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Jochen Orthmeyer and Jonathan D. Geiger at the BMBF status event (own representation).

Where Do Data Competence Projects Stand? The DALIA Project at the BMBF Status Event in Berlin on September 19th and 20th

Where do data competence projects currently stanad? This was the guiding question of the “Statusveranstaltung der Datenkompetenzprojekte” (BMBF) held on September 19–20, 2024, in Berlin. Representatives from projects across the three funding lines – the establishment of data competence centers in science (“Aufbau von Datenkompetenzzentren in der Wissenschaft”), the strengthening of data skills among early-career researchers (“Stärkung der Datenkompetenzen des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses”), and the reuse and management of research data at universities of applied sciences (“Nachnutzung und Management von Forschungsdaten an Fachhochschulen”) – were invited to attend. Also in attendance were representatives from DALIA, as the meta-project, and the NFDI (National Research Data Infrastructure) section on Education and Training (EduTrain).

Group of Workshop Participants on April 23, 2024 (Foto: Aglaia Schieke)

Networking of Actors and Resources – OER in the NFDI and Data Competence Centers: A Workshop Report

Teaching and learning materials (Open Educational Resources, OER) aimed at developing data literacy and competencies in research data management (RDM) are a central focus within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) and beyond. Most RDM projects and networks either collect or produce OER, while addressing key questions regarding sustainability, aggregation, curation, and interlinking. The FAIR principles apply here in the same way as they do to research data. In this context, representatives from the NFDI consortia NFDI4Culture, NFDI4Memory, the data competence centers QUADRIGA and HERMES, and the infrastructure project of the NFDI section "Training & Education" – DALIA – gathered at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz for a joint workshop on April 22–23, 2024.

The DALIA project team after one year.

DALIA after one Year

DALIA stands for Data Literacy Alliance. After the first year of the project, DALIA met again at the Technical University of Darmstadt, this time organized by the team from the University and State Library. The DALIA team discusses the results of the first year of the project and determines the next steps.

The DALIA project team after one year.

DALIA after one Year

DALIA stands for Data Literacy Alliance. After the first year of the project, DALIA met again at the Technical University of Darmstadt, this time organized by the team from the University and State Library. The DALIA team discusses the results of the first year of the project and determines the next steps.

Group of Workshop Participants on April 23, 2024 (Foto: Aglaia Schieke)

Networking of Actors and Resources – OER in the NFDI and Data Competence Centers: A Workshop Report

Teaching and learning materials (Open Educational Resources, OER) aimed at developing data literacy and competencies in research data management (RDM) are a central focus within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) and beyond. Most RDM projects and networks either collect or produce OER, while addressing key questions regarding sustainability, aggregation, curation, and interlinking. The FAIR principles apply here in the same way as they do to research data. In this context, representatives from the NFDI consortia NFDI4Culture, NFDI4Memory, the data competence centers QUADRIGA and HERMES, and the infrastructure project of the NFDI section "Training & Education" – DALIA – gathered at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz for a joint workshop on April 22–23, 2024.

Jochen Orthmeyer and Jonathan D. Geiger at the BMBF status event (own representation).

Where Do Data Competence Projects Stand? The DALIA Project at the BMBF Status Event in Berlin on September 19th and 20th

Where do data competence projects currently stanad? This was the guiding question of the “Statusveranstaltung der Datenkompetenzprojekte” (BMBF) held on September 19–20, 2024, in Berlin. Representatives from projects across the three funding lines – the establishment of data competence centers in science (“Aufbau von Datenkompetenzzentren in der Wissenschaft”), the strengthening of data skills among early-career researchers (“Stärkung der Datenkompetenzen des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses”), and the reuse and management of research data at universities of applied sciences (“Nachnutzung und Management von Forschungsdaten an Fachhochschulen”) – were invited to attend. Also in attendance were representatives from DALIA, as the meta-project, and the NFDI (National Research Data Infrastructure) section on Education and Training (EduTrain).