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The FAIR Elephant
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The FAIR Elephant offers expert research data management (RDM) support through tailored workshops and Rent-A-RDM Expert services, helping researchers make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Find out more: https://thefairelephant.com
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 34, 2025!

Today with updates from @elabftw.bsky.social @nfdi4chem.de @nfdi4earth.bsky.social and #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

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This is the last News Digest before the summer break.
#FAIRElephantNews #ChemSky #FAIRdata #InChI
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 33, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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nfdi4chem.de
You think about using an electronic Lab Journal (ELN), but don't know how to start?

Here is an overview over centrally hosted #ELN installations at german universities.
You prefer your own chemotion installation: helpdesk@nfdi4chem.de

t1p.de/hi3t4 

#chemistry #chemsky #rdm #fdm
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Excited to meet everyone!
August 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 33, 2025!

Today, with a report on centrally hosted #ElectronicLabNotebooks by @nfdi4chem.de, and I am looking for some feedback. So check it out and enjoy reading!

thefairelephant.com/2025/08/18/n...

#FAIRElephantNews #RDM #ELN #FAIRdata #ChemSky
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 33, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
August 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 32, 2025!

Today with updates from #DAPHNE4NFDI, @nfdi4chem.de @nfdi4earth.bsky.social @researchspace.com.Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #ElectronicLabNotebooks #ELN #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 32, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
August 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 32, 2025!

Today with updates from #DAPHNE4NFDI, @nfdi4chem.de @nfdi4earth.bsky.social @researchspace.com.Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #ElectronicLabNotebooks #ELN #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 32, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
August 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 31, 2025!

Today with @fairmat.bsky.social #PUNCH4NFDI and @psdi-uk.bsky.social. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement #AI
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 31, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
August 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 30, 2025!

Today featuring @nfdi4earth.bsky.social as well as @psdi-uk.bsky.social and @casdarnetwork.bsky.social. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement #ChemSky #DataStewardship
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 30, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
July 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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🚨 Deadline extended!
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!

If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.

Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX

#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 29, 2025!

Today with updates from #DAPHNE4NFDI @fairmat.bsky.social @nfdi4earth.bsky.social @psdi-uk.bsky.social and #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

thefairelephant.com/2025/07/20/n...

#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #PhysSky #Metadata #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 29, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
July 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 28, 2025!

Today with updates by @fairmat.bsky.social and @researchspace.com. Topics are #AI-driven research and improved (meta)data documentation. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 28, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
July 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 27, 2025!
Today with great news from the @nfdi.de and #NFDI4Cat and @nfdi4chem.de as well as some updates from #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #WomenInScience #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 27, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
July 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Weeks 25 & 26, 2025!
Today with #DAPHNE4NFDI @fairmat.bsky.social #MaRDI @nfdi4chem.de @psdi-uk.bsky.social and #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Weeks 25 & 26, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
June 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Welcome to the first issue of RDM Weekly, a weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources!

To kick off this newsletter, I will be doing a drawing for 1 free @rfortherestofus.com course for anyone who subscribes by Friday! Winner will be notified via email.

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RDM Weekly - Issue 001
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
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June 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 24, 2025!
Today with #DAPHNE4NFDI, @elabftw.bsky.social, @nfdi4chem.de and @psdi-uk.bsky.social. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #ELN #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 24, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
June 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 23, 2025!
Today with @elabftw.bsky.social @fairmat.bsky.social #NFDI4Cat @nfdi4chem.de @psdi-uk.bsky.social and @researchspace.com. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #ElectronicLabNotebook #ELN #RDM #FAIRdata
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 23, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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I thought I might revisit this blog post. It's been a while now so if anyone on #Chemsky has been through the ChemDraw/ChemOffice license renewal, and is free to talk about their experience, get in touch and we'll see what the state of play is. 🧪 chemistryandcomputers.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/c...
ChemDraw price jumps 500%
OK rather than string a bunch of tweets together I’m going to try and collect my thoughts here. This page will be evolving over the course of the weekend. Forgive me if it seems a bit higgled…
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June 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 22, 2025!
Today with @fairmat.bsky.social @nfdi4earth.bsky.social and @psdi-uk.bsky.social. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 22, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
June 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 21, 2025!
Today with @fairmat.bsky.social, #NFDI4Cat and @nfdi4earth.bsky.social. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #ResearchDataManagement #RDM
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 21, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
May 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 20, 2025!
Today with @elabftw.bsky.social, #NFDI4Cat, @nfdi4chem.de, @psdi-uk.bsky.social and #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #ELN #FAIRdata #ChemSky #PhysSky #ElectronicLabNotebook #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 20, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
May 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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#chemsky
May 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 19, 2025!
Today with updates from @psdi-uk.bsky.social and their @casdarnetwork.bsky.social network. Enjoy reading!

thefairelephant.com/2025/05/11/n...

#FAIRElephantNews #RDM #FAIRdata #DataSteward #ResearchDataManagement
Digital graphic design of a news digest cover for 'RDM in Natural Science' for Week 19, 2025. The image features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper with various data points connected by dashed lines to small text boxes in blue and green. The background is dark gray, and the title text is in white and green. At the bottom, 'The FAIR Elephant' is written in white, followed by the tagline 'Your data deserves it!' in blue. A stylized elephant logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
May 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Open source Electronic Lab Notebooks offer alignment with the values of code transparency, FAIR data principals, low entry cost, and the possibility of customized connections to other data tools. Read more here: elnsoftware.blogspot.com/2025/04/open...
Open Source Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) in Academic Research: Balancing Openness, Sustainability, and Institutional Readiness
advantages of open source ELN
elnsoftware.blogspot.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
thefairelephant.bsky.social
Great to see how data handling in #chemistry is improving step by step! Congrats @nfdi4chem.de and all the other partners involved.

#ChemSky #ElectronicLabNotebooks #ELN
chemistryworld.com Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Apr 30
A new process for transferring cyclic voltammetry measurements from lab instruments to electronic notebooks, to yield open, standardised data can help other scientists to store and manage their experimental data to adhere to Fair data principles.
Digital workflow for electroanalytical technique is Fair data exemplar
Case study illustrates how to collect data, convert it into a standardised format then deposit it in an accessible repository
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May 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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psdi-uk.bsky.social
Enter the Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs)—a digital revolution that’s reshaping the way research is done.

Here’s why ELNs are game-changers:

✅ Searchable records – Find past experiments in seconds, not hours.
✅ Data security – Cloud backups protect your findings from spills or loss.
May 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM