A number of JISCMRD Projects have been looking at regional collaborations. Organised by Jez Cope of Bath Research 360, the projects in the south west of the country (Bath Research 360, Bristol’s Data.Bris, UWE’s MRD Pilot and Open Exeter) met recently. There are two blog posts about this meeting which may be of interest to […]
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Two projects have recently posted presentations which may be of interest to others. Bill Worthington from the #rdtk_herts project recently gave a lunchtime presentation at the University of Hertfordshire which provides a useful overview of the Research Data Toolkit Project. There are sections covering the motivation, national and local policy contexts, benefits/impact and the projects approach […]
JISC has today release a Grant Funding Call 01/12. The Call for Proposals comes from JISC’s Digital Infrastructure Team and contains four elements which are part of the Managing Research Data Programme http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2011-13 The Grant Funding Call may be found on the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2012/01/0112%20DI.aspx The deadline for submission is 12.00 noon on 16 […]
Some interesting observations are emerging from the Strand B Research Data Management Planning projects about the specific and model data management plans, or data management checklists, which they are developing. Many of the projects are agreed in the nature of one of the principal challenges: it is to ensure that the data management plan is […]
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JISCMRD Project Posters
A centrepiece of the JISC Managing Research Data Programme Launch Workshop was the poster session. Feedback on the session has been very positive and a lot of projects seem to have found it a useful and effective way of finding out about each others’ work and establishing points of contact. Many – but not all […]
Steve Hitchcock (@stevehit) from Southampton’s DataPool Project has published an interesting blog post about that project’s progress on taking forward a research data management policy. DataPool’s three pronged approach (addressing system, policy and training) was described in Steve’s first post. DataPool is pushing forward with the Southampton research data policy. The project is currently hoping to […]
There are a number of blog posts available providing accounts and discussions of the recent JISCMRD 2011-13 Launch Workshop. I have provided links below. I am very grateful to those of you who have posted accounts of the workshop as a whole or various sessions. A few gaps remain and I would be grateful to […]
In addition to the 17 Research Data Management Infrastructure Projects listed in the previous post, the JISC Grant Funding Call 07/11 Managing Research Data Programme (02) 2011-13 also funded 10 projects looking at issues relating to Research Data Management Planning. These are listed below, with links to project websites and blogs. Strand B: Research Data Management Planning […]
The JISC Grant Funding Call 07/11 Managing Research Data Programme (02) 2011-13 led to the funding of 27 projects across three strands. With some exceptions for administrative delays, the projects started on 3 October 2011 and most now have their websites and blogs up and running. Further information about the strands and projects is available […]
In response to a recent query, I put together in an e-mail some links to information about JISC-funded activity in the area of research data management for performance and creative arts. It seems sensible to share those here as well. There is quite a lot of material already available, so potentially the task of implementing […]