DataCite brochure

DataCite have released a brochure describing who and what they are, as well as what DOIs are how you get them etc...

https://datacite.org/assets/DataCite_Brochure.pdf

Research Data Curation Bibliography, Version 9

http://digital-scholarship.org/rdcb/rdcb.htm

Includes over 750 English-language works (2009-2017) about research data creation, acquisition, metadata, provenance, repositories, management, policies, support services, funding agency requirements, open access, peer review, publication, citation, sharing, reuse, and preservation.  Includes links and, for CC BY and public domain works, abstracts. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

COAR Research Data Management survey results

In September 2016, COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) launched a Research Data Management (RDM) Interest Group to help the community expand their operations to support RDM. This group will provide a forum for discussion about managing research data, identify best practices and strategies, and support capacity building for RDM in the repository community.

RDM is wide ranging and there are already many organizations active in this area. The aim of COAR’s work is to promote and articulate the role of research institutions in providing access to research data and to help address the challenges of RDM for the repository community.

See the results of research data management survey, undertaken in December 2016

The COAR Research Data Management Interest Group has identified the following activities for 2016-2018:

1. Webinars
2. Develop an assessment framework to help institutions evaluate data repository systems
3. Undertake a brief survey of RDM activities within the COAR membership
4. Identify and link to key training material and resources
5. Share collection policies for RDM in repositories
6. Recommend metadata standards for research data sets

https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/repository-content/rda-interest-group-the-long-tail-of-research-data/

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/reining-your-metadata-help-archivist

A wonderful simple post that would be useful for researchers who know they need to do metadata but have not quite worked out how yet.

Reining in Your Metadata with Help from an Archivist

Advice for organizing your research materials.

By 

Heather VanMouwerik

 

November 13, 2016

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Heather VanMouwerik is a Ph.D. candidate in Russian History at the 

University of California, Riverside. Follow her on Twitter @hvanmouwerik or 

check out her website.

 

 

Every book we read, every source we mine, and every number we collect has a history, has a life that precedes us and will continue long after we are gone. It is easy to forget this when we are frantically collecting materials for our dissertation. This legacy is rich but, in the hustle-and-bustle of research trips, exam prep, and writing, it is often neglected or even forgotten.

 

One of the most important parts of building an archive is capturing this legacy by recording an item’s dimensions, condition, material composition, origin, and provenance. In so doing, an archivist generates a vast amount of metadata, or information about an item irrespective of its content. Not only is this information useful in categorizing and storing the item, it also enriches the context of the archived item for researchers and facilitates use of the collection as a whole.

Metadata, though, isn’t reserved for the hallowed halls (or cold, windowless basements) of an archive. It is also a vital part of any researcher’s personal database.

Take a moment to review the material you have collected for your dissertation or other long-term project. How is it organized? ... Finish reading

Infographic: Understanding Metadata

If you've ever struggled with the concept of metadata this quick reference guide is your new go to! This graphic provides a simple and high-level overview of how you can use metadata to improve your research data.

http://www.ersa.edu.au/enewsjune2014/understanding-metadata
Download a copy of the Understanding Metadata infographic (JPG 355KB)

Burn it all down

Hugh Rundle says 'The age of library technicians and cataloguers is over, and shiny new librarians can’t solve our problems if they’re not supported by bold leaders and managers. What we need now is metadata managers'. hughrundle.net | 28 May 2015

Infographic roundup: data management

Scouring the web we've found seven infographics that look at data management and discuss how you can best manage one of your most important assets - your research data.

• Love your data - practice safe science¹
• Data management checklist² 
• What would you do if you lost you research data tomorrow?³
• Research data management⁴
• Storing healthcare data⁵
• Building a culture of data citation⁶
• Metadata cheat sheet⁷

1. Via Projects. 2. Via eResearch SA. 3. Via University of Leicester. 4. ViaQueen Mary University of London Library. 5. Via HIT Consultant. 6. ViaANDS. 7. Via eResearch SA.

Great infographics courtesy of ERSA: http://www.ersa.edu.au/infographic-roundup-data-managment

I Know Where Your Cat Lives, A Data Experiment Featuring Public Pictures of Cats on a World Map Based on Metadata

by Rollin Bishop at LaughingSquid.com

I Know Where Your Cat Lives is a data experiment by Owen Mundy featuring public pictures of cats on a world map based on latitude and longitude coordinates obtained in their metadata. Mundy used at supercomputer atFlorida State University to run the 1 million pictures of cats gathered from publicly available APIs through a series of clustering algorithms in order to prepare them for the site. Mundy is currently raising funds to pay for hosting via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

Infographic: Understanding Metadata

If you've ever struggled with the concept of metadata this quick reference guide is your new go to! This graphic provides a simple and high-level overview of how you can use metadata to improve your research data.

http://www.ersa.edu.au/enewsjune2014/understanding-metadata
Download a copy of the Understanding Metadata infographic (JPG 355KB)