research technology facilitator program researchers as centers of resource networks
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Research Technology Facilitator Program
Researchers as centers of resource networks
Objective of the RTF
• Connect researchers to more resources without putting that task on the researcher
• Put researchers at the center of a vast web of resources
• Team up with local IT support
Services for Researchers
• Identify information and technology needs and resources
• Connect to information and technology resources
• Discuss research and potential role of IT
• Aggregate needs to identify new services needed
What is an RTF?
• Communication and leadership• University policies, procedures and
organization• Information management and
technical foundations
Communication and Leadership
• Elicitation techniques• Leadership and teamwork• Social networking• Analytical expertise• Translate between tech and non-tech• Negotiation techniques
University
• Grant proposal basics• University finance• University organization• Campus- and University-based
services• University policy, state law regarding
IT• Research compliance regulation
basics
Information ManagementTechnology Foundations
• HPC and networking• Data discovery, access, usage,
curation• Simulation, statistics, visualization• Principles of copyright, author rights• Metadata, text mining, text markup• National & regional CI resources
Current RTFs
• Volunteers• 7 IT pros– 2 central IT– 5 decentralized IT
Activities
• Leadership workshop in Summer 2010
• Building networks• Grant proposal basics• Data, data, data– Data storage inventory– Data curation profiles– Data stewardship prepartion
Contact
• To contact a Research Technology facilitatorrtfacilitators@illinois.edu
• More informationhttp://go.illinois.edu/rtf
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