This document discusses best practices for data management for research. It covers topics such as file organization, documentation, storage, sharing and publishing data, and archiving. Good practices include using file naming conventions and open formats, documenting projects, processes, and data, making backups in multiple locations, and publishing and archiving data in repositories to enable access and preservation. Data management is important for research reproducibility, sharing, and complying with funder requirements.
This document discusses the Michigan State University Libraries' policies for collecting and curating research data. It outlines that the libraries have begun including data in their collection development policies. Their digital research data policy, established in 2014, provides guidelines for collecting unique data produced by MSU researchers. The criteria for inclusion requires the data be authored by MSU researchers, be in a complete and usable format, have proper documentation and metadata, and be made publicly accessible. The libraries aim to house and preserve data for at least 10 years. The presentation also discusses pilots underway to develop infrastructure to manage data as objects within collections and repositories.
Michigan State University campus policy, resources and best practices for research data management offered by the MSU Libraries Research Data Management Guidance service. http://www.lib.msu.edu/rdmg/
This document outlines best practices for creating research data. [1] It recommends using consistent data organization with standardized formats and descriptive file names. [2] Researchers should perform quality assurance checks and use scripted programs to analyze data while keeping notes. [3] All aspects of data collection and analysis should be thoroughly documented. Following these practices will improve data usability, sharing, and reproducibility.
This document discusses creating a data management plan. It explains that a data management plan is a comprehensive plan for managing research data throughout a project's lifecycle and briefly describing how data will be shared per a funder's policy. It provides an overview of key elements to include in a plan such as file formats, organization, sharing, and preservation. The document also reviews funder requirements and available tools to create plans, noting they can be tailored to different funders' guidelines.
Using a Case Study to Teach Data Management to LibrariansSherry Lake
This document outlines the agenda and learning objectives for a workshop on research data management for libraries. The workshop uses a case study approach and hands-on activities to teach librarians best practices for data collection, organization, documentation, backup/storage, and sharing/preservation. The goal is to prepare librarians to teach researchers about data management and illustrate opportunities for library involvement in the area. Based on a survey after the workshop, most attendees felt their expectations were met or exceeded, and they found the hands-on case study activities and practical tips to be most useful.
Documentation and Metdata - VA DM BootcampSherry Lake
This document discusses documentation and metadata for research data. It begins with an overview of why documentation is important at different stages of the research data lifecycle from collection through archiving. Key elements to document include how the data was created, its content and structure, who created and maintains it, and how it can be accessed and cited. The document then discusses common documentation formats like readmes, data dictionaries, and codebooks. It also introduces metadata as structured information that describes resources and explains common metadata standards and tools for creating structured metadata files. Exercises guide creating documentation in these formats for a weather dataset example.
This slideshow was used at a lunchtime session delivered at the Humanities Division, University of Oxford, on 2014-05-12. It provides a general overview of some key data management topics, plus some pointers on where to find further information.
This slide deck provides an overview and resources to respond to the OSTP memo with the subject: Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research issued by John P. Holdren in February 2013. It provides resources and information agencies, foundations, and research projects can use to assemble achieve public access to scientific data in digital formats.
This document discusses the Michigan State University Libraries' policies for collecting and curating research data. It outlines that the libraries have begun including data in their collection development policies. Their digital research data policy, established in 2014, provides guidelines for collecting unique data produced by MSU researchers. The criteria for inclusion requires the data be authored by MSU researchers, be in a complete and usable format, have proper documentation and metadata, and be made publicly accessible. The libraries aim to house and preserve data for at least 10 years. The presentation also discusses pilots underway to develop infrastructure to manage data as objects within collections and repositories.
Michigan State University campus policy, resources and best practices for research data management offered by the MSU Libraries Research Data Management Guidance service. http://www.lib.msu.edu/rdmg/
This document outlines best practices for creating research data. [1] It recommends using consistent data organization with standardized formats and descriptive file names. [2] Researchers should perform quality assurance checks and use scripted programs to analyze data while keeping notes. [3] All aspects of data collection and analysis should be thoroughly documented. Following these practices will improve data usability, sharing, and reproducibility.
