research data management

February 4, 2026
UKeIG Online CPD course ‘Research Data Management for information professionals – from researcher need to effective service
To fulfill the role of supporting Research Data Management (RDM) librarians need to build an understanding of the policy context in which managing data has become important and gain a good grasp of researchers’ activities, motives, perceptions and feelings around their research and their data. This online course explains the need for research data services, how to find out about users and their needs and then how to apply this knowledge to create a portfolio of research data services that they will want to use.
February 4, 2026
International Digital Curation Conference
The 20th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC26) will take place in Zagreb, Croatia between 16-18 February 2026. The main theme for the conference is AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation. The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice. 
February 4, 2026
Where’s the data? Discovering Collections as Data at the University of Southampton Library – Matthew Phillips, University of Southampton Library
The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year’s International Love Data Week. In this event Matt Phillips will talk about Discovering Collections as Data at the University of Southampton Library. Discover the Library Data Lab, the University of Southampton Library’s new collections as data service. In this talk we’ll consider what “collections as data” means and explore the APIs, datasets and other features of the Library Data Lab, as well as the standards and formats we use and why. We’ll see some of the work people have been able to do with our data and share Jupyter Notebooks that can help you get started using the Library Data Lab in your research.
February 4, 2026
Credibility, integrity and intent in research: The role of research data – Jen Gibson, Dryad
The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year’s International Love Data Week. In this event Jen Gibson from Dryad will present on Credibility, integrity and intent in research: The role of research data. Jen’s talk will introduce Dryad, an open data publishing platform and a community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Jen will touch upon credibility, integrity and intent in research and the role that research data play in these. 
February 4, 2026
Petabyte Scale Data Storage at the University of Glasgow
The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year's International Love Data Week. This event features a talk by Matt Spitz Mahon at the University of Glasgow. The University of Glasgow has recently implemented petabyte scale, long-term storage for research data. In this talk, we present the features of the new storage and the timeline of implementation, and discuss considerations for our research data management service and open research agenda. 
February 4, 2026
Love Research Data 2026
Join us in the Sheldonian Theatre on Wednesday 11 February 2026 and find your perfect match when it comes to storing and sharing your research data. To coincide with the annual International Love Data Week, Research Data Management (RDM) support colleagues and services from the University of Oxford will be on hand for anyone wanting to learn more about how the University provides love and care for its valuable data collections. We will also be welcoming special guests to this year's event, and we will be joined by members of both the Trusted Research Environments Software Stewardship (TRESS) research project and the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research (CaSDaR) network. This event will provide a valuable opportunity for Academic Researchers, Students, IT and Research Support teams, and any other interested parties, to be introduced to colleagues from the Bodleian Libraries, IT Services and Academic Division and beyond who are responsible for delivering the various Research Data Management services and platforms used at Oxford and support good practice in the UK sector more widely.
February 4, 2026
Perspectives on Engagement and Impact: a UK Data Service event for Early Career Researchers’
The UK Data Service (UKDS) is running a free in-person event, held in The Engine Room at the People's History Museum in Manchester. This event will support ECRs to develop their skills in communicating their research for translation into policy. This workshop offers practical tools and inspiring perspectives to help you take the next step, with attendance from stakeholders interested in policy engagement. Through sessions such as 'Stakeholder Speed-Dating', Panel Discussions, and Lightning Keynotes, this interactive workshop looks like a great opportunity for ECRs to learn how to translate their data into impact through policy.
February 4, 2026
Evaluating FAIRness of Training Resources
CHARTED  is organising a session to engage with the dRTP community (research software, research data and research computing infrastructure professionals) in a discussion on what it means for training resources to be FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable - and to gather feedback on the questionnaire created to evaluate FAIRness of existing training resources. Once completed the questionnaire will also be linked to a set of recommendations and practical guides to help improve existing training resources.
January 28, 2026
Upcoming online webinar: Trusted Research for Repository/Data Managers
CaSDaR is pleased to announce this webinar on the 26th February 2026 at 11.00-12.00 GMT, held in collaboration with Loughborough University, NPSA and HEECA. We think this is a fantastic opportunity to introduce trusted research (TR) and begin to touch on how you, as repository and data managers, already are or could be involved in TR as part of your work. This webinar aims to support you by recognising and highlighting the critical role and value you hold in delivering world-leading institutional research, whether this be ensuring compliance and mitigating security risks, dealing with commercial data, and much more.