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From the openadventures blog: 2

We report here abstract form the text present on the origina blog Jennifer Harris and Tim Fulton (https://openadventures-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=90) The task [asked by data manageers] is sometimes only a small one such as uploading a paper to an institutional repository post-publication. But these small tasks can sometimes be the final straw when it comes to managing your workload. We have begun the process of preparing data for publication at the time of collection rather than as a subsequent publication step.

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youtube presentation note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRoqQX97F6o&list=PLG24w6ETyHS3fYbDnB6LOOzOfATVhP3zp&index=16&t=0s Tip of the day kind of communication very successful. Data steward as professional helpers in data management. Avoid data disaster! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bccJtgiM67c&feature=youtu.be better to get a continuous flow of promotion coming that single workshops. the added value of RDM and value of data. Distributed under a CC0 license Collected by Julien Colomb, data manager

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From the openadventures blog: 1 interviews

text obtained from: https://openadventures-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk In a series of interview, data champions were asked to tell about their “happiest data moment.” Different answer were given. David Marshall, @futurelib Around two years ago we (Futurelib) finished the data gathering phase of a project, Protolib, looking at the design of physical study spaces. We had prototyped different study spaces based on the findings of a collaborative design process conducted with Cambridge students and researchers.

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lost the backup

The external hard drive is VERY important to me as it contains 5 years of research data which are crucial for my PhD thesis !!! I think comments are unnecessary. Distributed under a CC-BY license, photo ©Peter Murray-Rust originally posted at https://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/08/01/why-you-need-a-data-management-plan/ Collected by Julien Colomb, data manager

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Exposing research data

In my work, I am the developer and administrator of a web based information system for research data applied in more than 30 research projects to share collected, brought or created data within the project consortium and with stakeholders. Even single researcher e.g. PhD students use the system to organize their own data. While most datasets can be downloaded without any extra request, few datasets can only be downloaded after the dataset owner approval.

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first draft of slideshow presentation for new professors v.0.1

This video is a first draft, I would be happy to get some feedback, about the storyline and the overall design. It is focused on the HU, because I will use it for my job interview there. A version aimed at the FSU will probably follow. This post may be updated when new versions of the video will be made. You can download it here (the quality of the image is low on purpose): https://github.

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