This document discusses creating a data management plan. It explains that a data management plan is a comprehensive plan for managing research data throughout a project's lifecycle and briefly describing how data will be shared per a funder's policy. It provides an overview of key elements to include in a plan such as file formats, organization, sharing, and preservation. The document also reviews funder requirements and available tools to create plans, noting they can be tailored to different funders' guidelines.
Using a Case Study to Teach Data Management to LibrariansSherry Lake
This document outlines the agenda and learning objectives for a workshop on research data management for libraries. The workshop uses a case study approach and hands-on activities to teach librarians best practices for data collection, organization, documentation, backup/storage, and sharing/preservation. The goal is to prepare librarians to teach researchers about data management and illustrate opportunities for library involvement in the area. Based on a survey after the workshop, most attendees felt their expectations were met or exceeded, and they found the hands-on case study activities and practical tips to be most useful.
Documentation and Metdata - VA DM BootcampSherry Lake
This document discusses documentation and metadata for research data. It begins with an overview of why documentation is important at different stages of the research data lifecycle from collection through archiving. Key elements to document include how the data was created, its content and structure, who created and maintains it, and how it can be accessed and cited. The document then discusses common documentation formats like readmes, data dictionaries, and codebooks. It also introduces metadata as structured information that describes resources and explains common metadata standards and tools for creating structured metadata files. Exercises guide creating documentation in these formats for a weather dataset example.
This slideshow was used at a lunchtime session delivered at the Humanities Division, University of Oxford, on 2014-05-12. It provides a general overview of some key data management topics, plus some pointers on where to find further information.
This slide deck provides an overview and resources to respond to the OSTP memo with the subject: Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research issued by John P. Holdren in February 2013. It provides resources and information agencies, foundations, and research projects can use to assemble achieve public access to scientific data in digital formats.
This presentation discusses managing research data through the data life cycle. It begins with an overview of the research life cycle and embedding the data life cycle within it. Key aspects of data management are then covered, including why manage data, ethical and legal issues, requirements for data sharing and retention, and creating a data management plan. The rest of the presentation delves into each stage of the data life cycle, providing best practices for data collection, organization, security, storage, documentation, processing, analysis, and long-term preservation or sharing. File formats, metadata, repositories, and bibliographic resources are also addressed.
Research Data Management in practice, RIA Data Management Workshop Brisbane 2017ARDC
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) aims to make Australian research data more valuable by partnering with research organizations and funding data projects. In 2015, ANDS conducted over 100 workshops and events with over 4,000 participants and developed online resources. ANDS provides guides on topics like data management and the FAIR data principles. ANDS also advocates for practices like data citation and publishing to ensure research data is preserved and reusable over time. The presentation outlines ANDS' role in supporting good research data management practices and sharing to ensure the integrity and impact of research evidence.
February 18 2015 NISO Virtual Conference Scientific Data Management: Caring for Your Institution and its Intellectual Wealth
Learning to Curate Research Data
Jennifer Doty, Research Data Librarian, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
The document discusses the importance of managing research data. It notes that data management saves time, makes long-term data preservation easier, and supports sharing data with others. Data sharing is now required by most major funding agencies and academic journals. The document provides examples of problems caused by poor data management practices and outlines the key components of a data management plan, such as describing the data, file formats, sharing and archiving policies, and responsibilities. Researchers are encouraged to seek help from scientific consulting services for creating data management plans.
The document discusses data management plan requirements for proposals submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for research funding. It provides context on the history of data management policies, outlines the four main requirements for inclusion of a data management plan, and suggests elements that should be included in the plan such as data types/sources, content/format, sharing/preservation, and protection. It also discusses tools like the Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science that can help manage access to research publications and data.
RDAP14: Policy Recommendations for Institutions to Serve as Trustworthy Stewa...ASIS&T
Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, 2014
San Diego, CA
March 26-28, 2014
J. Steven Hughes
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert R. Downs
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University
David Giaretta
Alliance for Permanent Access
February 18 2014 NISO Virtual Conference
Scientific Data Management: Caring for Your Institution and its Intellectual Wealth
Capacity Building: Leveraging existing library networks to take on research data
Heidi Imker, Director of the Research Data Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This slideshow was used in a Preparing Your Research Data for the Future course taught in the Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2015-06-08. It provides an overview of some key issues, focusing on long-term data management, sharing, and curation.
