RDMF9: Shaping the infrastructure

Examples of technological change designed to assist the producers, users and managers of research data are becoming increasingly prevalent.

The impetus for this is varied. At a broad national level, for example, the JISC Managing Research Data programme has recently sponsored a number of infrastructure initiatives; from the funders' perspective, many institutions have now embarked on a three year programme of transition to achieve research data readiness as defined by the nine EPSRC expectations; and the DCC's own series of targeted institutional engagements has identified significant opportunities for improving infrastructure that will support and enhance the research process.

Other socio-technical advances bringing influence to bear on data management practice are legion.

Delegates to RDMF9 considered not only the technology solutions that are being offered but also the policies and players who are shaping them. The range of topics that were covered included

• Who is driving the technology strategy?
• The appropriateness of institutional repository platforms for managing data
• IT restructuring and incorporation of research data management
• Building a data registry
• The role of the IT services department
• Data storage options: what to consider
• Third party providers - what's on offer
• Case studies from the JISC and UMF programmes
• Technology overviews

Presentations

• IT Transformation Programme and RDM at QMUL - Paul O'Shaughnessy
• Evolving and sustaining institutional research data management with national infrastructure for research - Jonathan Tedds
• Gaia Data Processing Consortium and the Apache Hadoop solution - Marco Riello
• Janet Brokerage at RDMF9 - John Milner
• To architect or engineer? Lessons from DataPool on building RDM repositories - Steve Hitchcock
• Building a research data catalogue: knowing what you've got and where it is - Sally Rumsey
• Supporting bespoke DMP in big science - Norman Gray
   

Details of topics and speakers are given in the event PDF (see link above).

The hashtag for this event is #rdmf9

Go to Madingley Hall for information about the location and facilities.

Costs and Registration

Registration is now closed.

The cost per delegate is £100 (£60 for members of the DCC Associates Network). The fee includes accommodation for the night of 14th November plus an evening meal.