Sources of information

These information sources will keep you up to date on research data management at the University of Kassel and from the Hessian Research Data Infrastructure (HeFDI) state initiative:

• FIT newsletter
  The FIT information service provides users with up-to-date information on various funding opportunities and events. Launched in 2003 at the University of Kassel, it is now filled with content by a large network in which numerous universities and non-university research institutions participate.
• RDM articles in the University Library blog
  The University Library blog publishes articles on various topics from the library portfolio, including research data management.
• HeFDI Data News
  The newsletter of the HeFDI network is packed with a wide range of general and discipline-specific news from research data management as well as numerous event announcements and is very informative.

Newsletter and mailing lists

• Info Ticker of the Council for Information Infrastructures (RfII)
  The RfII Info Ticker offers a quick and informal overview of developments in science under the influence of digital change. It evaluates reports on information infrastructures and research data, education and universities, developments relevant to science and funding policy, changes in libraries and publication systems as well as legal, technical, economic and scientific developments resulting from the digital transformation. Information on current events from this range of topics completes the information offered.
• Mailing list "Handling research data"
  This open mailing list provides information and discussion on all relevant
  topics relating to the handling of research data. Relevant topics are e.g: Organization and
  technology of research data management, accessibility and quality assurance of
  research data as well as incentives and guidelines for handling research data.
• forschungsdaten.info aktuell 
  Do you want to keep up to date with what is happening in research data management? Forschungsdaten.info will send you the forschungsdaten.info aktuell newsletter at irregular intervals. In addition to current content from the site, we will inform you about news and dates from the field of RDM.

Other interesting mailing lists and newsletters on the subject of research data management can be found in the overview of mailing lists from forschungsdaten.org.

Informative websites:

• forschungsdaten.info
  Forschungsdaten.info is the German-language information portal on research data management (RDM). With practical, thematic and subject-centered articles, the site provides an introduction to research data management. The site is also dedicated to RDM in German-speaking countries, the NFDI and specific practical tips. Some selected pages have also been translated into English. The platform is edited by a supra-regional team of RDM specialists.

Networks

• HERMES doctoral network 
  The HERMES doctoral network is aimed specifically at doctoral students from the humanities and cultural sciences who work with digital data. The network serves as a platform for professional exchange and further training and thus supports doctoral students from the beginning to the defense.

The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) with its 29 subject-specific consortia provides both central and discipline-specific sources of information on research data management.

• News section of the NFDI
  This page lists current news from the NFDI.
• Newsletter of the NFDI
  The newsletter provides you with a monthly overview of current activities, milestones and dates relating to the NFDI. The newsletter is always published on the last Monday of the month. 
  The website also lists all the newsletters of the NFDI consortia.
• NFDI Talks
  In our NFDI talks, we provide insights into the diversity of NFDI. Experts from various departments talk about research data management topics, new services, use cases and more. The online talks are held regularly on Mondays from 4 to 5 pm and are usually in English. The talks are broadcast live on YouTube and archived afterwards on our NFDI channel.

Subject-specific information sources

• Survey Data Blog
  This blog is a project by people who work with social science survey data in research data centers, for example. The knowledge required there at the interface between computer-aided data analysis and applied computer science is rarely part of academic training. The insights gained there are also rarely the subject of scientific publications. This blog is intended to help fill these gaps and open up a space for the exchange of knowledge.
• DARIAH-DE website
  DARIAH-DE (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) is an initiative to create a digital research infrastructure for the humanities and cultural studies. For that purpose, DARIAH-DE supports research in the humanities and cultural studies that works with digital methods and procedures with a research infrastructure consisting of four pillars: Teaching, Research, Research Data, and Technical components.