1. The document discusses best practices for managing research data over the data life cycle, from collection through sharing and archiving. It provides tips for organizing, documenting, and storing data in sustainable file formats and naming conventions. Following best practices helps ensure usability, reproducibility, and long-term access to research data.
2. Specific best practices covered include using consistent organization, standardized naming and formats, descriptive filenames, quality assurance, scripting for processing, documenting file contents, and choosing open file formats. The document also addresses data security, backup, and storage considerations.
3. Managing data properly is important for reuse and sharing data with others now or in the future. Scripting helps capture data workflows for reproducibility.
Introduction to the Research Integrity Advisor Data Management Workshop, Bris...ARDC
Dr Jacobs' introduction to the RIA Data Management Workshop in Brisbane on 31 March 2017. The RIA Data Management Workshop series is a joint collaboration of the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australasian Research Management Society and the Australian National Data Service.
Planning for Research Data Management: 26th January 2016IzzyChad
This document provides an overview of a session on planning for research data management. It discusses what research data management is, why it is important, and walks through the steps for creating a data management plan. The presenter explains the benefits of effective data management, such as helping researchers work more efficiently and enabling data sharing. Key aspects of a data management plan are also outlined, including describing the data, addressing ethics and intellectual property, determining how data will be stored and preserved, and making plans for data sharing and access.
This presentation was provided by Maria Praetzellis of California Digital Library, during the NISO hot topic virtual conference "Effective Data Management," which was held on September 29, 2021.
This slideshow was used in a Preparing Your Research Material for the Future course for the Humanities Division, University of Oxford, on 2017-02-22. It provides an overview of some key issues, focusing on the long-term management of data and other research material, including sharing and curation.
Virginia Data Management Bootcamp: Building the Research Data Community of Pr...Sherry Lake
This document summarizes the Virginia Data Management Bootcamp, a collaborative data education initiative held annually since 2013 among several Virginia universities. It provides details on the planning, logistics, content, and assessments of the bootcamp. According to participant feedback, the hands-on sessions were most useful but some topics could have been covered in more depth. Organizers aim to expand participation to more institutions and offer additional workshops throughout the year, as well as biennial large-scale collaborations and other collaborative efforts to support the growing Virginia data management community of practice.
Understanding ICPSR - An Orientation and Tours of ICPSR Data Services and Edu...ICPSR
This is ICPSR's core workshop deck designed to introduce, remind, and refresh your knowledge of ICPSR. It contains four "tours" or sub-presentations describing ICPSR's general reason for being, it's social and behavioral research data complete with search strategies, its training, educational, and instructional resources, and its data management and curation services, data repository options, and support resources (content and budget estimates) for those writing grant proposals.
This document discusses the importance of research data management. It covers the data lifecycle and components of a data management plan. The data lifecycle includes collecting, processing, analyzing, storing, preserving, and sharing data. A data management plan outlines how data will be managed and preserved during and after a research project. It includes information about the data, metadata, data sharing policies, long-term storage, and budget. Developing a data management plan helps keep data organized, track processes, control versions, prepare data for sharing and reuse, and ensure long-term access.
Data Sharing with ICPSR: Fueling the Cycle of Science through Discovery, Acce...ICPSR
Data Sharing with ICPSR was presented at IASSIST 2015 in Minneapolis, MN.
The learning objectives and content cover:
- Federal data sharing requirements and
other good reasons to share data
• Options for sharing data
• Protection of confidentiality when
sharing data
• Data discovery tools
• Online data exploration tools from ICPSR
Role confusion, change transfusions and standards intrusion in the digital re...aaroncollie
1) The document discusses the planning, implementation, and growth of Michigan State University's digital curation vision over three years.
2) In year 1, they focused on planning and defining their current and desired states. In year 2, they implemented projects around digital storage, repository re-architecture, and a pilot federated content management system.
3) By year 3, they were experiencing growing pains around documentation and workflows but also growth in positions, validated directions, and new partnerships. Role confusion, change management, and standards were recurring themes.
