Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Research data management

The next Open Science Conference will take place in Berlin from March 21st till 22nd, 2017. The conference topic will be "Open Educational Resources". A call for project presentations has already been issued.

Further information can be found at the conference website:
http://www.open-science-conference.eu

With a joint kick-off meeting of the participating institutions the project eDissPlus launched last Wednesday (July 20th, 2016).
The project is funded by the German Research Foundation and aims at the expansion and adjustment of the mandatory deposit with the German National Library to research data. For this purpose conceptual and technical requirements will be developed. In addition, particular services for doctoral candidates are planned, which will be integrated within the services of the University Library and the Computer and Media Service of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This will be realized in cooperation with Humboldt Graduate School.

For the development of services, the project currently looks for doctoral candidates who are willing to participate in interviews and pilot services.
Further information can be found at the project website (in German):

https://www2.hu-berlin.de/edissplus

The German Data Forum (RatSWD) published a guide for the application and review of data generating and data reusing research projects. Extensive key questions about research data management were developed with regard to data management plans. The guide can be found at (available in German only):

http://www.ratswd.de/dl/RatSWD_Output3_Forschungsdatenmanagement.pdf

Background:

Data management plans are increasingly expected by German and European research funders during project application for funding. More information about the topic can be found at Create datamanagement plan and Discipline-specific policies.

Do you use the Media-Repository for secure storage and/or publication of your research data? Would you like to meet other users and talk about design or new features? You are not familiar with the Media-Repository or ResourceSpace and would like to know more about its functionalities?

Then come to the ResourceSpace Community Meeting at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin from 23rd till 24th June, 2016.

Further information and registration for the event can be found at
https://attending.io/events/rs-2016

The joint working group research data of the German Initiative for Network Information (DINI; Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation e.V.) and nestor - German competence network for digital preservation cordially invites  to the workshop "Tools for Research Data: Demand and Integration in Research and Data Management" at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel on June 17th, 2016.

The following questions will be addressed:

• Which experiences exist with tools for research data management? What has proved successful and what not?
• Which demands have data managers and researchers regarding tools for research data management? What should be included in every portfolio/"toolbox" of an infrastructure facility?
• How can generic tools be devleloped that are not only useful in (discipline-)specific use cases, but also applicable in other individual contexts? Are there best practices or general criteria?
• Where is the limit for generic offerings and when should discipline-specific solutions be chosen? How can sustainable usability of data and its associated tools be garanteed?
• Is it possible or even sensible to compete with commercial providers of generic tools, which are also used by researchers for collaborative work with research data? What is the long-term perspective for the use of commercial tools?

Agenda and registration (in German): http://www.forschungsdaten.org/index.php/DINI-nestor-WS5
 

The University Library and Computer and Media Service of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offer a workshop with the topic „Research Data Management for Agricultural Scientists and Biologists“ in summer semester 2016.

The adequate handling of digital research data, research data management (RDM), includes all activities of collection, processing, archiving and publication of digital research data. In the last years research data management has become a highly relevant topic in all disciplines.

We therefore offer a workshop that will address the following topics in approx. 120 minutes:

• What is research data?
• Why research data management?
• How does successful research data management look like?
  Which aspects do you have to consider?
• Research data management at HU
• Practical work with repositories
• Insight into discipline-specific repositories (GFBio, http://www.gfbio.org)
• Discussion, Q&A session

The workshop is organized in cooperation with GFBio. You can inform us in advance about the topics you are particularly interested in. No prior knowledge is neccessary.

Target audience: Researchers and doctoral candidates from agricultural sciences and biology

Number of participants: max. 15

Date: Thursday, May 12th, 2016, 16:00 – 18:00 (s.t.)

Place: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/3, room 8‘521

Registration till May 5th via e-mail to Kerstin.Helbig@cms.hu-berlin.de

The University Library and Computer and Media Service of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offer an application-oriented workshop with the topic “Data management plans for EU, DFG and BMBF” in summer semester 2016.

The following topics will be addressed:

• What are data management plans?
• Why do I need a data management plan?
• How does a good data management plan look like? Which aspects need to be kept in mind?
• Practical work with the tool DMPonline (https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/)
• Discussion, Q&A session

Research funders like DFG, BMBF or EU increasingly expect a statement on the handling of research data. The workshop teaches skills for the independent creation of a data management plan. Previous knowledge is not required.

