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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