As 2020 comes to a close, Portage wishes to share highlights of our work over the past year in support of Canadian research, national data management, and effective data stewardship. Data Stewardship On January 1, the DataCite Canada Consortium officially launched, ensuring that Canadian institutions that integrated DataCite as part of their infrastructure will be […]
CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to announce that CARL Portage has joined ORCID-CA as its 38th member. Portage was launched in 2015 by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) to contribute to the shared stewardship of research data and address specific gaps in national research data management infrastructure in Canada. Portage collaborates […]
The Portage Network is pleased to share recent highlights of our work in support of research data management, including: Updates on the New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO) The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) New DMP Exemplars and Sensitive Data Tools Funding for Scholars Portal Dataverse Portage operations + outreach New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization […]
Scholars Portal Dataverse, hosted at the University of Toronto Libraries, and CARL Portage are pleased to announce the acquisition of over 275 TB of storage to provide Canadian libraries with increased storage capacity for research data. The national Scholars Portal Dataverse service, in partnership with academic libraries, gives researchers at participating Canadian institutions a place […]
The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) is growing the number of data collections available through its Discovery Service, with the following collections recently added: Open Data Kingston Montréal Données Ouvertes St. Francis Xavier University Dataverse (new in Scholars Portal Dataverse) Dataverse de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (new in Scholars Portal Dataverse) These additions will […]
Portage is pleased to have published six new Exemplar Data Management Plans (DMPs) in English and French. These Exemplars cover a range of disciplines and research methods, highlight best practices for DMPs in those disciplines, and provide a reference point for researchers writing their own DMPs. They are the result of hard work on the […]
The Sensitive Data Expert Group of the Portage Network is pleased to announce the publication of three new tools for researchers relating to the management of sensitive research data: a Glossary of Terms for Sensitive Data used for Research Purposes, a Human Participant Research Data Risk Matrix, and a document providing samples of Research Data […]
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Portage Network (Portage) is pleased to announce the addition of several new members to the Portage Secretariat. These new positions will support and enhance Portage’s capacity to advance research data management in Canada, specifically in the areas of curation, data management planning, research intelligence, policy, privacy and sensitive […]
Portage is pleased to announce the addition of several new open data collections to the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) Discovery Service: Abacus Open Data City of Toronto Open Data Portal City of Vancouver Open Data Portal City of Winnipeg Open Data Portal