Target audience: Researchers and doctoral candidates from all departments

Number of participants: max. 20

Date: Thursday, April 28th, 2016, 16:00 – 18:00 Uhr (s.t.)

Place: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/3, room 1‘702

The workshop language is German. A workshop in English will follow soon.

Registration till April 21st via e-mail to kerstin.helbig@cms.hu-berlin.de

Research Data Alliance Germany (RDA-DE) invites to their third meeting in Germany. It will take place on November 28th and 29th, 2016 at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. Early registration is recommended.

More information, registration and the programme can soon be found at:
http://www.forschungsdaten.org/index.php/RDA-DE

From the press release of the recommendations of the 19th general meeting of HRK on November 10, 2015 (in German):

The general meeting calls upon federal and state officials to assume a coordinating role in establishing overarching infrastructures for the management of research data as well as to secure the necessary funding.

How university headships can advance research data management:

• Give orientation (via research data policy and scope of action)
• Strengthen data culture and create incentives
• Develop strategy (positioning and own potentials of RDM)
• Organize implementation (clear structure, definition of responsibilities, and good communication)
• Extend infrastructures (services and infrastructures for science)
• Advance competences (central offers of information, integration of RDM in teaching)

From February 15th to 17th nestor/PERICLES School 2016 with the topic "Long term archiving of research data" takes place at Landesmusikakademie Hessen Schloss Hallenburg Schlitz.

Program (in German):
http://www.nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/school_2016/index.php?show=programm

Registration (Early Bird until 18.01.16):
http://www.nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/school_2016/index.php?show=anmeldung

Participants come together with experts for an intensive exchange of knowledge and experiences. Contacts and networks can emerge and be expanded. nestor school participants receive a certificate.

All lectures are in German.

The University Library and Computer and Media Service of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offer in cooperation with Humboldt Graduate School a workshop with the topic "Research Data Management" for PhDs.

The following topics will be addressed:

• What is research data?
• Why research data management? What are the requirements of funding organizations such as DFG, BMBF and EU?
• How does successful research data management look like? How do I write a data management plan? Which aspects are important?
• Research data management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (research data policy, services)
• Discipline-specific metadata
• How does the actual work with repositories look like?
• Discussion, question-and-answer session

Previous knowledge is not required. The workshop will be held in English.

Target audience: Candidates in all years of PhD studies

Number of participants: max. 30

Date: Thursday, November 26th, 2015, 16.00 – 18.00 (s.t.)

Place: Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstraße 56, 10115 Berlin

Registration via website of Humboldt Graduate School.

This year's Open Access Week will take place from October 19th till 25th, 2015. It will be under the theme "Open for Collaboration". Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will offer various events about open access topics:

Advanced vocational training "Schutz von Forschungsdaten und anderem Know-How" (English: Protection of research data and other know-how) on October 20th, 2015
Information

Book, movie and database presentation of "Hoffmann Project of Cultural Knowledge" by africa and asia studies with subsequent panel discussion on October 21st, 2015
Movie: http://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1375528
Database: http://doi.org/10.17172/MR/22
Book: http://doi.org/10.1163/9789004297722
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Workshop "Data management plans for EU, DFG and BMBF" on October 22nd, 2015
*Fully booked*
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We would be glad to welcome you at one of the events.

The University Library and Computer and Media Service of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offer an application-oriented workshop with the topic “Data management plans for EU, DFG and BMBF” in winter semester 2015/16.

The following topics will be addressed:

• What are data management plans?
• Why do I need a data management plan?
• How does a good data management plan look like? Which aspects need to be kept in mind?
• Practical work with the tool DMPonline (https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/)
• Discussion, Q&A session

Research funders like DFG, BMBF or EU increasingly expect a statement on the handling of research data. The workshop teaches skills for the independent creation of a data management plan. Previous knowledge is not required.

Target audience: Researchers and doctoral candidates from all departments

Number of participants: max. 12

Date: Thursday, October 22nd, 2015, 16:30 – 18:00 Uhr (s.t.)

