Toolkit of Best Practice for Research Data Management

The LEARN Project has just released its free Toolkit of Best Practice for Research Data Management:

http://learn-rdm.eu/en/research-data-management-toolkit-now-available/

The Toolkit expands on the issues outlined in the LERU Roadmap for Research Data (2013). It is nearly 200 pages long, and includes:

• 23 Best-Practice Case Studies from institutions around the world, drawn from issues in the original LERU Roadmap;
• 8 Main Sections, on topics such as Policy and Leadership, Open Data, Advocacy and Costs;
• One Model RDM Policy, produced by the University of Vienna and accompanied by guidance and an overview of 20 RDM policies across Europe;
• An Executive Briefing in six languages, aimed at senior institutional decision makers.

LEARN's Final Conference will take place in London on 5 May:

http://learn-rdm.eu/en/events/final-conference/