Webinar on

Unleashing the Potential of

Open Research Data Management
March 22, 2024
About INFLIBNET
The Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of the University Grants
Commission (UGC) located in the Infocity, Gandhinagar. Major activities and services of the Centre are geared towards modernization
of academic libraries and information centres, promotion of information transfer and access, support scholarship, learning and
academic pursuits. The Centre acts as a nodal agency for networking of libraries and information centres in universities, institutions of
higher learning and R & D institutions in India. The Centre was established as an independent autonomous Inter-University Centre of
the UGC in May 1996 and set out to be a major player for promoting scholarly communication among academicians and researchers
across the country. With technology being a driving force in the contemporary education system, the INFLIBNET Centre has taken up a
number of initiatives for the benefit of the academic community in India.

© INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar

About Programme

The INFLIBNET Centre has been awarded a project to create awareness about open science and research data
preservation in India. DataCite is an international organization that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for
research data and promotes data citation practices to facilitate data discovery, access, and reuse. The Webinar
under the Outreach Programme aims to empower researchers, institutions, and organizations to unlock the full
potential of their research data through best practices, tools, and community engagement. In alignment with
INFLIBNET's objectives of promoting open science, research data management, the webinar will cover following
major topics.

Topics
1. An overview of the Open Research Data and its significance in the context of data citation and metadata
standards.
2. Data Management Plan
3. Importance of data citation and metadata standards for enhancing data discoverability, accessibility, and
reusability.
4. Demonstrate case study and examples of data repository (NRDR) initiatives and implementations.

Programme

Date: 22nd March 2024

Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Platform: Webex

Speakers
Scientists from INFLIBNET Centre and Eminent speakers from DataCite will be delivering the sessions.

Target Audience
The webinar is intended for researchers, data managers, librarians, publishers, funding agencies, and other
stakeholders involved in research data management.

Registration
Interested professionals, research scholars, faculty members and research data managers are invited to register
for the webinar at https://hrd.inflibnet.ac.in/DataCite-GAF/

Registration Contact Person

Dr. Miteshkumar Pandya

Scientist C (LS)
INFLIBNET Centre
079-23268294
Email: rdm.outreach@inflibnet.ac.in