Reflecting on our successes of the past year, here are some of the RDMSG's accomplishments by the numbers:
Effective November 22, 2021, the NSF announced improvements to the Research.gov Proposal Submission System, NSF Public Access Repository, and NSF.gov Award Search. The changes most relevant to data include the ability to include metadata and DOIs for NSF-funded datasets in the Public Access Repository (PAR), and associate them with NSF Award IDs as part of a PAR 2.0 pilot in 2022.
The NIH has two related RFIs open for input from the community, both with a Nov. 1 deadline. These RFIs are seeking information on what critical resource gaps exist related to the validation and development of NGS tests and the use of AI in radiological tool development and clinical data interpretation.
Good research is reproducible, replicable, and transparent. The Cornell University Library and RDMSG are collaborating to offer a free reproducible research workshop series covering available tools and overarching best practices to hel
A wide range of data-related workshops and training are offered every semester, but it can be challenging to find them all! We can help with that.
Want to efficiently clean up your data?
CCSS is offering an OpenRefine workshop - August 12th from 1:30-2:30pm.
FAIR data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable, but how do you actually prepare data that follows the FAIR Principles?
Learn more about recommended practices and options for data storage and backup on our new guide.
The Summer Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities supports a small interdisciplinary cohort of Cornell graduate students who together investigate approaches to digital scholarship through collaborative workshops, readings, discussion, and independent projects. Program runs June 7 - July 16, and applications for the 2021 cohort are due April 5. Learn more at https://blogs.cornell.edu/sgfdh/.
Are you interested in offering data-related training for your students, staff, or department? Not sure which training to request? Take a look at our menu of workshops & instruction to see what types of training we offer. If you don't see the type of training that you're after, reach out to us with your request so we can work together to create a tailored training for you.
The Cornell 2021 Day of Data event was held in the afternoons of Jan 27-28, and was an opportunity for Cornell research community to come together to share and learn about working with research data.
Love Your Data Week is an international celebration of data that aims to promote good data practices, while building and engaging a community around topics related to research data management, sharing, preservation, and reuse.
Collaborate (verb). col·lab·o·rate | \ kə-ˈla-bə-ˌrāt
to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
Applying for a research grant? Getting bogged down in how to organize and track your research? A data management plan might be just what you need!
eCommons, Cornell’s open scholarship platform, can aid in rapid dissemination of research results (papers, data sets, and other materials) on any topic.
The Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) is offering free summer workshops in June and July.
Struggling with data, when you can't be in your lab or office?
The RDMSG can still help, via phone, email or zoom - whatever works best for you.
Please email rdmsg-help@cornell.edu to set up a consultation.
Lunch 'n' Learn with CAC!
On February 13th, come get Love Your Data koozies and stickers and talk to consultants. Two locations:
A free, two-day workshop in Cortland, NY, sponsored by the New York Data Carpentry Library Consortium.
The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) is offering spring 2020
The NIH has released a Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and is asking for feedback.
The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) is offering fall 2019
Need to share your data? Many publishers and funders require public sharing of research results, including data when appropriate. Now Cornell University Libray's repository can take even more of your data! Individual file size limits have increased to 5GB, with up to 25GB allowable per year per project.
The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free scholarly web tool that enhances transparency, fosters collaboration, and increases the visibility of research outputs, including data and code, at the institutional level.
The NIH has published a Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Provisions for a Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy for NIH Funded or Supported Research, and is seeking public comments by Dec. 10, 2018.
Topics under consideration include:
Please join us for Reproducible Research @ Cornell, a set of events on November 28-29, 2018, featuring Brian Nosek from the Center for Open Science (COS). Events will include a lecture, panel, discussions, and workshops on easy, practical steps to increase the reproducibility of your research using the COS's Open Science Framework (OSF). Please see details of all the events below.
