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Data management

In the frame

Anyone teaching or developing data management training might be interested in Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum, a modular case-based approach for data management instruction. The framework was developed by the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the George C.

Structured 'how to' for librarians

jesl.jpgMany librarians are looking to re-invent their rolesand their profession in the era of Google. Accordingly, the launch of the Journal of eScience Librarianship is timely.

Easy learning

dpe.jpg Digital Preservation Europe has tried to make the topic of digital preservation fun by creating cartoons around the issues.

Managing the extras

niso.jpg The National Information Standards Organization and the National Federation for Advanced Information Services have issued a new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials, Part A: Business Policies and Practices (NISO RP-15

Follow the lead

pul.jpg Librarians who want to engage with researchers around long-term data management often use interviews to gather information about the data the researchers hold.

Only between the covers

mrd.jpg According to Graham Pryor, editor of Managing Research Data,

What are the barriers to sharing?

JISClogo.jpgHow can we encourage researchers to share data?

How it should be done

mrc.jpg The Medical Research Council in the UK annually invests around £700 million of public money in research, the primary output of which is data.

How it should be done

nsb.jpg The National Science Board has recently issued a report, Digital Research Data Sharing and Management, from their Task Force on Data Policies. The Board is calling for comments.

The tide is high

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In the US, 2.5 petabytes of data are stored annually just for mammograms.

The volume of earth-observation data from the European Space Agency's satellites passed three petabytes in 2007. The projection for 2020? A seven-fold rise.