Kategorie: ‘From the practice’
Follow-up Report – Coscine @ Coffee Lecture
Source: Coscine
On May 31, 2023, Coscine was presented as part of the Coffee Lecture series of the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management. This time, everything revolved around the topic of “FAIR research data management (RDM) from the very beginning”. Coscine offers an innovative solution for storing, managing and archiving research and metadata. The goal is to support researchers in their work and to promote collaboration across organizational boundaries. Learn how fair RDM works in Coscine and how Coscine can be used in this blog post.
Shaping Data Spaces in Germany and Europe – Herrenhäuser Conference
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From April 24 to 25, the Herrenhäuser Conference “Shaping Data Spaces in Germany and Europe – Impulses from Science” took place in Hannover. Decision-makers from the European Commission, the DFG and the NFDI consortia met to discuss the current and future challenges of data nationally and across Europe. RWTH Aachen University was also represented at the two-day conference.
Follow-up Report on the RDM Network Meeting in May
Source: Own illustration; Freepik
On May 10, 2023, the data stewards, RDM officers and people interested in RDM at RWTH Aachen University met again for the regular open meeting of the RDM network online via Zoom. This time, the participants were guided through the most important steps in the FAIRification process using the FAIR Cookbook.
Presentation of the New NFDI Section “Industry Engagement”
Source: nfdi.de
The sections are an important part of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). In October 2021, the first four sections have already started their work. On March 22, the Scientific Senate approved the establishment of the fifth section: Industry Engagement (section-industry).
Follow-up Report on the RDM Network Meeting in April
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The last Open Meeting of the RDM network, unlinke past network meetings, was held in Presence on April 12, 2023. Above the rooftops of the city in the conference room of the University Library of RWTH Aachen University, data stewards, RDM managers and RDM interested parties from the university met for the RDM network meeting and to get to know each other.
Follow-up report – Coscine at NFDI ToolTalk
Source: Own illustration
On March 20, 2023, Coscine was presented as part of the NFDI ToolTalk series. As previously announced in the NFDI Talks blog post, here is the post-event report on the digital event. What the contents of the presentation were, we have summarized for you in this post.
NFDI Talks: Coscine at the NFDI ToolTalk
Source: Own illustration
In order to give researchers space and time for exchange and impulses, the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) organizes regular Talks in which experts from various disciplines present exciting topics in research data management (RDM) such as new services, use cases, and more. In the current ToolTalk, Coscine was the subject of the event!
Follow-up Report on the Open Meeting of the RDM Network as part of Love Data Week
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The week before last was all in the name of love, or more precisely the love of data. For this reason, the regular Open Meeting of the RDM Network took place this time on February 15, 2023 as part of Love Data Week online via Zoom and was not only aimed at the data stewards, RDM officers and RDM interested parties at RWTH Aachen University, but also at external parties. In the meeting, participants were able to learn and exchange information about two approaches to digital support in RDM. You can read this and more in our latest Love Data Week follow-up report.
Call for Papers – Build on Data
Source: baureka.online
Contributions for the community conference “Auf Daten bauen // Build on Data”, of the DFG project baureka.online are sought up to and including March 1, 2023. The community conference on “Research Data in Historical Building Research and Historic Preservation” will take place hybrid on May 4 and 5, 2023. Participants have the opportunity to attend the conference at the Technical University in Berlin or to attend online.
What Does a Data Steward Actually Do? Part 3
Katharina Grünwald in an interview. Source: Own illustration
The professional field of data stewards is exciting and versatile, which is why we don’t want to deprive our RDM blog readership of the third part of our series “What does a data steward actually do? In this interview, Ms. Katharina Grünwald answers our questions.
