Research Data Management
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What should be the essential baseline practices for repositories that manage research data?
COAR and SPARC have published a joint response to the OSTP Request for Public Comment on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research. Good data management is critical for ensuring validation, transparency of research findings, as well as to maximize impact and value of publicly-funded research through data…
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RDA and COAR Collaborate to Progress Research Data Management Internationally
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce an agreement to work together to strengthen and expand capacities for research data management within the international data repository community. COAR and RDA have a shared mission to improve access and use of research outputs, leading to better…
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Addressing the Gaps: Recommendations for Supporting the Long Tail of Research Data
This document was developed as part of The Long Tail of Research Data Interest Group of the Research Data Alliance. It was WRITTEN BY Wolfram Horstmann, Amy Nurnberger, Kathleen Shearer, Malcolm Wolski Given the varying dimensions of data sets (e.g. by size, subject, provenance, funding, format, longevity, location or complexity of research data), dealing with them is…
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RDA – the Long-Tail – Adding the Institutional Perspective to the Mix
First meeting of the RDA Interest Group – Long tail of Research data 17.9.13, Washington It was standing room only: over 50 RDA delegates crammed into a breakout group for the first meeting of the ‘long-tail of research data’ interest group. Kathleen Shearer, COAR Executive Director and the coordinator of the group, moderated the two-hour…
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