Thanks for this Robin - I was looking at this earlier today (having been advised to by Sarah Jones of the DCC) and it looks great. We'll hopefully be dipping in to it when we arrange training for library staff here at the University of Northampton.
Many thanks to all involved.
Miggie Pickton BA, MSc, PhD, MCLIP
Research Support Librarian
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Have you seen NECTAR yet?
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From: Research Data Management discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Rice
Sent: 27 March 2013 17:01
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Subject: DIY RDM Training Kit for Librarians
Edinburgh University Data Library is pleased to announce the public release of the Do-It-Yourself Research Data Management Training Kit for Librarians, under a CC-BY licence:
http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/libtraining.html.
The training kit is designed to contain everything needed for librarians in small groups to get themselves up to speed on five key topics in research data management - with or without expert speakers.
The kit is a package of materials used by the Data Library in facilitating RDM training with a small group of librarians at the University of Edinburgh over the winter of 2012-13. The aim was to reuse the MANTRA course developed by the Data Library for early career researchers in a blended learning approach for academic liaison librarians.
The training comprises five 2-hour face-to-face sessions. These open with short talks followed by group exercises from the UK Data Archive and long discussions, in a private collegiate setting. Emphasis is placed on facilitation and individual learning rather than long lectures and passive listening. MANTRA modules are used as reading assignments and reflective writing questions are designed to help librarians 'put themselves in the shoes of the researcher'. Learning is reinforced and put into practice through an independent study assignment of completing and publishing an interview with a researcher using the Data Curation Profile framework developed by D2C2 at Purdue University Libraries.
The kit includes:
* Promotional slides for the RDM Training Kit
* Training schedule
* Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh: http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra
* Reflective writing questions
* Selected group exercises (with answers) from UK Data Archive, University of Essex - /Managing and sharing data: Training resources./ September, 2011 (PDF). Complete RDM Resources Training Pack available:
http://data-archive.ac.uk/create-manage/training-resources
* Podcasts (narrated presentations) for short talks by the original Edinburgh speakers if running course without 'live' speakers.
* Presentation files - if learners decide to take turns presenting each topic.
* Evaluation forms
* Independent study assignment: Data Curation Profile, from D2C2, Purdue University Libraries. Resources available: http://datacurationprofiles.org/
As data librarians, we are aware of a great deal of curiosity and in some cases angst on the part of academic librarians regarding research data management. The training kit makes no assumptions about the role of librarians in supporting research data management, but aims to empower librarians to support each other in gaining confidence in this area of research support, whether or not they face the prospect of a new remit in their day to day job. It is aimed at practicing librarians who have much personal and professional experience to contribute to the learning experience of the group.
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Robin Rice
Data Librarian
EDINA and Data Library
University of Edinburgh
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