Please join us at one of our upcoming information sessions to learn more about data management planning and resources available at Cornell:
August 20, 1-4 pm, 111 Ives Hall. More info and registration: https://codeocean.com/workshop/cornell-university.
How can visualization tools help you explore, analyze, and communicate your data to others? In this 1.5 hour workshop (open to all), we will introduce several data visualization techniques using Tableau Public. No prior coding or design experience needed.
Monday, August 6, 2018 | 11:30am - 1:00pm | Uris B02 Classroom, Uris Library
Good science requires good record-keeping! Join us in this introductory, hands-on session to learn about available tools and overarching best practices to help you document your research in a safe, organized and useful way.
In order to support collaboration with Cornell students and colleagues at other institutions, G Suite accounts, which include Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, Drive and Sites, are now available for Cornell faculty and staff. More information is available at: https://it.cornell.edu/gsuite.
Cornell University Library is participating in a three-year Sloan Foundation funded, multi-institutional effort to launch the Data Curation Network. The intent of the Data Curation Network is to serve as a cross-institutional staffing model that seamlessly connects a network of expert data curators to local datasets and to supplement local curation expertise.
What’s Cooler @ CUGIR? Find out Thurs, April 19, 4:00 pm, Stone Classroom, Mann Library.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Data Storage Finder, a self-service, interactive tool to help discover and evaluate data storage options.
Announcing…. Digital Privacy & Security Drop-In Hour: Mondays, 3-4pm The Digital CoLab (Olin Library 701)
Need help installing that password manager or adding two-factor authentication to your accounts?
Have questions about when and how to choose a VPN? Want support assessing your risk? Have other questions?
If part of your back to school plan includes wrestling your research data into shape, we can help! Our consultants include experts from the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC), Cornell Institution for Social and Economic Research (CISER), Cornell University Information Technologies (IT @ Cornell), Cornell University Library (CUL), and other units.
Meeting with a consultant may be useful when:
The Library is pleased to announce a newly focused science immersion program seeking 1st-year graduate student participants in agriculture and life sciences. The 3-day intensive program will convene in Mann Library from January 17 through January 19, 2018.
The Statistics Seminar speaker for Wednesday, November 1, 2017, is Victoria Stodden, an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research group focuses on understanding the effect of big data and computation on scientific inference.
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall, October 13, 4:00 p.m.
Learn how to fight against fake data and visualizations – from the left and the right.
What to learn how NVivo can assist with your research? Join in this webinar, Thursday 09/14/2017, 4:30PM-5:30PM (EST) to learn more!
Many locally offered data-related classes and trainings have finished up for the summer, but if you're still looking for more, don't forget that you have free access to Lynda.com with you Cornell NetID. They have courses on a variety of useful tools and platforms (R, Python, database management and software, Excel, Tableau and more), all broken down by topic into short snippets for easy viewing.
Data Management: An Introductory Tour. Monday, July 10, 12-1pm in Mann Library's Stone Classroom.
Want to lean skills and tools to work more effectively with data? CSCU is offering a two-day workshop teaching best practices for working with data in spreadsheets, cleaning data in Open Refine and manipulataion, visualization and analysis in R and Python. Learn more and register at: https://cscu.cornell.edu/workshops/data_carpentry.php.
Several publishers and funders now require or reccommend the use of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for publicly accessible data. Did you know that you can get these persistent identifiers with a submission to eCommons, the Cornell University Library's digital repository?
Amazon Web Services will be hosting an on campus training session Research Immersion Day on April 27, 2017.
In this full-day workshop, you will learn the minimal amount of information you need to quickly get started using AWS for research computing, collaboration, and sharing data and tools.
The North American Data Documentation Initiative Conference (NADDI) is an opportunity for those using metadata standards and those interested in learning more to come together and learn from each other.
Want to learn more about the RDMSG, funder sharing requirements, and support and services available at Cornell for managing your data?
Join us an one of our upcoming information sessions:
A training workshop on using the Stampede 2 supercomputer, with Intel Knights Landing (KNL) processors, will be offered in January to the national research community by the Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing (CAC).
