Report on the TEACH Conference 2022

This report documents the organization, proceedings and evaluation of the second TEACH (Talk About Education across Communities in Helmholtz) conference, held online on the 9. November 2022. The conference was primarily aimed at educators and personnel developers in the Helmholtz Association however its proceedings and findings can likely be applied to a much wider context. The report outlines the tools used to organize the conference, the forms of contributions and gives a summary of the core topics that participants talked about. It further documents how the organizational approach was received by the participants and organizers

A survey on research data management practices among researchers in the Helmholtz Association

Annotation of research data with rich metadata is important to make that data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (Wilkinson et al. [2016]). This ensures the conducted research data is durable. Within the Helmholtz Association, the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) coordinates the mission to enrich Helmholtz-based research data with metadata by providing (information about) technical solutions, advice and ensuring uniform scientific standards for the use of metadata. In 2021, HMC conducted its first community survey to align its services with the needs of Helmholtz researchers. A question catalogue with 49 (sub-)questions was designed and disseminated among researchers in all six Helmholtz research fields. The conditional succession of the questions was aligned with predetermined expertise levels ("no prior knowledge", "intermediate prior knowledge", "high level of prior knowledge"). 631 completed survey replies were obtained for analysis. The HMC Community Survey 2021 provides insight into the management of research data as well as the data publication practices of researchers in the Helmholtz Association. The characterization of research-field-dependent communities will enable HMC to further develop targeted, community-directed support for the documentation of research data with metadata