Are you addressing research data management? | Jisc

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-05

Summary:

"No-one who works in academic research today – from researchers, to librarians, IT specialists, research office staff, funders and service providers – can fail to notice that ours is a sector in constant flux. What you've told us From speaking to the research data management (RDM) community we’ve found there’s a strong desire for research data to be given the same importance as outputs in traditional publications, which means incentive structures in research need to change to encourage the sharing of research data in ways in which it can be cited and re-used.    What skills does a research data management professional need?  We have been exploring this question with our colleagues at with the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA)Research Libraries UK (RLUK), the Russell Universities Group of IT Directors (RUGIT), the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) and with those directly responsible for RDM in universities.  Our conversations have highlighted the need for a research data specialist at universities to support researchers in managing their data ..."

Link:

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/are-you-addressing-research-data-management-31-mar-2015

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.data oa.policies oa.sustainability oa.advocacy oa.metadata oa.preservation oa.rdm oa.economics_of

Date tagged:

04/05/2015, 10:11

Date published:

04/05/2015, 06:11