High Performance Computing on Stampede 2, with KNL
January 23, 2017
9 am to 5 pm EST
There is no fee to attend.
The NIH has published a Request for Information (RFI) in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts seeking public comments on strategies for data management, sharing, and citation by Dec. 29, 2016.
Points under consideration:
Please consider attending an informal lunch with colleagues from across our campus to help identify which research data curation challenges are most pressing for you and how the library might help. Our goal is to provide researchers with an alternative to the ad-hoc and do-it-yourself methods for data archiving and preservation that will better support Cornell researchers when preparing their research data for deposit into data repositories.
Data Curation Roundtable: how to address the challenges of sharing, archiving and preserving research data
The fall semester may be well underway, but there are still data-related training and workshop opportunities to take advantage of. Topics include data publishing, GIS, and working with Excel. For a complete list and registration information, please visit http://bit.ly/DataAndGIS.
On Aug 16th, NASA updated a website that brings together information about various aspects of their plan for increased public access to research results.
Curious how you might be able to use an Electronic Lab Notebook to better manage your research notes, data, protocols and related documents? Come to an introductory training session to learn about LabArchives, the online electronic lab notebook service available for free for all Cornell faculty, staff and students.
The Bioinformatics Practitioners Club and Boyce Thompson Institute are organizing a 1 day Galaxy workshop at Mann library on July 21st. Galaxy is an open source, web-based platform for data intensive biological research. Users without programming experience can easily specify parameters and run tools and workflows.
Want to know how to more effectively use spreadsheet programs, Open Refine, R, and SQL? Learn more at the Data Carpentry workshop June 13-14, hosted by the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit. More information can be found at https://cscu.cornell.edu/workshops/data_carpentry.php.
Unexpected data-related issues slowing you down? Come talk to one of the consultants! We now offer walk-in office hours, Monday - Friday 2-3pm (excluding holidays).
We're available to help in the Mann Library consultation area Monday, Tuesday and Friday, and in the Uris Library consultation room Wednesday and Thursday.
There are two upcoming information sessions that might be of interest:
Thursday, February 18, 2016. 9:30 – 10:30 AM. 247 Clark Hall. OSP Roundtable: Where’s my funding? A review of the NIH Public Access Policy requirement, and an update on emerging policies of other funders. More information at http://bit.ly/1ogYjhP.
Join us for an introduction to the Research Data Management Service Group and the services available to you at Cornell to help you manage your research data. We'll review funder requirements for proposal preparation and data sharing, and show you the basics of preparing a data management plan. Two sessions are being offered, no RSVP necessary:
There are a number of data-related training and workshop opportunities happening yet this fall at Cornell, on topics like data publishing, GIS, and working with Excel. For a complete list and information about registration, please visit http://eepurl.com/bDc5bv.
The second annual Cornell Geospatial Forum, a one day gathering of faculty, staff, students, and community members to discuss geospatial science and technology research and extension at Cornell and the surrounding Ithaca community, will be held Tuesday October 13th, 2015.
The web-based LabArchives electronic lab notebook software allows faculty, researchers, TAs and students to store, organize, share and publish laboratory data. The session focuses on basics only and will help participants to get started with the product. Tuesday, August 18th, 1-2 pm, 112 Mann Library. Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is appreciated.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its plan in response to the February 2013 OSTP public access to research results (PARR) memo. In addition to details about requirements for access to publications, the NOAA PARR plan specifies several "Grantee-Specific Tasks" to be implemented moving forward.
In response to the February 2013 OSTP access to results research memo, the National Science Foundation unveiled this week its Public Access Plan, Today's Data, Tomorrow's Discoveries.
In February 2015, the Department of Defense released a draft plan that addresses compliance with the 2013 Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) memorandum on providing greater public access to federally funded research. This document is a draft and will undergo a public comment period and further revisions, and Heather Joseph of SPARC notes that these policies may not be settled until 2016.
