"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." Notes from RDMF13: Preparing Data for Deposit
May 1, 2015
The Digital Curation Centre’s most recent Research Data Management Forum took place last week in London. UK Data Service’s Louise Corti began the day with an overview of their acquisitions process. The Service (under various names) is almost 50 years old that gives it experience and perspective many institutions do not have. Lessons from those years include the importance of a collections development policy that’s allowed to evolve. The Archive evaluates on a basis of teaching and re-use for validation and replication.
