Medical LibraryThis month our resource of the month was focused on Research Data Management. This also coincided with Open Access Week, which is the last week in October.
Week 1
We began by highlighting that there is software to help with backing up data. Many people don’t realise how important it is to back up data until it’s too late and they’ve lost their thesis or important research. The principles of safely storing data can be applied to our work and home lives too.
This month our #Resourceofthemonth is focusing on Research Data Management (RDM) resources
— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) October 3, 2017
How much data can you afford to lose? It’s important to back up regularly. There is software that can assist, e.g. https://t.co/uwkOerNSFN
— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) October 3, 2017
Week 2
In the Medical Library, we regularly run courses about Research Data Management. If you would like to know more about backing up data, organising data, sharing data and data management plans then these are the courses for you. Find upcoming courses, or book here. The Research Data Team also run courses, details of which can be found here.
Want to know more about RDM? We run regular courses, our next is on 25th October. More information on our webpage https://t.co/Q8mCv4jlQ8
— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) October 10, 2017
Week 3
This week we were highlighting a competition that was being run by the Office of Scholarly Communication. If you linked your ORCiD account with your Symplectic account before the 26th October you would be entered into a prize draw for a £150 Heffers voucher.
Link your ORCiD with your Symplectic profile before 26th Oct to be entered into a draw for a £150 Heffers voucher https://t.co/qpX5IV9wFz
— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) October 16, 2017
Week 4
If you want to know more about Research Data Management there is lots more information on the Data Team’s pages which can be found here. Here you will find information about managing your data, support which is available, Apollo – Cambridge University’s data repository, data policies and much more besides.
If you want to know more about RDM there is lots more info from @CamOpenData here https://t.co/g2YP1uvpls #resourceofthemonth
— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) October 23, 2017
If you have any questions about these, or any other resources, feel free to get in touch. And do be sure to follow us on Twitter for more resources, ideas and tips.