DAMES Node resources and services
This page features links to materials produced by the Node. Updates ongoing.
Workshop and capacity building resources: This page features generic information, and links to services in development, about the methodology of 'data management' (as we define it). Many of the techniques of data management, e.g. linking together data files and recoding and standardising variables, are not systematically taught on data analysis courses.
The page also gives information on our programme of workshops, which include training events and research seminars. Several of the training events are linked in turn to an extended range of downloadable materials (e.g. presentation slides and documents; illustrative worked examples of data management operations in various different software packages).
GEMDE (info and portal): This page describes the GEMDE service (Grid Enabled ethnic Minority Data Environment), and links to the 'portal' environment through which its resources are provided (the portal was first launched in Jan. 2010).
GEODE (v2): Further info. / portal prototype. These link to GEODE, our service for data on occupations. The portal link is to our revised GEODE service (v2). New features compared to the v1 portal include the ability to add user ratings to items, an improved tool for 'curating' data, and for searching, reviewing and exploiting data. (The portal is still in development and works best with Firefox - December 2010).
GEEDE: Further info. / portal prototype. These links go to GEEDE (Grid Enabled Educational Data Environment), a service supporting access to specialist data about educational qualifications that is relevant to social science research. (The portal is still in development and works best with Firefox - December 2010).
GEODE (v1) portal Version 1 of the GEODE portal (for data on occupations) was originally developed in a project which ran 2005-7, using 'Gridsphere' middleware. We are no longer still developing this version (see v2 above), but it is still accessible.
Generic DAMES portal at Glasgow: This links to a portal, hosted at NeSC in Glasgow, which acts as a linking directory across all of the different DAMES services. It hosts content on the e-Health and GEMDE services, and external links to other resources from the DAMES Node.
