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RDMF16: Data (and) Systems, Redux
21-22 November 2016 |
It’s been more than eighteen months since EPSRC’s data policy mandate came into force, and the joint Concordat on Open Research Data is in place with broad support and institutional guidelines to match. Across UK Higher Education, many systems have been refreshed, services established, and guidelines put in place. Research data, alongside its cousin research software, is finding its place in institutional and national catalogues as a ‘first-class citizen’ among the research outputs to which they are linked.
Views will vary as to how accurate a picture this paints. For some institutions it may be spot-on, but for others the RDM service still represents the ‘best endeavours’ of a handful of people, reliant on local contacts and peers in friendly institutions. Excellent systems are being put in place, against a rapidly evolving ecosystem including European and global research infrastructures. The need to connect more broadly and more deeply than ever is a common concern, even for institutions already operating ‘business-as-usual’ RDM services, and successfully engaging with depositors and re-users.
This event offers those responsible for research data services new opportunities to influence and be inspired by key developments, refresh their contacts, and share strategies and perspectives in an unbiased and platform-agnostic environment.
Challenges to be considered might include:
- How will data repositories evolve and compete with CRIS, file sharing and related platforms?
- What tools, strategies and workflows enable institutions to connect open data, safe sharing, and confidential collaboration – and manage the risks?
- How can research data services connect with broader research infrastructures and information, engage with non-academic data sources, and promote reuse beyond the research audience?
Speakers and presentations
Slides for each of the presentations are now available:
- Opening and closing slides - Martin Donnelly (DCC)
- Research Repositories, Research Systems and Research Careers - the triple lifecycle challenge? - Professor Les Carr (University of Southampton) (keynote)
- Case study: Systems challenges for 2020 - Graham Collins and Chris Emmerson (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Case study: Integrating systems for data and other content - Mick Eadie (University of Glasgow)
- Case study: Piloting the integration of Symplectic Elements with an institutional repository - Rosie Higman (University of Cambridge)
- Case study: Pure for research data: future developments and integrations - Federica Fina (University of St Andrews)
- Data, CRIS and other systems - James Toon (Elsevier)
- A publisher’s perspective - Fiona Murphy (Murphy Mitchell Consulting)
The event agenda can be accessed via the link at the side of this page.
Blog posts:
- Creating a research data community - Rosie Higman (@RosieHLib), Research Data Advisor, University of Cambridge, and Hardy Schwamm (@hardyschwamm), Research Data Manager, Lancaster University [slides]
- Research Software Preservation breakout session report - Katie Fraser, University of Nottingham
- Technology breakout session report - Martin Donnelly, DCC
Amplification: We used the hashtag #rdmf16 - there's a Storify page here, but searching Twitter is a better idea.
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Costs and Registration
Standard registrations are now full, but a limited number of day-only registrations remain. Please contact info@dcc.ac.uk if you would like to register on a day-only basis.
Venue address and travel:
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel
5-21 Grosvenor St
Edinburgh
EH12 5EF
If arriving by train, alight at Haymarket rather than Waverley. If arriving by air, the airport tram and bus both stop opposite Haymarket station, which is about a 100m walk from the venue.
Image credit:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjsonline/2279833995 (CC licence)