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This Was the Data Stewardship Goes Germany Workshop 2024
Source: Unibib RWTH
This year’s TU9 workshop for data stewards took place from September 11 to 12, 2024 at RWTH Aachen University. The two-day workshop provided an opportunity to exchange ideas on research data management in science and technology, with a particular focus on the role of data stewards. In this article we look back on two successful and instructive days.
Tombstones: When Research Data Disappears but Is Not Forgotten
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Happy Halloween! Have you ever heard of “tombstones”? We have put together a special and mystical article for you to mark the spooky holiday of the year. The digital world offers us enormous opportunities, but what happens when research data is deleted? Is it lost forever? This is where the idea of “tombstones” comes into play – an elegant solution to make the disappearance of research data more transparent.
That Was the Young Academics Day 2024
Source: Own illustration
On September 5, 2024, it was that time again: the RWTH Young Academics Day (YAD) for young academics took place in the SuperC of RWTH Aachen University. PhD students and postdocs at RWTH were invited to network, exchange ideas and reflect on their own career paths and decisions through inspiring lectures, as well as to be inspired by the services offered by RWTH. The RDM team from RWTH was also there to present the services of research data management (RDM) at the “marketplace”.
Free Places – Online Workshop Fair Data Through Publication
Source: Own illustration
Are you interested in making your research data visible and reusable? Would you like to find out how best to proceed and whether your research data is suitable for this? Then you are cordially invited to take part in the online workshop “FAIR data through publication” on September 18, 2024.
Save the Date! TdF 2024
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Make a note of the second Tuesday in November – November 12, 2024! That’s when the Day of Research Data (TdF) will take place in NRW for the fourth time. This year’s motto is “Into the data garden: make your research bloom”. Be curious and look forward to a blooming and colorful research data garden!
data.ONE – Data Literacy Basic Course I
Source: Center for Teaching and Learning Services
The ability to collect, evaluate, manage, analyze and interpret data appropriately and critically is indispensable in the 21st century. And it is precisely this key competence of data literacy that is the focus of the data.RWTH project. Since 2021, data literacy has been taught to students of all subjects in a multi-perspective and fundamental way as part of the data.RWTH program, which consists of online courses. In the following, we are pleased to present the first course data.ONE.
ELN at RWTH: Pilot Phase with eLabFTW
Source: eLabFTW
In the ever-evolving landscape of research, documentation remains a cornerstone of scientific progress. Traditionally, researchers have relied on analog lab journals, but the shift towards digital solutions offers numerous advantages. Electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) not only enhance searchability, allowing easy retrieval of past experiments, but also ensure consistency through structured templates and metadata profiles.
Coscine & fdm.nrw in the FAIR-IMPACT Support Programme
Source: FAIR-IMPACT
The application of Coscine in cooperation with fdm.nrw to participate in the FAIR-IMPACT Support Programme for repositories and data service providers has been successfully confirmed. This inclusion in the second call for Route 1 expert support marks an important step for both organizations and the further development of their services.
Read this blog post for more details about the program and its goals and challenges.
Central RDM Services at the RWTH: AIMS – Application Profile Service
Source: IT Center RWTH Aachen
This article is part of our series “Central RDM Services at RWTH Aachen“. It is intended to show our researchers – i.e. you – which RDM services are offered at RWTH Aachen University to support you in your research and data management. We talk to the people responsible for the services and collect all the information for you in the individual articles. In this article, we would like to introduce you to the RDM service “AIMS”.
Open Meeting of the RDM Network in June 2024
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On June 12, 2024, the open meeting of the RDM network at RWTH Aachen University on the topic of “Publication – Open Access and Data Publication” took place online via Zoom again. After the last RDM network meeting, which took place as a face-to-face event at the University Library of RWTH Aachen University, the RDM team of RWTH Data Stewards invited doctoral students, postdocs and those interested in RDM to the virtual open meeting of the RDM.
