JISC

Organised by JISC and the British Library with the Natural Environment, Economic and Social and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councils

For a number of reasons, including the need for advertising restrictions during a UK election campaign, we regret to announce that this event is postponed. A new date will be advertised in due course.

How researchers manage their data has been thrown under the public spotlight by recent events at the University of East Anglia over climate data. This major one day conference for researchers and institutional managers will look at ways in which public confidence in science can be restored through good management of the research data lifecycle. High profile plenary speakers will set the scene and inspire with examples of data sharing, drawn from the environmental, social and bio- sciences, that have lead to new research and collaborations that would otherwise have been impossible. The event will also address the question: how open can science be?

Delegates will choose 2 out of 4 strands

1. researchers’ and institutions’ obligations under current legislation to make their data publicly available
2. how the integrity of the published record can be maintained through linking research data directly to journal articles
3. the practicalities of managing research data to make it available to a broad range of audiences
4. the advantages and future implications of making research data ‘open’

. . . and will come away informed about:

• their obligations to manage and share their research data
• the advice and guidance available from JISC, the RCs and the BL
• some of the positive outcomes resulting from research data sharing
• the issues around making research data openly available

Further information will be posted here