January 7th saw the first face-to-face meeting of members of the ARCC Network Data and Information Management Group at the University of Birmingham, which GE-researcher David Alderson attended. Organised by Fiona Hewer, ARCC Network Data and Information Strategy Officer (Fiona.Hewer@ukcip.org.uk), the meeting offered the first opportunity for members to discuss data and information tracking within their respective projects. The “Liveable Cities” and “Designing Resilient Cities” (University of Birmingham) was represented by researchers and project managers, Joanne Leach and Amy Beierholm, with David Alderson discussing the ITRC project. Further to this, Ben Ryan, Senior Manager for Research Outcomes at EPSRC gave an overview of the EPSRC’s policy and framework for data, with members able to contribute from their own experiences or experiences of colleagues at their respective institutions of the recent submissions to the new “ResearchFish” tool.
Further information will become available once the minutes are completed, but in the mean time below are some interesting links that may prove useful:
Research Data Management Website @ Newcastle: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/rdm
EPSRC Policy Framework on Research Data: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/standards/researchdata/
EPSRC Clarification and Guidance on Policy Framework for Research Data: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/files/aboutus/standards/clarificationsofexpectationsresearchdatamanagement/
ARCC Network Website: http://www.arcc-network.org.uk
OpenARCC @ ARCC Network Website: http://www.arcc-network.org.uk/openarcc/
OpenARCC Data Website: https://openarcc.wordpress.com/
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