Documents

Core documents

• Methodology

• Lessons learned and pilot implementation project findings

• Implementation Guide

Papers

• Jones, Sarah, Ross, Seamus & Ruusalepp, Raivo, DAF: a toolkit to identify research assets and improve data management in Proceedings of 2008 iPRES conference, p225-231

• Ball, Alexander, Ekmekcioglu, Cuna & Jones, Sarah, The Data Audit Framework: a first step in the data management challenge in the IJDC, Vol 3, No.2, 2008

Presentations

• Using DAF and AIDA to scope data management needs, presentation given by Sarah Jones and Ed Pinsent, 15th July 2009, DC101 Lite, Leeds (event organised in support of applicants to the JISC call on data management infrastructure)

• Introduction to the Data Audit Framework, presentation by Sarah Jones, 8th May 2009 at DCC Information Day in York and on 16th December 2008 at DCC Information Day in Glasgow

• DAF: a data management toolkit, presentation by Sarah Jones, 8th December 2008, CNI task force meeting, Washington DC, USA

• The Data Audit Framework, presented by Sarah Jones, 13th November 2008, e-Science Collaborative Workshop, Sheffield

• Tools for managing research data - DAF and DRAMBORA, presented by Sarah Jones, 20th October 2008, Institutional & National Services for Research Data Management workshop, Oxford

• Developing an audit methodology suited to research data, presented by Sarah Jones, 1st October 2008, DAF launch, British Academy, London

• Experiences gained from implementing DAF, presented by Cuna Ekmekcioglu, 1st October 2008, DAF launch, British Academy, London

• DAF: a toolkit to identify research assets and improve data management, presented by Sarah Jones, 30th September 2008, iPRES 2008, British Library, London

• DataShare & DAF projects at Edinburgh, presented by Robin Rice, 12th June 2008, eScience Collaborative Workshop, NeSC, Edinburgh and again on 13th June 2008 at the Research Data Management workshop, Said Business School, Oxford

• The DAFD Project and a practical exercise on benefits of audit, presented by Sarah Jones, 11th June 2008, Delos Summer School, Tirrenia, Italy

Training Materials

• A half day workshop to train potential auditors was held Monday 1st December 2008. It was run by Sarah Jones, Cuna Ekmekcioglu and Partick McCann. Presentations are available: DAF overview slides and lessons on using DAF. A practical exercise using the online tool followed, as well as general discussion.

• A Data Audit Framework exercise was provided at the DCC Curation 101 summer schools on 6th-10th October 2008 and 10th-12th March 2009. The slides provide an overview to DAF. The dataset and audit forms used for the practical appraisal exercise using the tool are available on request.

Poster & tool demos

• DAF information and poster on DCC stand at JISC repositories programme meeting, 6th-7th May, Birmingham

• Poster session and demo for the Data Audit Framework, 2nd-3rd December 2008, International Digital Curation Conference, Edinburgh

• Poster session and demo for the Data Audit Framework and DRAMBORA, 17th November 2008, Lifting the Lid Technology Showcase for SMEs, Edinburgh

Promotional materials

A leaflet, briefing paper and a poster have been created to promote the Framework. Hard copies can be provided on request.

The Data Audit Framework was officially launched on 1st October 2008 at the British Academy in London. For details of the event click here.

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