24–25 Nov 2026
Europe/Berlin timezone

Support4RDM – Connecting RDM Helpdesks beyond Domains

24 Nov 2026, 16:39
1m
Otto-Braun-Saal (Stabi Berlin, Potsdamer Straße)

Otto-Braun-Saal

Stabi Berlin, Potsdamer Straße

Posters Posters

Speaker

Marcus Schmidt (ZALF e.V / FAIRagro)

Description

In this contribution, we show how Germany has more than 200 research data management (RDM) helpdesks operating largely in isolation, creating a decentralization problem. Since many researcher's questions are multi-dimensional, and not location- or domain-specific, single helpdesks often cannot provide the needed expertise. Support4RDM addresses this with concrete visions to create a socio-technical infrastructure: workflow development, ticketing system, a helpdesk catalogue, and a chatbot. The initiative has broad and active community support and will add a missing puzzle piece for NFDI and RDM in Germany.

background EduTrain WG Helpdesk Network & several consortia

Authors

Marcus Schmidt (ZALF e.V / FAIRagro) Cord Wiljes (Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) e.V.) Judith Engel (German Federation for Biological Data e. V. (GFBio)) Kilian Erasmus Hensen (Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH)) Ralf Klammer (TU Dresden) Marina Lemaire (Universität Trier | ZIMK | Servicezentrum eSciences) Hela Mehrtens (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research) Martha Stellmacher (SLUB Dresden/NFDI4Culture) Ralph Müller-Pfefferkorn (TU Dresden)

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