CARL Portage is pleased to share the second in a series of Insights Reports, examining resource allocations for research data management (RDM) in Canadian research institutions. This second report examines current capacity for RDM on campuses with respect to highly qualified personnel, infrastructure, and services. Insights Reports are produced by Portage’s Research Intelligence Expert Group […]
Portage is pleased to announce the launch of a CoreTrustSeal Certification Support Cohort and Funding call to support a group of Canadian repositories in achieving the requirements for CoreTrustSeal certification.[1] The purpose of this initiative is to advance FAIR principles for data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and TRUST principles for digital repositories (Transparency, Responsibility, […]
Portage has published new DMP Brief Guides and Primers, in English and French, to assist researchers who are new to creating data management plans. These convenient two-page resources cover the basics of what a DMP is, why researchers should create a DMP, what the standard components of a DMP are, and how researchers can create […]
We are very excited to announce that the development and migration of DMP Assistant 2.0 is nearing its completion. As such, we would like to notify all users and administrators of the DMP Assistant that in preparation for the imminent launch of the DMP Assistant 2.0, the platform will be unavailable from Monday, February 22 […]
Geodisy now includes a much larger collection of data for map-based search and discovery! Geodisy, an open-source geospatial discovery platform for Canadian open research data, previously harvested data exclusively from Scholars Portal Dataverse. With this update, Geodisy now pulls directly from the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)’s harvested metadata collection, which includes content from over […]
Portage is currently seeking expressions of interest to join its Data Management Planning Expert Group (DMPEG). The objective of DMPEG is to develop guidelines, best practices, and content in support of exemplars, templates and guidance materials for the CARL-Portage data management planning service. For more information about this Portage Expert Group, please consult their Terms […]
Portage’s Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) has officially launched into full production! Full production offers many new features and benefits: Publish research data in a Canadian-owned, bilingual national repository option 1 TB of repository storage available to all faculty members at Canadian post-secondary institutions – more storage may be available upon request Secure repository storage, […]
Portage has released French versions of instructional videos for the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR). These short introductory training videos cover the basics of using the service, setting up an account, and uploading and downloading datasets using Globus File Transfer. Watch the French videos by clicking on the titles below: Qu’est-ce que le DFDR et […]
We now have a way to make all datasets indexed by the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) findable in ProQuest’s Central Discovery Index (CDI). Academic libraries using Summon, Primo, or Alma can now easily include records from FRDR in their discovery service using the ProQuest CDI. Simply navigate to your library’s ProQuest Client Center, search […]
