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October 15, 2015

Research Data Management News: Weekly Top 5

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Here is this week’s top 5:

  1. JISC report on Research Data Alliance 6th Plenary http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/10/15/research-data-alliance-6th-plenary/
  2. Sabine Leonelli and Louise Bezuidenhuit, LSE report on ‘The Politics of Data: The rising prominence of a data-centric approach to scientific research http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/10/05/politics-of-data-scientific-data-centrism/
  3. Overview of OSTP responses, Valen, Dan and Bianchat, Kelly (2015): figshare http://figshare.com/articles/Overview_of_OSTP_Responses/1367165
  4. Arkivum report by Matthis Addis: RDM workflows and integrations for HIEs  using hosted services http://figshare.com/articles/RDM_workflows_and_integrations_for_HEIs_using_hosted_services/1476832
  5. New monthly Research Data Service digest from UW-Madison  http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0b0a6ebb01a99d33cf32a72b9&id=3adb5a36ca

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