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Resources for Research Technicians and Research Technical Professionals

A quick guide to what the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) provides for Research Technical Professionals and related roles.

Guidance for Research Technical Professionals​

Research Data Management​

Get help organising your data with our guidance on Research Data Management:

Sharing Data and FAIR​

Prepare for sharing your data and making it reusable with our guidance on Sharing Data and FAIR:

Electronic Research Notebooks​

Discover the benefits of encouraging your researchers to record their research using Digital Notebooks and Electronic Laboratory Notebooks:

Metadata​

Get an introduction to metadata in the physical sciences and learn how it is used to organise the resources within PSDI:

Using PSDI resources​

Discover the resources we provide with this Introduction to PSDI Resources and more about specific resources here:

Case Studies​

Learn how to implement a new tool or overcome a data-related challenge with the PSDI Case Studies.

Training for Research Technical Professionals​

PSDI provides both in-person and online training for researchers and those who support them:

In-person training​

You can find details of upcoming in-person training courses and community workshops from the Events page on our website.

Online training​

PSDI provides a range of online training resources including:

Webinars​

PSDI runs regular Webinars. You can join upcoming Webinars from the Events page on our website or view Recorded Webinars on our YouTube channel.

Physical sciences data​

PSDI provides access to a variety of data sources:

Services and Tools​

For more information about the services and tools provided by PSDI, see Introduction to PSDI Resources.

Get involved​

PSDI actively seeks the involvement of the Physical Science research community to both contribute to PSDI and to drive our future direction. There are many ways to get involved:

What to do next​

Take a look at the following organisations and communities committed to empowering technical professionals through recognition, career development, and opportunities:

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