Activities and outputs
The research data centers working together in the FDB network are jointly expanding the services offered to educational researchers. Annual meetings and regular monthly exchanges take place for this purpose. The members form working groups on selected topics.
In the following we inform you about:
Active working groupsCompleted working groupsInternal eventsProject and results reports
Active working groups
Log data working group
Active since August 2023
What does the working group do?
In the working group, research data centers, researchers and data providers exchange information on the provision and archiving of log data. Log data includes process data and log events that are collected and stored during technology-based surveys. The working group deals with conceptual, legal, technical and documentary issues. It deals with questions such as what type of log data should be provided and what effects on declarations of consent should be considered? The working group is open and interested parties from outside the VerbundFDB are always welcome.
Participating institutions
Contact person
Benjamin Becker (IQB)b.becker@iqb.hu-berlin.de
AG Cessation
Active since February 2023
What does the working group do?
What are the consequences if an RDC ceases operations or no longer offers individual services? This can happen, for example, if the funding of an RDC expires or due to institutional task shifts and associated reorganizations in an institute. The aim of every RDC is to guarantee continuous access to the data and metadata for which it is responsible beyond its own existence. To this end, preparations must be made for the transfer of digital objects and services to other repositories, known as succession planning.
In the Cessation WG, several RDCs discuss the topic of succession with the aim of developing a joint checklist to provide guidance for RDCs. The working group also aims to raise awareness of the topic and make it easier to get started. The working group deals with questions of data transfer and transfer of the archiving task as well as with aspects of the continuation of services by other repositories in order to ensure the continued usability of the data elsewhere and after the dissolution of an RDC.
Participating institutions
Contact person
Lisa Pegelow (IQB)lisa.pegelow@iqb.hu-berlin.de
Working Group on Data Preparation Automation
Active since 2022
What does the working group do?
In the working group, data scientists and data stewards from various research data centers exchange information on the possibilities of automating data preparation, data checking and documentation processes. Furthermore, technical challenges that arise in the context of data preparation are discussed. Topics include automated checks of value tables and missing tags, automated spell checks, replicability of data preparation and dealing with encoding problems. The working group is open and interested parties are always welcome.
Participating institutions
Contact person
Lisa Pegelow (IQB)lisa.pegelow@iqb.hu-berlin.de
Metadata working group
Active since 2017
What does the working group do?
In the Metadata Working Group, RDC representatives are working to harmonize the metadata sets and schemas of different RDCs. The aim is to achieve a high and comparable level of quality. On the other hand, an automatic import of metadata from the various RDCs into the forschungsdaten-bildung.de portal is to be realized via technical interfaces. This will enable educational researchers to find data in one central location, regardless of where they are archived.
Output
Core set and da|ra harvesting in VerbundFDB (only available in German)
Current information (only available in German)
Contact person
Dirk Weisbrodd.weisbrod@dipf.de
Completed working groups
Active from 2022 to 2024.
What does the working group do?
The working group develops workflows and criteria for different curation and archiving service levels. The aim is to enable projects to provide research data from their surveys more quickly and independently via standardized channels of the VerbundFDB. This is to be made possible by a standardized submission of data sets to the VerbundFDB and an efficient integration of the GESIS basic services. In addition to time-efficient data provision, the capacities of the VerbundFDB and the participating operating partners are to be expanded.
Participating institutions
Output
VerbundFDBintern: Inclusion of data by FDZ within the framework of the VerbundFDB: Guidelines for incoming inspection. Version 3, March 2024.
Contact person
Alexia Meyermann (DIPF)a.meyermann@dipf.de
Active from 2022 to 2023.
What does the working group do?
An editorial group for a JOPD Special Issue was formed from among the members. The Data Papers present various data sets from the field of educational research that are of interest for psychological research. The articles will be published continuously in 2023. Data from well-known studies such as NEPS or PIAAC and lesser-known studies from inside and outside Germany will be presented.
Output
Data Collection for Psychological Research in the Field of Education
[Translate to English:]
Aktiv im Jahr 2021.
Was macht die AG?
In der Arbeitsgruppe tauschten sich die beteiligten FDZ über die jeweiligen Vorgehensweisen und Erfahrungen bei der Erfassung von Publikationen von Sekundärnutzer*innen aus. Publikationen, die auf der Basis von Datennutzungen entstehen, stellen einen wichtigen Indikator für die Datennutzung, deren Output und Impact dar. Die Erfassung dieser Publikationen ist in der Praxis jedoch mit einigen Schwierigkeiten behaftet und aufwändig. Die Ergebnisse des Austauschs mündeten in einer gemeinsamen Publikation.
Beteiligte
Contact person
Andreas Daniel (DZHW)daniel@dzhw.eu
Internal events
Network meeting 2024
May 08, 2024 | Frankfurt am Main
Two topics were discussed in detail at the event. In the morning, the criteria for the provision of research data, selection and selection were discussed. In the afternoon, an inventory was carried out and the need for systematic inventory development was discussed.
Network meeting 2022 - kick-off meeting
April 25, 2022 | online
At the event, the future design and orientation of the VerbundFDB was discussed. After successfully applying for special funding from the DIPF, the services of the VerbundFDB could be provided permanently by the DIPF after the end of project funding.
Network meeting 2021
April 20, 2021 | online
The main topic of this meeting was the recording and use of impact. Various indicators of data use and measures for recording publications were discussed. Participants also exchanged views on preregistration, data protection and collection policy in breakout sessions.
Network meeting 2020
April 22, 2020 | online
The plans for the continuation of the network after the end of project funding and the joint activities of the network in the project period until 2021 were discussed. The meeting took place virtually for the first time due to coronavirus.
Network meeting 2019
April 11, 2019 | Berlin
The topic of "Terms of use - forms of access and data usage contracts" was discussed in depth. The aim was to discuss whether and how harmonization of the various processes can increase user-friendliness for researchers who wish to reuse data.
Network meeting 2018
April 27, 2018 | Berlin
The second network meeting focused on the topic of "Selection and evaluation of research data". In addition, news and developments in the network in 2017 were reported and the results of the metadata working group were presented.
Network meeting 2017
March 29, 2017 | Berlin
On 29 March 2017, VerbundFDB invited representatives from other research data centers and educational research institutes to a first meeting to discuss the development of joint services for educational researchers.
The main topic of the first meeting was: "Harmonization of metadata in educational research". The aim was to increase the visibility and findability of data stored at different locations.
