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How to Manage Research Data: Data Licensing

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Alex Ball of UKOLN and the DCC will give a presentation on Data Licensing on Day 3 of the 2nd DCC Roadshow being held over 1 – 3 March 2011 in Sheffield. Alex’ session will feature an introduction to data licensing and will provide participants with an awareness of why licensing data is important, the impact licences have on future research, and the potential pitfalls to avoid. The theme of the final day of the Roadshow is Digital Curation 101 Lite: How to Manage Research Data.

Engineering Research Data Management Planning Requirements

Monday, February 21st, 2011

The ERIM (Engineering Research Information Management) Project has released four documents related to data management planning requirements. The first is a set of principles for engineering research data management. The second is a thematic analysis of the guidance given by five organisations on writing data management plans (DMPs). The outcomes of the analysis and the principles were used to construct a DMP requirement specification for engineering researchers and their departments. This in turn was used to plan support for DMP-writing in an engineering research centre at Bath, and provide specific DMP requirements for its researchers.

The ERIM Project is part of JISC’s Managing Research Data Programme, looking at data management planning in EPSRC-funded projects. It is a collaboration between the Innovative design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) at the University of Bath and UKOLN, representing the Digital Curation Centre.

New DCC/JISC Legal Guide: How to License Research Data

Monday, February 14th, 2011

The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has published the second in its series of How-to Guides: How to License Research Data by Alex Ball of UKOLN and the DCC, in association with JISC Legal. The guide explains why licensing data is important, what licensing options are available to researchers, and how to go about attaching a licence to a dataset. It is designed for principal investigators, researchers, and those who provide access to research data through a data centre, repository or archive.

The guide is available for online reading or download from the DCC Web site.

Shared Services in Cloud Computing to Be Funded by HEFCE

Monday, February 7th, 2011

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced a £12.5m programme to deliver efficiencies through shared services in cloud computing infrastructure and applications. This new programme, which will be managed by JISC, supports colleges and universities in the innovative use of digital technologies.

A core virtual server infrastructure (a ‘cloud’) will be set up to offer discounted data management and storage services to HE institutions. It will be deployed in data centres starting with a pilot at Eduserv, which will work in collaboration with the Digital Curation Centre.

As a partner in the Digital Curation Centre, UKOLN at the University of Bath is pleased to be contributing to this major new initiative to support research data management, working in partnership with the JISC, JANET and Eduserv. Further information is available from the HEFCE Web site.