ORCID Report Published by Jisc
This report summarises some views on potential uses of the ORCID unique global person identifier and includes linkages to CERIF:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/generalpublications/2013/future-of-orcid-in-uk-he.aspx
CERIF For Datasets – Paper
I’m very pleased that Nikos Houssos will be presenting our Cerif For Datasets paper at the forthcoming conference:
http://lcpd2013.research-infrastructures.eu/
We also included a link to the outputs of our recent workshops in the latest EuroCRIS newsletter on 2nd September.
https://cerif4datasets.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/cerif-4-datasets-workshops-outputs-july-2013/
CERIF 4 Datasets Workshops Outputs – July 2013
Many thanks to everyone who attended the workshops in Glasgow and London and contributed to the lively exchange. It was great to see so many colleagues travelling from near and far to take part and share their experiences.
A summary of the feedback from those who returned a form can be viewed here:
Overall feedback was very positive. In fact I noticed that the most negative comments came from the project team members ourselves!
An informal ammalgamated summary of the discussion notes is available now:
Issues Discussed at CERIF 4 Datasets Workshops July 2013
The key issues raised included:
1) Clarifying the specification for research data management
2) Getting Senior Management committment
3) Setting up suitable systems and processes
4) Getting staff to engage with Research Data Management
5) Quantifying costs and getting budget
6) Integration of services across organisational boundaries
As well as including key points in our final report to Jisc we will be following up on some of these issues e.g. for item 1 we will speak to ARMA about co-ordinating work on clarifying data management requirements. More blog posts may result and there may be email requests and updates to workshop attendees.
Workshop Slides
Jisc Background to the RDM Programme
Project Key Findings and CERIF overview
Digital Curation Centre support
UK Data Archive This team provide lots of freely available training & other resources
If we have any comments on the report, please don’t hesitate to get in touch using the comment button below or by email to valerie.mccutcheon@glasgow.ac.uk
Any other ideas or comments not covered at the workshop are most welcome and will be considered for the project manager’s final report which I plan to post on this blog by the end of September.
Anna and I are both away on holiday next week but I will follow up on any comments or feedback on my return week commencing 12th August.
Once again, thanks to everyone who helped to make the workshops a success.
CERIF for Datasets Workshop London 26th July
Our workshop went very well on Friday.
Thanks again to all attendees for their contributions, to speakers and to City University for the room and on the ground support for IT, catering and general housekeeping.
A summary of the discussions from the Glasgow and London workshops along with slides will be posted on the blog as soon as we can.
It was clear that people are very keen to continue to share and join up ideas on Research Data Management and minimise duplication of effort as far as possible.
New Version of CERIF Available for Testing
We are excited that a new version of CERIF has been released for testing. This new version incorporates enhanced capabilities to facilitate metadata about datasets and had been delivered taking into consideration recommendations from the C4D project and other initiatives. Visit the site http://www.cerifsupport.org/2013/07/24/cerif-1-6-formal-models-released-for-testing/
for more information.