Kategorie: ‘From the practice’
Open Science Festival in Cologne – We Were There
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“Meet, Share, Inspire, Care!”: Under this motto, the second edition of the German Open Science Festival was held at the ZB MED – Information Center and Life Sciences and at CECAD in Cologne on July 4 and 5, 2023. The RDM team of RWTH Aachen University did not want to miss this spectacle and paid a visit to the cathedral city on July 4. We have captured our impressions of this eventful day for you.
Follow-up Report – RDM Workshop in Essen
Source: fdm.nrw
From June 14-16, 2023, the Coscine team participated in the RDM workshop hosted by Landesinitiative fdm.nrw in Essen. The RDM workshop offered the opportunity to try out different tools, including Coscine. In different sessions, special functions of the individual tools were presented, which could be tried out by the participants during or afterwards. In addition, the workshop was an optimal opportunity to exchange information about the respective tools and to network. (*)
Follow-up Report on the RDM Network Meeting in June
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On June 14, 2023, data stewards, RDM responsible persons and RDM interested persons of RWTH Aachen University met again for the regular open meeting of the RDM network online via Zoom. This time, an exciting lecture on “RDM in clinical studies” awaited the participants.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
