storage, and management of data after project completion. For researchers, DMPs provide an aid to foster thinking, right from the beginning, […]

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Is your institution ready for managing research data?

Managing research data has become one the contemporary challenges for research institutions. More and more funders and publishers are asking researchers to share the data they gather, compile or create during the course of their research. However it is not simply an issue of sharing or publishing as the matter goes further than that. Research institutions need to provide support for the complete research cycle, […]

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1st LEARN Workshop: London (January 29th 2016)

29 January 2016 saw the first LEARN Workshop take place in Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London. LEARN is an EU-funded project, led by UCL Library Services, on the topic of research data management. 83 registered delegates attended the day from the UK, the continent of Europe and Santiago in Chile. Attenders were librarians and IT staff, researchers, research funders, and research organisations. The LEARN project partners […]

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Research Data Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overview

(This post is also available in Spanish / Este post también está disponible en castellano: Panorama de la Gestión de Datos de Investigación en América Latina y el Caribe)  The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, is one of the LEARN Project partners. Working in this project has allowed us to see how people and institutions in our diverse region are taking significant […]

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First release of the documents regarding the development of RDM Policies

The Library of the University of Vienna (UNIVIE) leads the LEARN project work package concerning the development and alignment of Research Data Management (RMD) Policies. Our team, in collaboration with the LEARN Partners, develops a model for policies for RDM. These policies can be tailored by universities and research institutions according to their individual needs. After collecting and analysing the required information and structuring the […]

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