Research data management, an emerging role for academic libraries

26 March 2009 – 6:32 am

The capture and storage of research data, and its preservation over time, is an emerging challenge for universities and other research institutions.
The University Library has a leading role in establishing standards, procedures and services to help researchers preserve their original data. We were therefore delighted to meet Robin Rice, who visited this month.
In a meeting [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Posted in archives, collaboration, hr, implementation 2009, knowledge transfer, library management systems, publishing, repositories, research | Comments (0)

E-research training for graduate students

19 March 2009 – 6:29 am

The Semester One 2009 program of UpSkills training for graduate research students is now available. It includes a series of seven e-research workshops:

E-publishing Your Thesis and Research Papers
Copyright, Your Thesis and Future Publications
Research Data Management – humanities
Research Data Management  – sciences
Tools for Collaboration and Networking – wikis, blogs and social bookmarking
Using the Web for Surveys
Legal [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Posted in implementation 2009, publishing, research | Comments (0)

Video now available: Rhys Francis on e-research

10 April 2008 – 6:43 am

Video of last month’s Information Futures Forum is now available online — well worth a look!
The feedback from those who attended this event was overwhelmingly good — guest speaker Rhys Francis was rated as “excellent” for his knowledge of the subject, his presentation style, the content of the presentation and the relevance of the topic [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Posted in events, research | Comments (1)