I2S2 was one of the projects from the JISC Managing Research Data Programme involved in a Parallel Session at the annual JISC Conference last week.

The session, The benefits of more effective research data management in UK Universities, aimed to highlight the positive effects of improvements in research data management solutions as promoted by three of the projects in the MRD Programme.  The “benefits case studies” developed by the MRD projects will be synthesised in a report by Neil Beagrie due for release in May.

Presentations from the parallel session are available online at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2011/03/jisc11/programme/1researchdata.aspx

They are best perused in the following order:

Simon Hodson, JISCMRD, Introduction
Neil Beagrie, Cost-Benefits and Business Cases Support Role
Manjula Patel and Neil Beagrie, I2S2 Project, UKOLN, University of Bath
June Finch, MaDAM Project, University of Manchester
Jonathan Tedds, HALOGEN Project, University of Leicester