23 (research data) Things and 23 Things: Libraries for Research Data

While being at QUT I came across two fantastic tools. Many of you probably know the original 23 things programme. At least many people working in the library have been going through this programme. This great tool was then adopted to teach about research data, and as mentioned there are two useful tools :

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23 (research data) Things is self-directed learning programme for anybody who wants to know more about research data.
Anyone can do 23 (research data) Things at any time.  You can do them all at once, you can do some, or you can cherry-pick the Things you need or want to know about. Do them on your own, or get together a group and share the learning.  The programme is intended to be flexible, adaptable and fun. Each of the 23 Things offers a variety of learning opportunities with activities at three levels of complexity: ‘Getting started’, ‘Learn more’ and ‘Challenge me’.
So the 23 Things are designed to build knowledge as the program progresses, that means if you are new to the world of research data management, it is suggested you start with Things 1-3 and then decide where you want to go from there.  

The best is that all resources used in the programme are online available and free to use, that means they have been released under a Creative Commons license.
And this means, we can offer that programme for our researchers at NTNU, and I think we really should do that.


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23 Things: Libraries for Research Data was developed by the Libraries for Research Data Interest Group of the Research Data Alliance (RDA). have a look for more information about RDA: https://www.rd-alliance.org/

This tool gives an overview over practical, free, online resources that librarians and other library staff can use to incorporate research data management into their practice of librarianship.
It is about Learning Resources, Data Reference and Outreach, Data Management Plans (DMPs), Data Literacy, Citing Data, Data Licensing and Privacy, Digital Preservation, Data Repositories and a Community of Practice.
Read more here: https://b2share.eudat.eu/record/510/files/23Things_Libraries_For_Research_Data_en.pdf