Keywords
research data management; virtual research environment; electronic lab notebook; repository; software development
Description
The eRIC team at the University Library of Technical University of Munich acts as a central hub for questions from our scientists related to research data management. We provide services for all steps of research or forward our customers to specialised units, e.g. for bibliometric analysis, publishing or trainings in information literacy. Our team supports researchers with regard to funding requirements, data management and data publication as well as with project-specific requests.
Two integral platforms for our services are the TUM Workbench for research in progress and the repository mediaTUM, mostly for static data sets and publications. In the paper at hand, we present the features of the TUM Workbench, including (meta-) data organisation, version control, access management, group functions, structuring of tasks, image annotation, data management plans, WebDAV storages and electronic lab notebooks. Subsequently, we will explain the interplay between TUM Workbench and mediaTUM. With respect to the latter, data can be stored with access restricted to selected individuals, with anonymous access for reviewers or open access with DOI or (versioned) Concept DOI. Both systems, TUM Workbench and mediaTUM, are developed by the software engineering department of TUM University Library in collaboration with external software engineers. The latter association allows for a greater scope of scalability, hence sustainability in the use of the pertaining services.
The guiding principle of eRIC is the development of customisable solutions, courses and IT platforms based on our scientists’ needs. At the same time, we construct our platforms TUM Workbench and mediaTUM in a generic fashion, facilitating their reuse at other institutions.
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eRIC: E-Research – Infrastructure and Communication
The eRIC team at the University Library of Technical University of Munich acts as a central hub for questions from our scientists related to research data management. We provide services for all steps of research or forward our customers to specialised units, e.g. for bibliometric analysis, publishing or trainings in information literacy. Our team supports researchers with regard to funding requirements, data management and data publication as well as with project-specific requests.
Two integral platforms for our services are the TUM Workbench for research in progress and the repository mediaTUM, mostly for static data sets and publications. In the paper at hand, we present the features of the TUM Workbench, including (meta-) data organisation, version control, access management, group functions, structuring of tasks, image annotation, data management plans, WebDAV storages and electronic lab notebooks. Subsequently, we will explain the interplay between TUM Workbench and mediaTUM. With respect to the latter, data can be stored with access restricted to selected individuals, with anonymous access for reviewers or open access with DOI or (versioned) Concept DOI. Both systems, TUM Workbench and mediaTUM, are developed by the software engineering department of TUM University Library in collaboration with external software engineers. The latter association allows for a greater scope of scalability, hence sustainability in the use of the pertaining services.
The guiding principle of eRIC is the development of customisable solutions, courses and IT platforms based on our scientists’ needs. At the same time, we construct our platforms TUM Workbench and mediaTUM in a generic fashion, facilitating their reuse at other institutions.