Last year was an eventful year for UQRDM as it transitioned from a project phase to business as usual and a new team was created to support its future development.
With 4,703 new records created, 5,531 TB of data stored in RDM, and 3,901 researchers accessing RDM for the first time, 2020 was RDM’s most successful year so far.
One of the highly anticipated and requested features that was added in 2020 was the ability to publish a data set to eSpace directly from UQRDM. Researchers can now make their research data available to a journal editor, funding agency or the public by sharing and publishing data sets through RDM – find out more.
“UQRDM is a world-leading research data management system that allows UQ researchers to collaborate with each other and with anyone around the world,” said Research Systems Lead Jan Wisgerhof. “Its success is due to the collaborative work of multiple organisations across UQ — the Research Systems team at DVC(RI), ITS Research Infrastructure and Service Desk teams, RCC team and the Library team — they all work diligently to ensure our researchers can store and manage their data safely and in line with best data management practices.
“Our team has spent the last two months collecting feedback from researchers across UQ and we have compiled an exciting plan for RDM’s future development.
“A major focal point this year is the ability for HDR students to submit their thesis through RDM. This feature will allow HDR students to upload their thesis and any supporting files more reliably. Primary supervisors will be able to review, and comment on, their student's thesis directly from within the RDM interface.
“Additionally, this year we would like to give researchers and students more control over their projects in RDM. Lead investigators will be able to update the record short code and name before approving.
“Adding collaborators to a record will be improved by allowing the creation of a ‘team’ that can be added to a record directly. We are also providing researchers with storage usage information as well as new guides and simplified storage instructions.”
RDM is UQ’s recommended storage system for all research data. It allows researchers to not only store their data safely and securely but also to collaborate with anyone from within UQ and around the world.
To set up your own RDM record or to find out more information, visit: rdm.uq.edu.au.