Based on demands from the academic community JISC is looking at delivering a research data management shared service over the next 18 months. In order to achieve this we will need to work in close partnership with a number of UK HEI’s to pilot the service, as well as Research Data Management (RDM) system suppliers and developers. The Jisc hosted pilot service will enable researchers to easily deposit data for publication, discovery, safe storage and long term archiving and will allow researchers and institutions to meet their policy requirements for finalised research data objects. 

In relation to this project Jisc will be hosting two workshops at Conference Aston, Birmingham:

RDM Requirements Workshop - 18th November

RDM System Suppliers Workshop - 19th November

Jisc is also seeking expressions of interest from institutions who would like to be involved in piloting the shared service. 

Detailed information about these events and how to participate in the pilot can be found on the Jisc RDM blog http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/10/07/jisc-rdm-shared-service-pilot/  

The day will be about sharing experiences and information so will be very relevant to colleagues who are implementing and managing institutional RDM solutions already. These discussions will inform the development of the proposed Jisc Shared Service.

The workshop is aimed at research data management practitioners, research support colleagues and decision makers in UK Higher Education Institutions who have experience with or are starting the purchase, upgrade or development of research data management systems – with a particular emphasis on complying with research funder policies in this area.

Registration is limited to colleagues from HEI’s (max 2 per institution) and you can register for the workshop here: https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/498/home

The second workshop is aimed at Research Data and Research Information system suppliers and developers. Jisc is looking to contract with research data system suppliers and developers leading to the development of the pilot Jisc hosted shared service that will be developed in close partnership with a number of higher education institutions.

Registration is open to RDM system suppliers and HEI representatives. You can register for the workshop here: https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/499/home 

Jisc is looking for a number of HEI’s to partner with to develop, pilot and test the RDM shared service. Jisc is hoping to work with a range of institutions based on: 

size and type of institution, availability of varying types of data, their degree of RDM readiness, current use of institutional systems.

If you are interested in being involved in the development of the pilot, then please read the detail in the last section of this blog http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/10/07/jisc-rdm-shared-service-pilot/   and  fill in this short form 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vD4Wpw6RJtnbXlkfEB9qa5N4-npfoiXtME-WxHafz7g/viewform  

If you have any questions or queries about this project, the events and the expression of interest then please contact me.

Kind Regards

John