The EIDC is committed to continual improvement and ensuring our services meet our community's needs. We need your help to shape the future of the EIDC. There are a number of ways you can engage with us, like signing up to be part of our new User Working Group, attending events like Community Conversations, or via the feedback buttons on our website and data catalogue.
We are inviting current and potential users to take part in shaping the development of EIDC services. Your insights will help ensure that our services and tools continue to meet the needs of the communities we support.
You can get involved by applying to join the EIDC User Working Group, a small group that meets twice a year to provide structured input on priorities, developments and user needs. Please submit an Expression of Interest form is you would like to join the group. More details are below.
To ensure that we continue to meet the needs of the communities we serve, we are establishing a User Working Group to provide ongoing, structured feedback on our services (e.g. data deposit and data access) and tools (e.g. an AI assisted search assistant).
Members of the User Working Group will be invited to attend meetings approximately twice a year, held online via Microsoft Teams. Each meeting will focus on one or two EIDC services or tools, last around 60-90 minutes and include opportunities for discussion. Feedback from these discussions will be collated into a summary after each meeting and shared with members of the User Working Group. An annual summary report may also be shared publicly, where appropriate, to promote transparency; however, all contributions will be anonymised so that individual participants cannot be identified.
We would like input from users about the service provided. The User Working Group will:
We are aiming to include individuals from a range of backgrounds, areas of interest, experience of the EIDC and career stage. The group will include around 6-10 members. If interest exceeds available places, participants will be selected to ensure a balanced mix of perspectives.
Please submit this short form if you are interested in joining the group.
More information about the group can be found in our Participant Information Sheet, alternatively, you can email info@eidc.ac.uk and one of the group’s co-ordinators will be happy to respond.
For information on how we store and use your data, please see the Privacy Notice associated with the User Working Group.