1. Introduction to Research Data Management Joy Davidson and Sarah Jones Digital Curation Centre joy.davidson@glasgow.ac.uk sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk

2. The Digital Curation Centre “Helping to build capacity, capability and skills in data management and curation across the UK’s higher education research community” www.dcc.ac.uk

3. What do we mean by research data? Research data are research related records, documents or other items which: contain recorded information; are produced or received in the initiation, conduct or completion of an activity; are retained as evidence of that activity, or because they have other informational value. Research data relates to: the research process e.g. research protocols; applications for regulatory approvals and approvals granted. research outcomes or products e.g. technical reports; monographs. the management of the research process/project(s) e.g. applications for funding; contracts; purchase invoices; staff timesheets. both raw and analysed form e.g. notes; completed questionnaires; audio/video recordings; photographs; instrument readings; databases; samples. Research data can be data which is: Collected Observed Created Used for purposes of analysis to produce original research results. http://library.leeds.ac.uk/research-data-faq#activate-3_what_is_meant_by_research_data

4. What does research data management involve? Data Management Planning Creating data Documenting data Accessing / using data Storage and backup Sharing data Preserving data CreateDocumentUseStoreSharePreserve

5. ‘Conducting research on existing data sets less expensive than setting up new studies and novel linkage can widen focus’ Dr Jim Lewsey, Statistical Analysis of Linked Health Data (SALHDa), Launch of HEHTA https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g8-science-ministers-statement Why does RDM matter?

6. 6 http://www.bis.gov.uk/innovatingforgrowth …open data

7. Ultimately funders expect: timely release of data -once patents are filed or on (acceptance for) publication open data sharing -minimal or no restrictions if possible preservation of data -typically 5-10+ years if of long-term value See the RCUK Common Principles on Data Policy: www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/DataPolicy.aspx

8. “Research organisations will ensure that effective data curation is provided throughout the full data lifecycle, with ‘data curation’ and ‘data lifecycle’ being as defined by the Digital Curation Centre. The full range of responsibilities associated with data curation over the data lifecycle will be clearly allocated...” www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/standards/researchdata/Pages/expectations.aspx...institutional responsibility

9. Benefits of data sharing... more citations... scientific breakthroughs... validation of results

10. Funders have DMP requirements http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies

11. They typically want a short (c.1-2pp) statement covering: What data will be created (format, types, volume) Standards and methodologies to be used (incl. metadata) How ethics and Intellectual Property will be addressed Plans for data sharing and access Strategy for long-term preservation

12. The DCC offers guidance, examples and tools to help with compliance http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/data-management-plans/guidance-examples

13. Selecting what to keep

14. http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/documents/data-value-checklist.pdf Additional guidance on selecting data

15. Archiving – institutional data repositories Not intended to replace national, subject or other established data collections Acknowledge hybrid environment http://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk www.dspace.cam.ac.ukwww.dspace.cam.ac.uk/ https://databank.ora.ox.ac.uk Essex-RDR and DataPool at Southampton

16. Research data storage

17. Archiving – external data centres Research funders’ data centres… Structured databases Disciplinary& community initiatives Registries of international data centres

18. Finding Data: University of Glasgow research data catalogue

19. Finding Data: Jisc Research Data Registry and Discovery Service http://www.dcc.ac.uk/projects/research-data-registry-pilot

20. Guidance and training

21. Thanks – any questions? DCC guidance, tools and case studies: www.dcc.ac.uk/resources Follow us on twitter: @digitalcuration and #ukdcc