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Managing Research Data
Managing Research Data
research data
Jenni Crossley
Research Librarian
20th November 2014
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Weather measurements
Photographs
Results from experiments
Government records
GIS data
Simulation data
Log data
Field notes
Software
Stuff!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbullas/61631745/
And also
The nature of research governance and
communication is changing:
Funder requirements
Publishers
Open access underpinned by data
Not unique to UWE
Start project
Acquire
sample
Publish
Generate,
Interpret
Create,
Collect
Analyze
Process
Research360
Data Curation
Centre
5.
Preservation
& Re-Use
1.
Create
4.
Publication
& Deposit
2.
Active Use
3.
Documentation
What to include
1. What data will you produce?
2. How will you organise / look after the data?
1.
Create
4.
Publication
& Deposit
2.
Active Use
3.
Documentation
1.
Create
Is your data
organised?
4.
Publication
& Deposit
2.
Active Use
3.
Documentation
4.
Publication
& Deposit
1.
Create
2.
Active Use
3.
Documentation
4.
Publication
& Deposit
1.
Create
2.
Active Use
3.
Documentation
1.
Create
4.
Publication
& Deposit
2.
Active Use
3.
Documentation
An activity
Think about a project with which you are
currently involved
Considering what you have heard, try to
answer the questions on the sample data
management plan
Use UWE guidance to help:
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/library/usingthelibrary/re
searchers/manageresearchdata/managingresearc
hdata/guidance.aspx
Final thoughts
This is only a brief introduction
Data management is a journey
Start with your plan, you might have to re-route
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbBa6Oa
m7-w
Acknowledgement
Some content for this sessions has been taken from two projects
which have developed DMP resources for PhD students:
DataTrain
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/preservation/datatrain
Research360
http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/research360/category/training
Sources of guidance
ICPSR framework for a data management plan
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/dmp/f
ramework.html
How to develop a data management and sharing plan
www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/develop-data-plan
UWE Managing research data guidance
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/library/usingthelibrary/researchers/man
ageresearchdata/managingresearchdata/guidance.aspx