Kategorie: ‘Informationen & Beratung’
ELN at RWTH: Pilot Phase with 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.
Open Meeting of the RDM Network in June 2024

Source: Own illustration; Freepik
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.
NFDI-MatWerk Digitization Survey
NFDI-MatWerk is developing a research data infrastructure for materials science and engineering. To this end, the NFDI consortium with RWTH affiliation is now surveying the needs of the materials science and engineering community for the second time.
Central RDM Services at the RWTH: RWTH Publications
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 “RWTH Publications for research data”.
Data Stewardship goes Germany 2024
This year’s Data Stewardship goes Germany (DSgG) workshop will take place at RWTH Aachen University on September 11 and 12, 2024. After Braunschweig and Dresden, this year’s workshop, organized by the Research Data Management working group at TU9, will take place in the imperial city of Aachen. Submit your contribution by June 10, 2024 and secure one of the coveted places.
Central RDM Services at RWTH: Coscine
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 “Coscine”.
Central RDM Services at the RWTH: RDMO
This article is part of our series “Central RDM Services at RWTH Aachen University“. 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 “Research Data Management Organizer (RDMO)”.








