Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Research data management

Der Bericht "Forschungsdatenmanagement an Hochschulen – Internationaler Überblick und Aspekte eines Konzepts für die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin" aus dem Projektseminar am Lehrstuhl Informationsmanagement (IBI) im Wintersemester 2012/13 wurde veröffentlicht. Das Dokument gibt einen Überblick über aktuellen Stand der Diskussion und vergleicht verschiedene Ansätze an Hochschulen in Deutschland, Australien, UK, USA und der Schweiz. Aufbauend auf ausgewählten Best Practices werden konkrete Szenarien für das zukünftige Konzept des Forschungsdatenmanagements an der HU skizziert. Der Projektbericht kann ebenfalls für alle Hochschulen und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen hilfreich sein, die eine Entwicklung des eigenen Service-Angebots für das Forschungsdatenmanagement überlegen.

Die elektronische Version des Projektberichts kann vom edoc-Server der HU heruntergeladen werden.

Researchers generate extensive data sets in the course of their work. Storing this data securely and describing it in a comprehensible way can be challenging.

Tips and tricks for handling research data will be provided in the form of information and training events from February 13 to 17, 2023.

The program of the FDM initiative as part of Love Data Week:

Monday, February 13, 2023:

10:00-10:45 Live recording "How history is going digital - an interview with Professor Torsten Hiltmann" (in German, via Zoom)

Tuesday, February 14, 2023:

10:00-12:00 Workshop "Research Data Management" for PhD students (registration required).

13:00-15:00 Workshop "Data Publishing" for PhD students (registration required).

Wednesday, February 15, 2023:

13:00-13:15 Coffee Lecture "Research Data Management at HU Berlin" (in German, via Zoom)

Thursday, February 16, 2023:

14:00-15:30 “Let's play Lego®! Experience reproducible research in a hands-on way” in cooperation with FU Berlin (German and English, registration required)

Friday, February 17, 2023:

10:00-12:00 Workshop “OpenRefine as a tool in research data management” in cooperation with FU Berlin and TU Berlin (in German, registration required)

13:00-13:30 Coffee Lecture "Update FDM: A maturity model for institutional research data management (FDNext)" (in German, via Zoom)

Many more events in Berlin and Brandenburg can be found here:

https://fdm-bb.de/love-data-week-2023/

An overview of all events is available here:

https://forschungsdaten.info/fr/fdm-im-deutschsprachigen-raum/love-data-week/

The joint project "Concept Development for Collaborative Research Data Management Services" of the Berlin University Alliance surveyed a total of 975 researchers from Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin in winter 2021/22 on their desiderata in the area of research data management (RDM). The aim was to find out about the needs for common services for the implementation of sustainable RDM.

The results of the entire joint project and of HU Berlin are freely available in published form. Overall, there was a high level of awareness of the relevance of RDM as a field of action at the institutions and also different desiderata for implementing it efficiently.

In the context of the alliance, for example, there was a need for cross-institutional services and infrastructures for efficient RDM implementation. In addition, high desiderata for personnel resources, best practice models and reliable legal advice for RDM became clear.

The results at HU showed that research data is published for data security, reproducibility or verification of results, as long as no legal aspects or lack of resources prevent this. The most frequently requested advisory services are workshops, training and courses as well as a web portal on data management plans, legal issues, storage, backup and archiving. These are already offered by the Humboldt Graduate School, professional development and the RDM initiative at HU.

The comparison of RDM development over time at the HU showed a positive development of storage locations away from the private and towards the local official computer and the various institutional solutions. For years, researchers have been aware of the guidelines of the research group/project, the requirements of publishers and the German Research Fourndation (DFG), but hardly of the requirements of Horizon 2020/Europe, the guidelines of the professional societies, the institution's own research data policy or the FAIR criteria.

Based on these findings, the RDM services for the Berlin University Alliance is to be developed and competence building optimised.

Results of the survey of current conditions and needs at HU Berlin (in German):

Jäckel, Denise, Helbig, Kerstin, Odebrecht, Carolin (2022): Desiderate zum Forschungsdatenmanagement 2013 und 2022. In: Information – Wissenschaft & Praxis Vol. 73, No. 5-6, S. 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1515/iwp-2022-2239

Jäckel, Denise (2022): Umfrage Forschungsdatenmanagement 2021 HU-Berlin [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6861995

Results of the survey of current conditions and needs at Berlin University Alliance (in German):

Ariza de Schellenberger, Angela, Bobrov, Evgeny, Helbig, Kerstin, Jäckel, Denise, Kuberek, Monika, Orozco Prado, Lea-Sophie, Schlagberger, Elisabeth Maria, Söring, Sibylle, & Steinke, Britta (2022): Bestands- und Bedarfserhebung zum Forschungsdatenmanagement an den BUA-Einrichtungen. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.70604463

Ariza de Schellenberger, Angela, Bobrov, Evgeny, Helbig, Kerstin, Jäckel, Denise, Kuberek, Monika, Orozco Prado, Lea-Sophie, Schlagberger, Elisabeth Maria, Söring, Sibylle, & Steinke, Britta (2022): Umfragedaten Forschungsdatenmanagement 2022 der BUA-Einrichtungen [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7260078

February 12 – 16th,  Link.