Data Management for Research (New Faculty Orientation)aaroncollie
Situates research data management as a contingency that should be addressed and provisioned for during planning and research design. Draws out fundamental practices for file management, data description, and enumerates storage decision points.
This presentation discusses managing research data through the data life cycle. It begins with an overview of the research life cycle and embedding the data life cycle within it. Key aspects of data management are then covered, including why manage data, ethical and legal issues, requirements for data sharing and retention, and creating a data management plan. The rest of the presentation delves into each stage of the data life cycle, providing best practices for data collection, organization, security, storage, documentation, processing, analysis, and long-term preservation or sharing. File formats, metadata, repositories, and bibliographic resources are also addressed.
Research Data Management in practice, RIA Data Management Workshop Brisbane 2017ARDC
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) aims to make Australian research data more valuable by partnering with research organizations and funding data projects. In 2015, ANDS conducted over 100 workshops and events with over 4,000 participants and developed online resources. ANDS provides guides on topics like data management and the FAIR data principles. ANDS also advocates for practices like data citation and publishing to ensure research data is preserved and reusable over time. The presentation outlines ANDS' role in supporting good research data management practices and sharing to ensure the integrity and impact of research evidence.
February 18 2015 NISO Virtual Conference Scientific Data Management: Caring for Your Institution and its Intellectual Wealth
Learning to Curate Research Data
Jennifer Doty, Research Data Librarian, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
The document discusses the importance of managing research data. It notes that data management saves time, makes long-term data preservation easier, and supports sharing data with others. Data sharing is now required by most major funding agencies and academic journals. The document provides examples of problems caused by poor data management practices and outlines the key components of a data management plan, such as describing the data, file formats, sharing and archiving policies, and responsibilities. Researchers are encouraged to seek help from scientific consulting services for creating data management plans.
The document discusses data management plan requirements for proposals submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for research funding. It provides context on the history of data management policies, outlines the four main requirements for inclusion of a data management plan, and suggests elements that should be included in the plan such as data types/sources, content/format, sharing/preservation, and protection. It also discusses tools like the Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science that can help manage access to research publications and data.
RDAP14: Policy Recommendations for Institutions to Serve as Trustworthy Stewa...ASIS&T
Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, 2014
San Diego, CA
March 26-28, 2014
J. Steven Hughes
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert R. Downs
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University
David Giaretta
Alliance for Permanent Access
February 18 2014 NISO Virtual Conference
Scientific Data Management: Caring for Your Institution and its Intellectual Wealth
Capacity Building: Leveraging existing library networks to take on research data
Heidi Imker, Director of the Research Data Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This slideshow was used in a Preparing Your Research Data for the Future course taught in the Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2015-06-08. It provides an overview of some key issues, focusing on long-term data management, sharing, and curation.
1. The document discusses best practices for managing research data over the data life cycle, from collection through sharing and archiving. It provides tips for organizing, documenting, and storing data in sustainable file formats and naming conventions. Following best practices helps ensure usability, reproducibility, and long-term access to research data.
2. Specific best practices covered include using consistent organization, standardized naming and formats, descriptive filenames, quality assurance, scripting for processing, documenting file contents, and choosing open file formats. The document also addresses data security, backup, and storage considerations.
3. Managing data properly is important for reuse and sharing data with others now or in the future. Scripting helps capture data workflows for reproducibility.
Introduction to the Research Integrity Advisor Data Management Workshop, Bris...ARDC
Dr Jacobs' introduction to the RIA Data Management Workshop in Brisbane on 31 March 2017. The RIA Data Management Workshop series is a joint collaboration of the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australasian Research Management Society and the Australian National Data Service.
Planning for Research Data Management: 26th January 2016IzzyChad
This document provides an overview of a session on planning for research data management. It discusses what research data management is, why it is important, and walks through the steps for creating a data management plan. The presenter explains the benefits of effective data management, such as helping researchers work more efficiently and enabling data sharing. Key aspects of a data management plan are also outlined, including describing the data, addressing ethics and intellectual property, determining how data will be stored and preserved, and making plans for data sharing and access.
This presentation was provided by Maria Praetzellis of California Digital Library, during the NISO hot topic virtual conference "Effective Data Management," which was held on September 29, 2021.
