LEARN project releases a Free Research Data Management Toolkit

By torillh |

The “LEaders Activating Research Networks” (LEARN) project has released a Research Data Management (RDM) Toolkit, comprised of, among others, 23 Best-Practice Case Studies on RDM, a model RDM policy and executive briefings in 6 languages for senior management. Read more and download toolkit at http://learn-rdm.eu/en/research-data-management-toolkit-now-available/.

e-IRG Report on evaluation of e-infrastructures and development of KPIs

By torillh |

The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) has released a report entitled "Evaluation of e-Infrastructures and the development of related Key Performance Indicators". This document aims to give an initial framework for evaluating and assessing regional, national and European e-infrastructures and for developing a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for central aspects of such infrastructures.

FAIR Data Webinar on 16 March 2017

By torillh |

LIBER, Europe’s largest network of research libraries, is organizing a webinar on the Fair Principles of Data Management, established by the H2020 Programme. The webinar will address how libraries can help their research communities implement the FAIR principles and write better Data Management Plans (DMPs). Register at http://libereurope.eu/blog/2017/03/09/fair-data-webinar-join-us-16-march/.

W3C Workshop report on smart descriptions and smarter vocabularies (SDSVOC)

By torillh |

W3C published a report from the Smart Descriptions & Smarter Vocabularies Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 30 November – 1 December 2016. The report summarizes the presentations given on, among others, data models, metadata standards and vocabularies for describing datasets in virtual research environments.