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Category Archives: Data Sets
CERN’s Grid: 100,000 Processors at 140 Scientific Institutions
The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid consortium’s grid is ready to process an anticipated 15 million gigabytes per year of data from the collider. It’s composed of 100,000 processors distributed among 140 scientific institutions.
Read more about it at “CERN Officially Unveils Its Grid: 100,000 Processors, 15…
NISO Holds Final Thought Leader Meeting on Research Data
NISO (the National Information Standards Organization) has held its final Thought Leader meeting on the topic of research data. A short summary of the meeting is available at “NISO Brings Together Data Thought Leaders.”
Earlier this year, NISO held Thought Leader meetings on institutional repositories, digital library and collections,…
Open Access to and Reuse of Research Data—The State of the Art in Finland
The Finnish Social Science Data Archive has published Open Access to and Reuse of Research Data—The State of the Art in Finland.
Here's an excerpt:
In 2006, the Ministry of Education in Finland allocated resources to the Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD) to chart national and international practices related to open access to…
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National Research Data Management for the UK: UKRDS Interim Report Released
The UK Research Data Service has released the UKRDS Interim Report.
The report recommends adopting a "Hybrid/Umbrella" model for managing research data in the UK. Here's an excerpt:
In this model ["Hybrid/Umbrella"], UKRDS acts as an umbrella organisation, representing the interests of many UK data repositories, both those…
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Oxford Releases Report on Digital Repository Services for Research Data Management
The Oxford University Office of the Director of IT has released Findings of the Scoping Study Interviews and the Research Data Management Workshop: Scoping Digital Repository Services for Research Data Management.
Here's an excerpt from the report's Web page:
The scoping study interviews aimed to document data management practices from Oxford researchers as well as to capture [...] Continue reading
APSR Releases Investigating Data Management Practices in Australian Universities
The Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories has released Investigating Data Management Practices in Australian Universities.
Here an excerpt from the report's Web page:
In late 2007, The University of Queensland undertook a survey of data management practices among the university’s researchers. This was done in response to the increasing realisation that repositories need to include research data, [...] Continue reading
Blog Reports from JISC Innovation Forum 2008 “Research Data—Whose Problem Is It?” Session
Live blogging reports are available from the "Research Data—Whose Problem Is It?" session at the JISC Innovation Forum 2008.
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Digital Research Data Curation: Overview of Issues, Current Activities, and Opportunities for the Cornell University Library
Cornell University Library's Data Working Group has deposited its Digital Research Data Curation: Overview of Issues, Current Activities, and Opportunities for the Cornell University Library report in the eCommons@Cornell repository.
Here's the abstract:
Advances in computational capacity and tools, coupled with the accelerating collection and accumulation of data in many disciplines, are giving rise to new modes [...] Continue reading
Survey of Canadian and International Data Management Initiatives Released
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released Survey of Canadian and International Data Management Initiatives.
Here's an excerpt from the "Introduction":
Research libraries have a role to play in this emerging data-intensive environment. A 2007 CARL survey found that most CARL members are interested in managing research data, but few have a formal data archiving [...] Continue reading
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