Over the past few months, a small team from the Max Planck Digital Library has been traveling around Germany to update scientists at various Max Planck Institutes on the topic of research data management.
The team also presented the MPDL's helpful tools:
- the open research data repository Edmond
- the electronic lab notebook Labfolder
- RDMO, a tool to support the planning, implementation, and organisation of research data management
The route took them from Stuttgart in March (MPI for Solid State Research) to Freiburg (MPI for Immunobiology and Epigenetics) and Leipzig (MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesMPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) in September, ending with the last event in Bad Nauheim (MPI for Heart and Lung Research) in December.
During one- to two-day workshops, the scientists were able to familiarize themselves with the tools and discuss as well as try out specific use cases. In addition to these onboardings, the large research data management workshop at the Max Planck Society took place in October at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