Place: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/3, room 1‘310

Registration till October 16th via e-mail to kerstin.helbig@cms.hu-berlin.de

Announcement and workshop description (PDF, 204 KB)

Aus der Pressemitteilung zur Empfehlung der 16. HRK-Mitgliederversammlung am 13.5.2014:

Die HRK-Mitgliederversammlung empfahl gestern in Frankfurt am Main, an den Hochschulen Leitlinien zum Umgang mit digitalen Forschungsdaten abzustimmen und Vereinbarungen mit anderen Hochschulen, außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen sowie fachspezifischen Daten-Infrastrukturen zu unterstützen. Die Hochschulleitungen seien gefordert, die Informationskompetenz der Hochschulmitglieder zu stärken und die strukturellen Voraussetzungen für ein effizientes, institutionelles Forschungsdatenmanagement zu schaffen.

Die HRK arbeitet derzeit an einer weiteren Empfehlung, die genauere Umsetzungsvorschläge zum Forschungsdatenmanagement enthalten wird.

A pilot project for research data ("Open Research Data Pilot") was startetd within the framework program for research and innovation "Horizon 2020" of the European Union (EU). Now research projects of seven funding fields have to deal with further requirements concerning a datamanagement plan (DMP) and access to research data already by the time they apply for the funding program.

The instrunction is based on the tool DMPonline made by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in Britain. It adresses scientific staff members of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin who are going to apply for funding within the frame of Horizon 2020.

You can see the instructions in the datamanagementplan.

Zeit: 13. Oktober 2014, 15-21h

Ort: Hörsaal D, Henry-Ford-Bau der Freien Universität Berlin, Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem (Anfahrt)

Vorläufiger Ablauf:

Ab 15.00h Posterausstellung Berliner und Brandenburger Open-Access-Projekte und -Aktivitäten

• 16.00h Eröffnung für die Veranstalter: Dr. Christoph Bruch (Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, für das Open-Access-Netzwerk Berlin)
• 16.15h Eröffnung für die Freie Universität: Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt (Präsident, Freie Universität Berlin) 
• 16.30h Open-Access-Strategie - Anmerkungen aus Landessicht: Dr. Knut Nevermann (Staatssekretär für Wissenschaft, Senat für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft des Landes Berlin)
• 17.00h Open Access und die Perspektive der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft: Dr. Johannes Fournier (Programmdirektor, Gruppe Wissenschaftliche Literaturversorgungs- und Informationssysteme, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

Pause: 17.30h

• 18.00h Open Access auf Länderebene: das Beispiel Baden Württemberg: Frank Scholze (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Direktor KIT-Bibliothek)
• 18.30h Best-Practice-Beispiele
  • • Open-Access-Zeitschriften: Dr. Albert Geukes (Freie Universität Berlin, Leitung E-Publishing im Center für Digitale Systeme)
    • Netzwerk von Open-Access-Repositorien (OAN): Maxi Kindling (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informations­wissen­schaft)
    • Servicezentrum Forschungsdaten und -publikationen: Monika Kuberek (Technische Universität Berlin, Leiterin der Hauptabteilung "Elektronische Dienste" der Universitätsbibliothek)
• 19.15h Diskussion
• 19.45h Schlusswort: Heinz Pampel (Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, für das Open-Access-Netzwerk Berlin)

Ende der Veranstaltung: 20.00h

Europäische Kommission hat Leitfäden für Open Access zu wissenschaftlichen Publikationen und Forschungsdaten in Horizon 2020 veröffentlicht. Neben dem Mandat für Selbstarchivierung aller qualitätsgeprüfter (peer-reviewed) Publikationen in Open Access-Repositorien wurde eine Pilotmaßnahme für Forschungsdaten ("Open Research Data Pilot") eingeführt. Demnach müssen bewilligte Projekte in zunächst sieben Forschungsbereichen zusätzliche Anforderungen erfüllen wie z.B. einen Datenmanagementplan für das Forschungsvorhaben erstellen und die Forschungsdaten anschließend in einem geeigneten Repository öffentlich zugänglich machen.

Weitere Informationen:

• Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in H2020
• Guidelines on Data Management in Horizon 2020
• Informationen der "Kooperationsstelle EU der Wissenschaftsorganisationen" (KoWi)
• Suche nach geeigneten Forschungsdaten-Repositorien im Verzeichnis von re3data.org*

* Projekt re3data.org (Registry of research data repositories) wird gemeinsam von der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, dem GeoForschungszentrum Potsdam und dem Karlsruher Institut für Technologie ausgeführt und durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft gefördert.