Kategorie: ‘Informationen & Beratung’
Research Data Management at RWTH – Get the Overview!
A quick and up-to-date introduction can be found with our RWTHmoodle course “Research Data Management – An Overview (RDM I – online)”!
This course is regularly updated and adapted to the dynamic development of research data management (RDM) and the RWTH infrastructure. Since the beginning of the year, you can use the updated version of the established self-study course.
Love Data Week 2023 – Digital Support in the RDM

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Interested in more data love? Then we have a second appetiser for you. Because RWTH Aachen University will be offering yet another event as part of Love Data Week 2023.
Follow-up Report on the Open Meeting of the RDM Network on January 11, 2023

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On January 11, 2023, the data stewards, RDM officers and RDM interested parties at RWTH Aachen University met for the first time in the new year for the regular Open Meeting of the RDM Network online via Zoom. The focus this time was on the two RDM instruments DataLad and the GIN-Tonic tool.
Love Data Week 2023 – Celebrating the Love of Data
It’s coming soon! Love Data Week 2023 is just around the corner. In the week around Valentine’s Day, February 13-17, data love will be celebrated worldwide under the motto “Data: Agent of Change” with many events on different RDM topics.
RDM Explains – What is Open Access?

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Open Access publications are becoming increasingly relevant in many disciplines, but at the same time they are still often viewed with differentiation or even scepticism. For scientific progress and further research, however, it is indispensable that a broad mass of people can access and use the results. We have therefore taken a closer look at the topic of Open Access.
The Next Open Meeting of the RDM Network on January 11, 2023

Preview RDM Network Meeting
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Next week, on January 11, 2023, starting at 10am, the first open meeting of the RDM network in the new year will take place on the topic of DataLad and the GIN-Tonic tool online via Zoom. You should not miss this! For newcomers and those interested, we have summarised once again in our new blog post what the RDM network meeting is all about.
The Series of Successes Continues – Funding for Consortia With RWTH Participation Approved
At the end of the year, there is not only something new to announce from the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), but also reason to rejoice for RWTH Aachen University. After we reported on the funding recommendation of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in July, the final decision on the future funded consortia of the 3rd round was made last month.
RDM Explained – How do I Cite Research Data?
The last article in the “RDM explains” series was about how to find research data. But what happens if you have found relevant data and use it in your scientific work? In order not to run the risk of unintentionally plagiarising, care should be taken to cite all sources in a scientifically correct manner. But how exactly do you do that with research data? In this article, we present important principles and possibilities.
This Was Research Data Day 2022 – A Look at The RWTH’s RDM-Compass
All good things come in three. After we already reported on the cross-site morning programme and the RWTH’s workshop offer on the RDM platform Coscine, this is the third follow-up report on the Research Data Day in NRW, which was held on November 15, 2022 under the motto “Lighthouse RDM: Orientation in the Sea of Data”.