Updated Data Management Regulations for Leiden University

Dataset publication by Leiden University researchers: research on the impact of FAIR data

Núria Raga Raga joined the Centre for Digital Scholarship for a 3 month internship to determine which repositories Leiden researchers use to archive their data and to what extent these repositories enable compliance with the Leiden University Data Management Regulations.

Leiden University Data Stewards Day 2022

Who are Leiden University Data Stewards? On 30 June 2022, we held our first Data Stewardship Day: bringing together first-line and second-line research data management support staff to get to know each other and learn more about RDM-related developments taking place at Leiden University and beyond.

Celebrating a decade of RDM professionals in The Netherlands

The LCRDM Network Day marked a decade of Research Data Management support across The Netherlands and celebrated the people necessary for RDM to happen. Staff from across the country joined to reflect on the value they have added to research and the challenges that the next decade will bring.

Hackathons – not only for techies

The Leiden University Data Management Network enjoyed a safari tour around the data hackathons that have recently either taken place at Leiden, or involved people from Leiden. After clarifying what hackathons really are, and how everyone benefits, we brainstormed some ideas for future hackathons.

Can research software be managed?

Read about the discussions that took place during the recent Data Management Network event on software management where we heard more about TU Delft’s research software policy and the eScience Center’s software sustainability plan.

Data sharing and the GDPR

Working with personal data in compliance with EU privacy legislation may already be challenging by itself; when collaborating in consortium projects with partners from outside the University, it requires dedicated knowledge and attention.

FAIR data's cutting edge

A three-point FAIRification framework was developed during the pandemic to pilot different ways of making COVID-19 data FAIR. Representatives from three cutting edge projects came to discuss with the Data Management Network the success of these, and the opportunities for new activities at Leiden.

Delivering data management training at Leiden

How is data management training delivered across the university? What can we share and learn from each other? And how can we make the most of what’s available? The Data Management Network met to learn about and discuss these topics.