An interview in CILIPS Update with DISC-UK members about the field of data librarianship in today's academic environment.

The Social Science Data Archive, DANS, Netherlands, has published quality guidelines for data archiving and "making data future-proof." An innovation is that the 17 guidelines apply in turn to data archives, but also data producers and data users.

JISC has organised a grouping of projects interested in data curation in and out of repositories, including DataShare and the Data Audit Framework. One of the key areas of shared concerns is training.

A report-back on the recent Research Data Management Forum organised by DCC with RIN, with links to key presentations.

This article of JISC Informs by Judy Redfearn says that "data management is rising up the political agenda". Some scenarios by researchers are given, and repositories are offered as a possible solution, naming some JISC projects from the Digital Repositories Programme.

This article describes the work currently underway at Monash University to rethink the role of repositories in supporting data management. It first describes the context within which the work has taken place and some of the local factors that have contributed to the inception and continuation of this work. It then introduces the idea of a Data Curation Continuum and describes the various continua that might be applicable in a repository data management context. The article then discusses some of the implications of this approach, before reviewing related work.

The aims of the Centre are to assist to improve the research performance of the University through:

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improved use of ICT technologies,
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improved dialogue between IT developers in the Faculty of IT and end-user researchers in the other faculties,
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improved dialogue between ITS and researchers,
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nurturing development of e-Research and GRID technologies,
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engagement with industry and government and
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engagement with national and international collaborations.

Library of Congress Webcast: Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications

Dealing with Data: Roles, Rights, Responsibilities and Relationships - consultancy report by Dr Liz Lyon for JISC