Followers of this list may be interested to see the first update from the 'Service Oriented Toolkit for Research Data Management' project, aka #rdtk_herts, is running at University of Hertfordshire, details below. Inter alia, the project will be looking at the use of cloud solutions for research data. ________________________________________ From: JISC Managing Research Data Programme [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Worthington, William J [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 07 November 2011 12:12 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Service Oriented Toolkit for Research Data Management Dear MRD colleagues, The 'Service Oriented Toolkit for Research Data Management' project, aka #rdtk_herts, is running at University of Hertfordshire from October 2011 until March 2013. It is funded under strand A2 of the JISC 'Research management: Managing Research Data 2011-13' programme. The first monthly progress report for our project is available on the project website at http://www.herts.ac.uk/research-data-toolkit The site also contains a brief introduction to the Toolkit and an article pointing to University of Hertfordshire's data management policy, which the Toolkit seeks to enable. #rdtk_herts project team welcomes feedback and information from members of the Research Data Management community. You can leave a comment on each article on the site. best wishes, Bill ------------------------------------------------ Research Data Toolkit Project Manager (JISC Managing Research Data Programme) Project website: http://www.herts.ac.uk/research-data-toolkit Project tag: #rdtk_herts Dr. W J Worthington University of Hertfordshire PO Box 109, College Lane Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9AB T: +44 (0)1707 284000 ext. 77883 E: mailto:[log in to unmask] Skype,Twitter: wjworthington ________________________________ ***** Programme Website: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/mrd.aspx Community Discussion List: [log in to unmask] Blog: http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/ Programme Tag: #jiscmrd ***** Twitter, Skype: simonhodson99 Calendar: https:[log in to unmask]&ctz=Europe/London&gsessionid=OK ***** Dr Simon HODSON Programme Manager – Managing Research Data JISC Executive Brettenham House (South Entrance) 5 Lancaster Place London WC2E 7EN E: [log in to unmask] M1: +44 (0) 7545 524 009 T: +44 (0) 203 006 6071