The US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) agencies released implementation plans (links above to plans) on February 27, 2015. The plans cover both scientific publications and digitally formatted data, with respective discovery and access points in PubMed Central and eventually healthdata.gov. To read a short synopsis of the HHS plans that includes embargo publication periods and DMP template development, go to Prue Adler's Association of Research Libraries news release from March 5, 2015.
In January of 2013, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released the memorandum, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research,” which directed all agencies with greater than $100 million in annual research and development expenditures to prepare a plan for improving the public’s access to the results of federally funded research. Highlights of the plan “to ensure public access to publications and digital data sets arising from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research, development, and technology (RD&T) programs” are below.
Join us for an informational session on data management planning for proposal submission, and an introduction to the services available to help you carry out those plans. We'll talk about current requirements of a few research funding agencies, some general best practices to keep in mind, and resources available to you at Cornell to assist you with these and other data management needs. Two sessions are being offered, with no RSVP required:
The NIH released a reminder notice that all proposals submitted on and after January 25, 2015 will be required to follow the new Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy guidelines. This includes the expectation that a genomic data sharing plan will be included as part of the grant application.
The Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) announced that as a collaborator on the NSF-funded Jetstream program it will be responsible for developing cloud computing training for the U.S. research community. Jetstream--led by Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute--will add cloud-based computation to the national cyberinfrastructure.
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014 12:00-1:30, Stone Classroom, Mann Library. Sometimes it is difficult to analyze all of the information in your Microsoft Excel worksheet. PivotTables can help make your worksheets more manageable by summarizing data and allowing you to manipulate it in different ways.
September 18, 2014, 9:30-10:30 am, 247 Clark Hall. Join us to learn what you need to know about preparing a data management plan for a federal agency proposal submission, and what services are here on campus to help you. More information about the session is at: http://www.osp.cornell.edu/Announcements/Sept-2014-Roundtable.pdf.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) requires a data management plan with all grant applications, and growing numbers of funders and publishers have data sharing requirements. Data management is equally important for the individual researcher or student trying to document, organize and evaluate empirical information.
(August 27, 2014) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released its final Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy. Effective January 25, 2015, the policy applies to research that generates large-scale genomic data, and sets the expectation that investigators provide basic plans for compliance with GDS policy at the point of proposal submission. Timelines, data submission expectations and appropriate repositories, as well as details about exceptions, re-use, and other intellectual property issues can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14-124.html.
Curious how you might be able to use an Electronic Lab Notebook to better manage your research notes, data, protocols and related documents? Come to an introductory training session to learn about Lab Archives, the online electronic lab notebook service available to use for free for all Cornell faculty, staff and students.
As one of the US federal agencies subject to the OSTP memo of February 2013, the Department of Energy today released its Statement on Digital Data Management.
July's OSP Roundtable Series event will be happening Wednesday July 17th, from 9:30 - 10:30 am in 226 Weill Hall. The topic this month is: "Where's my funding: Common pitfalls in meeting the NIH Public Access Policy requirement", and presenters will be Sarah Young (Health Sciences & Policy Librarian, Mann Library), Linda Griswold (Grant & Contract Officer, OSP) and Tammy Cusker (Grant & Contract Officer & eRA Specialist). More information can be found at: http://www.osp.cornell.edu/Announcements/July-2014-Roundtable.pdf.
The Data Seal of Approval has been granted to CISER’s research Data Archive. This achievement shows that the archive has met a set of guidelines and requirements related to discoverability, access, usability, reliability, identification and more.
Cornell's Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is pleased to again offer their OSP Research Roundtables series. Open to everyone, sessions will cover various research administration topics, such as the Subaward Process, Using the Sponsored Projects Portal, Working with Foundations, Export Controls and more.
The Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) issued a memo (24 Mar 2014) to update the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on progress of federal agencies in development and implementation of policies to increase public access to federally funded scientific research results .
The Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) has issued a memo to promote stewardship of and access to scientific collections. Agencies that own or support permanent scientific collections are directed to draft a collections access and management policy within six months.
As of March 3, 2014, the PLOS journal policy requires "authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception".
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session offered by the Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG). Staff from the RDMSG will discuss the National Science Foundation's (NSF) policy requiring a data management plan with all grant proposals, review the requirements and describe how researchers can obtain assistance to create data management plans. We will also discuss the wide range of other data management services available through the RDMSG and answer questions.
Mann library is offering a series of workshops on data-related topics this fall. Workshops include:
The Office of Science and Technology Policy has released more information regarding "Progress Toward Opening Government Data Resources"
Academic Technologies and the Cornell University Library are pleased to announce that the Electronic Lab Notebook pilot run earlier this year has ended with an institutional site license agreement, assuring Cornell users long-term access to the LabArchives software.
The NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences updated data management plan requirements earlier this year. Specific changes include:
The Physical Sciences Library invites you to:
eScience at the Royal Society of Chemistry: Current Initiatives
Antony Williams, Vice President of Strategic Development and Head of Cheminformatics, RSC
Tuesday May 14, 102 Mann Library
9am-10am, discussion following until 10:30am
The Research Data Management Service Group (RMDSG) is pleased to announce that consultants are available for walk-in consultations at various locations across campus, including Mann Library, Space Sciences Building, Carpenter Hall, and Malott Hall.
The White House announced on February 22 that all federal agencies with research and development budgets of $100 million or more will be required to develop policies to provide open access to publications and data resulting from the research they fund.
Academic Technologies and the Cornell University Library are engaging in a joint pilot program to determine the feasibility of offering a campus-wide Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) service. The pilot, which began in January and runs through the end of June 2013, involves ELN use in research and classroom labs.
Academic Technologies and the Cornell University Library are currently engaged in a joint pilot program to determine the feasibility of offering a campus-wide Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) service. The pilot, which began in January and runs through the end of June 2013, involves ELN use in research and classroom labs. LabArchives (labarchives.com) has been chosen as the ELN product to be used in this trial.
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session research data management services and data management planning.
Staff from the Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG) will review funder requirements, describe how researchers can obtain assistance from the RDMSG to create data management plans, and answer questions.
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) policy requiring a data management plan with all grant proposals. This policy went into effect January 18, 2011.
Some changes to NSF's Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) will take effect January 14, 2013. With respect to data, the important change is that biographical sketches for senior personnel, instead of listing up to five relevant publications and up to five additional publications, may now list products, not just publications.
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) policy requiring a data management plan with all grant proposals.
Staff from the Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG) will review the requirements, describe how researchers can obtain assistance from the RDMSG to create data management plans, and answer questions.
Two sessions will be offered:
There are a number of data-related training opportunities available to Cornellians this fall:
We all depend on it - here's your chance to participate in an event aimed at faculty and IT staff to inform the future direction of information technology at Cornell. The morning will include keynote speakers and the afternoon will feature break out groups to discuss topics such as research computing, learning technologies, mobile technologies and more.
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) policy requiring a data management plan with all grant proposals.
Staff from the Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG) will review the requirements, describe how researchers can obtain assistance from the RDMSG to create data management plans, and answer questions.
Two sessions will be offered:
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) policy requiring a data management plan with all grant proposals. This policy went into effect January 18, 2011.
NSF has been updating guidance on requirements for Data Management Plans (DMP) by directorate. These updates can be found on the NSF website at:
The National Science Foundation's new policy requires a data management plan with all grant proposals beginning this year, 2011.
Staff from the Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG) will be hosting an information session on the new requirement, answer questions and discuss how researchers can obtain assistance from the RDMSG to create data management plans.
Two information sessions will be offered in May:
January information sessions on NSF-required data management plans
