March Newsletter - Plenary 19 and IDW Updates, RDA Announces Data Streams, New Recommendations and more!
International Data Week 2022 and Plenary 19 - June is Fast Approaching!
Key Updates:
- Registration for virtual attendance is available now with early bird rates through 20 May
- Registration for in-person attendance and updated information on logistics, transportation and visa requirements will be available in near future, after careful consideration of local COVID-19 policy
- RDA Call for Posters Open until 15 April
- Plenary programme and speaker list now available; RDA Plenary and SciDataCon sessions will be added in upcoming weeks
- Sponsorships still available!
- Conclusion of MoU for Successful Hosting of International Data Week 2022
Research Data Alliance Announces Launch of New Podcast, Data Streams
Data Streams is a collection of conversations among members in the RDA community about challenges they face as researchers and data experts in managing the massive quantities of research data and how together, they are finding solutions and proving the value of open research data sharing and reuse.
The first episode of Data Streams is now available. Titled “A Working Group’s Journey, The RDA Data Citation Working Group”, RDA co-chairs Mark Parsons and Andreas Rauber discuss their experience in leading an RDA Working Group, advise others who collaborate with international teams in implementing research projects, and educate listeners on the Recommendations they produced through their work. In addition to their roles as co-chairs of the RDA Data Citation Working Group, Mark is a Research Scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Andreas is a Professor at the Vienna University of Technology.
Listen here and subscribe to future episodes.
RDA Council Member included in Science | Business Article re: EU/US agreement on Facilitating Research Data Flows
The EU and US have reached an agreement in principle on facilitating data flows, including research data, across the Atlantic. The new agreement, set to replace the Privacy Shield Framework comes after more than a year of negotiations. According to Edit Herczog, RDA Council member and former member of the European Parliament, “This time around, the hope is the framework won’t have any fatal flaws. “It is important to find a future proof solution, as we cannot fail a third time on this subject.” Read full article.
Tools & Resources for Data Usage Metrics
21 April 2022, 04:00 UTC
Presenters:
- Daniella Lowenberg, University of California Office of the President
- Ian Bruno, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)
- Matt Buys, DataCite
- Krisitan Garza, DataCite
17th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC22) - Registration Open!
13-16 June 2022
Webinars How to get Attention for Research Project Outputs, PART 2 (Recording from 31 March event available soon)
OSI Research Communication Survey
The global Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) would like to hear from you! Please take this important 10 minute survey. All participants will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card (three winners will be chosen)! OSI’s survey covers two topics: (1) your opinion about certain research communication practices (like journal publishing, open licenses, and peer review); and (2) your interest in joining a team that will help develop new, global, researcher-centric policies for research communication.
Research Data Canada (RDC) | Transition Announcement
As part of the Government of Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Strategy, CANARIE is transitioning support of Research Data Canada (RDC) to the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance). On June 21, 2021, Mark Leggott, RDC Executive Director, assumed the role of Director, International Relations with the Alliance. On April 1, 2022, the transition of RDC to the Alliance will be complete. The RDC website will be incorporated into the Alliance website, under Research Data Management. The RDC newsletter will cease, and research data management updates will be included in a monthly newsletter from the Alliance. RDM/RDC-related announcements will no longer be sent through this distribution list. We encourage you to subscribe to the Alliance newsletter to continue to receive information about RDM resources, services, and developments. For more information about the transition, please contact Mark Leggott, mark.leggott@alliancecan.ca.
RDA Foundation is pleased to announce the hire of Connie Clare, who will serve as the Community Development Manager for RDA and assist with building global community engagement in the organisation. Since 2020, Connie served as the 4TU.ResearchData Community Manager, where she helped build a community of researchers and RDM support professionals from various international research organisations. Her impressive record of success at 4TU.ResearchData includes the establishment of initiatives to incentivise researchers, coordination of funding and opportunities and the co-development of internship programmes. Learn more.
Najla Rettberg Strengthens the Capabilities of RDA Europe Association
Research Data Alliance European association is pleased to announce their new Project Manager Najla Rettberg. Learn more.
Job Openings
From 4TU. Research Data:
Deadline to apply is 11 April.
SAVE THE DATE: International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data, 23–26 October 2023, Salzburg, Austria
The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and RDA have announced International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data, taking place on 23–26 October 2023 in Salzburg, Austria. Learn more.
New RDA Recommendation: FAIR Principles for Research Software (FAIR4RS Principles)
This most recent RDA Recommendation was developed by the FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS) Working Group and is open for Community Review through 21 April. Through its adoption and implementation, stakeholders will receive significant benefits, including increased research reproducibility for research organizations, better practices and more software usage for its developers, clarity for funders around their own policies and requirements for software investments, and guidelines for publishers on sharing requirements. Learn more.
Spanish Translation of CODATA - RDA School of Research Data Science Material now Available; CODATA - RDA School of Research Data Science se Complace en Anunciar que el Material para las secciones de Gestión de Datos de Investigación y Ciencia Abierta y Responsable de Nuestras Escuelas ha sido Traducido al Español
This translation was done as a collaborative effort between La Referencia and CONARE (Consejo Nacional de Rectores, Costa Rica). The initiative, led by Andrea Mora Campos with the help of Viviana Salgado Silva, who were both students and local hosts for the Costa Rican Data Stewardship school in November 2020. Learn more.
Newly Endorsed RDA Recommendation: Metadata Schema for the Persistent Identification of Instruments
After a Community Review period, the RDA Council has endorsed these Recommendations developed in the Persistent Identification of Instruments Working Group. Learn more.
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