RDA members are RDA's greatest asset, and we greatly value their opinions, ideas and experiences. All RDA members are invited to contribute Blogs, telling the community about their experiences during events and meetings or in the context of their individual or organisational activity related to RDA.
Submitting a Blog is simple: just register or login as an RDA member and fill in the form accessible from the “Add new blog” button above.
NB: Blog posts are moderated and, if approved, will be posted within 3 business days.
Key Takeaways of the Experts who were Supported by the EOSC Finnish Forum to attend the RDA Plenary
The EOSC Finnish Forum sponsored four of its members the registration to for Virtual Plenary 18, which took place 3-11 November. For three of the awardees, this was the first time when they participated RDA Plenary and for the one with previous experience, it proved again the power of the like-minded experts working together across the globe for open sharing and re-use of data. Read the blog post here.
Strategies for Getting Attention for your Research Project Outputs
If you work within the research community and lead or participate in projects in any profession (principal investigator, professor, researcher, data scientist, manager, etc.), a huge amount of commitment and expertise is required to move projects from inception to completion. Multi-tasking, shifting priorities and resource constraints are common, with focus frequently being on meeting deadlines and moving onto the next project. Often missed in this cycle is the promotion of theyour successes in your work, which is a key contributor to raising your profile in your field.
Report from the conference of RDA Node Slovenia: Research Data and European Open Science Cloud
Research Data and European Open Science Cloud Conference, final conference of RDA Node Slovenia, took place on 18 June 2020. The last in line of four national events (Open science 2019: Open Research Data in Slovenia Conference and Workshop, Scientific Journals and Research Data Conference, Research Data Management Workshop), it showcased the results of the inaugural year of the Node and continued the mission of the Node: to promote the culture of data sharing, to connect stakeholders and to raise awareness of national and international open science initiatives.