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Four Golden Rules of Data Management: Rule 4 – use a trusted repository 05/03/2020: The final video in our series on the Four Golden Rules of Data Management highlights the importance of using a trusted data repository through the story of an artist who used Facebook to archive [...]
Research 4.0: Research in the age of automation 04/03/2020: On Monday, I was at the LIS-Bibliometrics 10th anniversary conference, “The Future of Research Evaluation”. Dr Steven Hill* and Prof James Wilsdon**, highlighted the [...]
Four Golden Rules of Data Management: Rule 3 – Migrate formats 26/02/2020: The third video in our series on Four Golden Rules of Data Management recounts the story of the BBC’s ill-fated Domesday project in order to demonstrate the importance of migrating formats [...]
Four Golden Rules of Data Management: Rule 2 – back up 20/02/2020: The second in our series of videos on Four Golden Rules of Data Management looks at the story of the Royal Oak 80 Survey, which teaches us a lesson on the importance of backing up research data.
