Follow-up on day one

The discussions this afternoon about Research Data Management was very interesting and overwhelming at some points. They have a team of 3 staff members working only with research data services at the Library. They also work together with their computing services and research development section on all matters related to Research Data Services. We attended a Research Data Operational Group meeting this afternoon. Some issues they discussed were additional active data storage, an engagement plan, allocation and deallocation matters, as well as compliance monitoring. More about this later when we return to Stellenboch...

For now I would rather continue to share some photographs of our first two days...

Bath itself is really beautiful, we haven't seen half of it yet, but here are some first impressions:

The Abbey

A scene just around the corner from our flat

Romantic in the evening...

The space where Alvina will work and will be able to log onto a PC

The meeting room (where most of our meetings will take place as well) and where I can work with my laptop (Eduroam Wifi works like a dream). Alvina's "room" and this room is adjacent to each other. We have a kettle, cups, tea and coffee, a fridge as well to use for refreshments.

More Photo's of the Library and Campus will follow later in the week...



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