Roles and Responsibilities for Effective Data Management

Registration is now open for the second DCC/RIN Research Data Management Forum, which will be held on November 26th and 27th at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester.

Themes explored at the workshop will include: roles and responsibilities associated with data curation and good stewardship; core skills required for these roles; ways in which the various stakeholders might acquire the required skills; and models and working practice to facilitate the exchange of skills.

Full details, including registration information and draft agenda, are available via the DCC website at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/data-forum/

Please note that spaces are limited, so delegates are urged to register sooner rather than later.

2nd FORUM EVENT

We propose to hold the next meeting of the Research Data Management Forum in Birmingham, in November 2008. It has been suggested that the focus of the event should be upon roles and responsibilities, skills and expertise, with a particular examination of the skills and practice models that different groups bring to the table, both here and in an international setting.

Is this an area of interest or concern that you feel it would be advantageous to explore, or are there other issues that you consider it would be more useful and appropriate to address in the context of the Forum’s next meeting?