Kategorie: ‘Services’
August 11th, 2022 | by
Kaulbach, Lina-Louise

Source: Martin Braun
The RDM further education programme for researchers at RWTH Aachen University in the 2nd half of 2022 is now online. Register right now and save your place in the workshop!
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Kategorie: Allgemein, An der RWTH, Informationen & Beratung, Services, Weiterbildungen
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August 4th, 2022 | by
Kaulbach, Lina-Louise
If you want to conduct research at a high level, you inevitably have to deal with research data management and digital long-term archiving to prevent possible data loss. We would like to illustrate why RDM is important and easy to implement, especially in the digital age, using NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft as a case study.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, From the practice, Berichte, Informationen & Beratung, RWTH Best Practices, Use Cases
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July 21st, 2022 | by
Nosthoff, Sophia
What works in RDM practice and what is better not to do? You can find out in the new podcast “IDEA”, which we present in our new blog post.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, From the practice, Informationen & Beratung, Services, Use Cases
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July 14th, 2022 | by
Ujkani, Arlinda
Services are constantly evolving, and so is our research data integration platform Coscine. Those who do not want to miss updates, new features and further developments on Coscine have from now on the possibility to stay informed via the new Coscine mailing list.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, An der RWTH, Informationen & Beratung, IT-Services
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June 23rd, 2022 | by
Kaulbach, Lina-Louise
More than 14 million ORCID iDs already exist worldwide (source: orcid.org).
What the ORCID iD is, what advantages it brings you in your everyday research, as well as further information about its use at RWTH Aachen University can be found in this blog post.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, An der RWTH, From the practice, Informationen & Beratung, RWTH Best Practices
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June 15th, 2022 | by
Nosthoff, Sophia
On June 8, 2022, the data stewards, RDM managers and people interested in RDM at RWTH Aachen University met again online via Zoom for the regular open meeting of the RDM network. The event took place under the motto Networking of Data Stewards and RDM Managers and offered the opportunity for participants to network with each other and to get to know the various activities and RDM tasks better.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, An der RWTH, Berichte, Informationen & Beratung
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June 9th, 2022 | by
Ujkani, Arlinda

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It’s time again for our series ” RDM Explained”, in which we provide you with important terms and information for practical research data management.
In the present day, digital information is an integral part of our everyday lives. Whether messages in social networks, digital photos, documents, or videos – we want to access all this data for as long as possible. But permanent access to digital data is not only an important issue in the private sphere, but also in the research context. The long-term usability of research data is a prerequisite for scientific progress. This article therefore offers a brief introduction to digital preservation.
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Source: Own illustration © RWTH Aachen
Recently, the IT Center Blog team reported on the large-scale project “The Archive Migration” – What has happened so far” of the IT Center and RWTH Aachen University. By 30 June 2022, the archive migration should be completed and all classified archive nodes transferred to Coscine and the DigitalArchive. Archiving research data has already been possible with Coscine since last year. In this article, we address some queries from researchers and explain the background to why you should archive your research data with Coscine.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, An der RWTH, From the practice, Berichte, Informationen & Beratung, RWTH Best Practices
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May 19th, 2022 | by
Nosthoff, Sophia
On May 11, 2022, it was once again time for the monthly open meeting of the RDM network. Around 70 data stewards, RDM managers and those interested in RDM at RWTH Aachen University came together online via Zoom. This time, the main topic was research funding with a focus on the innovations and requirements of the DFG for RDM.
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Kategorie: Allgemein, An der RWTH, From the practice, Berichte, Informationen & Beratung
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