Engaging Researchers

Benefits of sharing

'Traditional' benefits of sharing - infographic by Danny Kingsley and Sarah Brown
Sharing is fundamental to being an academic: Ideas and results need to be shared to move human knowledge forward
Non-positive results need be shared not to waste time and resources
Share once and don’t be bothered - describe the data once in a repository, add the link to data in your paper and don't be troubled by e-mails with data requests coming to the corresponding author
Be able to find your own data and ensure continuity of your research
Get access to data shared by others

Building a collaborative RDM community: tips and tricks from Cambridge: Presentation given by Marta Teperek at the Jisc RDN meeting on 5 September 2016
Open Access depends on us professors! Europe’s Open Access Champions: Presentation given by Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe & Proud2Know) at the LIBER 2016 Conference, 30 June 2016
Implementing figshare, engaging researchers: Presentation given by Georgina Parsons and Megan Hardeman at the Jisc RDN event on 6 September 2016
Case studies for engaging researchers: Case studies across a variety of subject areas intended to engage researchers
At Cambridge University, the Research Data Team jointly with the Wellcome Trust is running a 2 year Open Research Pilot Project. This project will look at gaining an understanding of what is needed for researchers to share and get credit for all outputs of the research process. These include non-positive results, protocols, source code, presentations and other research outputs beyond the remit of traditional publications. The Project aims to understand the barriers preventing researchers from sharing (including resource and time implications), as well as what incentivises the process.