Data in Nature

Finally got around to looking at the article on data that appeared on the Nature website last week.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/461145a.html

Very nice to see JISC mentioned so positively in the editorial. They mention the Digital Curation Centre by name which is obviously one of the key pieces of support and infrastructure that JISC is funding to ensure that UK universities and colleges have access to advice and guidance in the handling and managing of research and other types of data.

Some other resources they didn’t have space to mention …The DCC (in collaboration with the Research Information Network) run the Research Data Manager’s Forum. This is a series of meetings that have brought a number of practitioners, funders and other stakeholders together to examine and discuss the issues facing data managers and curators.

http://data-forum.blogspot.com/

There is a mailing list available that is geared towards this community

https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RESEARCH-DATAMAN

There is a recent report (Nov 2008) that looks at the Benefits of Curating and Sharing Research Data.

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/databenefitsfinalreport.aspx

Another report (Jan 2009) looks at various national infrastructures enabling the sharing of data.

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/preservation/nationaldata.aspx

Earlier reports are available … one looking at the skills, roles and career structures that are required to support data scientists

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/dataskillscareersfinalreport.aspx

All of which build on a report from 2007 authored by Liz Lyon, “Dealing with Data”.

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/dealingwithdatareportfinal.aspx

The JISC Research Data Management programme is now in full swing and is in the process of starting 8 new major projects that will examine various aspects of Data Management Infrastructure. These projects will be supported by the DCC and other initiatives that will progress specific areas of complementary work (e.g.Tools).

http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/

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