http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org Just another jiscinvolve.org weblog Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:47:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Higher education institutions are coming under increasing pressure to manage the research data generated by their researchers that cannot be curated by subject-based data centres - and many are unsure how to proceed given the absence of clear good practice.  To address such concerns, JISC’s Managing Research Data programme has, ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/12/10/research-data-management-infrastructure-projects/ Press Release: JISC helps researchers to meet the research data challenge JISC marked the launch of its research data management programme at the UK e-Science All Hands meeting this week. The programme helps researchers, institutions, funders and policy makers meet the challenge of keeping research data for re-use in the future. ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/12/09/press-release-announces-the-managing-research-data-programme-jiscmrd/ Below is a list of organisations which, at the 6 July Briefing Day, made themselves known as keen to be partners in a Bid to the Data Management Infrastructure Call. British Geological Survey (BGS): Jeremy Giles (jrag@bgs.ac.uk) Garry Baker (grba@bgs.ac.uk) The British Geological Survey is part of the Natural Environment Research Council.  ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/07/09/prospective-partners-for-data-management-infrastructure-bids/ JISC and DCC Joint Workshop: Digital Curation 101 Lite 15 July 2009 Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds, England http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/digital-curation-101-leeds-2009/register About the Course This course is being offered jointly by JISC and the DCC to support new bids under the JISC Data Management Infrastructure Programme call. Using our DCC Curation Lifecycle Model (http://www.dcc.ac.uk/lifecycle-model/) as a reference point, this ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/07/06/dcc-101-lite-course-for-prospective-bidders-to-data-management-infrastructure-call/ The STFC e-Science centre would like to partner an institution in a bid to the JISC Research Data Management Call. The e-science centre at The Science and Technology Facilities Council (See http://www.e-science.stfc.ac.uk/) would like to hear from partners with experience in delivering data management solutions and operational services.  STFC (previously CCLRC ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/07/04/8/ Edinburgh Napier University would be interested in hearing from any potential partners who would be interested in taking advantage of Napier's expertise. David Telford, Deputy Director of C&IT Services writes: 'We are implementing an information architecture with change management.  This supports our data integration and reporting.  It may be that our ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/06/18/edinburgh-napier-university-looking-for-project-partners/ Andy Powell of Eduserv is looking for Project Partners in a Bid to the Data Management Infrastructure Call.  On the eFoundation Blog, he explains what Eduserv would bring to any consortium. http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/06/18/eduserv-looking-for-project-partners-for-a-data-management-infrastructure-bid/ The Research Data Programme 2009-11 will build upon existing work, within and without the JISC, both nationally and internationally, to establish the foundations for the UK research data infrastructure. A briefing paper about the Programme will be available shortly.  One of the Programme's principal aims is to encourage more effective ... http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/2009/06/11/data-management-infrastructure-call-2/