This slideshow was used in a Preparing Your Research Material for the Future course for the Humanities Division, University of Oxford, on 2017-02-22. It provides an overview of some key issues, focusing on the long-term management of data and other research material, including sharing and curation.
Virginia Data Management Bootcamp: Building the Research Data Community of Pr...Sherry Lake
This document summarizes the Virginia Data Management Bootcamp, a collaborative data education initiative held annually since 2013 among several Virginia universities. It provides details on the planning, logistics, content, and assessments of the bootcamp. According to participant feedback, the hands-on sessions were most useful but some topics could have been covered in more depth. Organizers aim to expand participation to more institutions and offer additional workshops throughout the year, as well as biennial large-scale collaborations and other collaborative efforts to support the growing Virginia data management community of practice.
Understanding ICPSR - An Orientation and Tours of ICPSR Data Services and Edu...ICPSR
This is ICPSR's core workshop deck designed to introduce, remind, and refresh your knowledge of ICPSR. It contains four "tours" or sub-presentations describing ICPSR's general reason for being, it's social and behavioral research data complete with search strategies, its training, educational, and instructional resources, and its data management and curation services, data repository options, and support resources (content and budget estimates) for those writing grant proposals.
This document discusses the importance of research data management. It covers the data lifecycle and components of a data management plan. The data lifecycle includes collecting, processing, analyzing, storing, preserving, and sharing data. A data management plan outlines how data will be managed and preserved during and after a research project. It includes information about the data, metadata, data sharing policies, long-term storage, and budget. Developing a data management plan helps keep data organized, track processes, control versions, prepare data for sharing and reuse, and ensure long-term access.
Data Sharing with ICPSR: Fueling the Cycle of Science through Discovery, Acce...ICPSR
Data Sharing with ICPSR was presented at IASSIST 2015 in Minneapolis, MN.
The learning objectives and content cover:
- Federal data sharing requirements and
other good reasons to share data
• Options for sharing data
• Protection of confidentiality when
sharing data
• Data discovery tools
• Online data exploration tools from ICPSR
Role confusion, change transfusions and standards intrusion in the digital re...aaroncollie
1) The document discusses the planning, implementation, and growth of Michigan State University's digital curation vision over three years.
2) In year 1, they focused on planning and defining their current and desired states. In year 2, they implemented projects around digital storage, repository re-architecture, and a pilot federated content management system.
3) By year 3, they were experiencing growing pains around documentation and workflows but also growth in positions, validated directions, and new partnerships. Role confusion, change management, and standards were recurring themes.
Data Management for Research (New Faculty Orientation)aaroncollie
Situates research data management as a contingency that should be addressed and provisioned for during planning and research design. Draws out fundamental practices for file management, data description, and enumerates storage decision points.
Islandora & Archivematica combined NDSA RAG poster for LITAaaroncollie
This is a poster I created for LITA describing a proposed integration of Archivematica and Islandora. It attempts to describe, using a red-amber-green chart, the perceived benefit of the two softwares working in tandem.
These slides are the basis of an Open Repositories 2015 talk about Archivematica integration.
Abstract: The open repository ecosystem consists of many interlocking systems which satisfy needs at different points in content management workflows, and these differ within and among institutions. Archivematica is a digital preservation system which aims to integrate with existing repository, storage and access systems in order to leverage the resources that institutions have invested towards building their repository over time. The presentation will cover every integration the Archivematica project has completed thus far, including Dspace and DuraCloud, LOCKSS, Islandora/Fedora, Archivists' Toolkit, AccessToMemory (AtoM), CONTENTdm, Arkivum, HP Trim, and OpenStack, as well as ongoing projects with ArchivesSpace, Dataverse, and BitCurator. Each of these projects has had its own set of limitations in scope because of the requirements of the project sponsor and/or the limitations of other system, so in many ways several of them are not, and may never be 'complete' integrations. The discussion will explore what that means and strategies for expanding the functional capabilities of integration work over time. It will address scoping integration workflows and building requirements with limitations on functionality and resources. We will examine how systems can be built and enhanced in ways that accommodate diverse workflows and varied interlocking endpoints.
The document discusses different methods of data acquisition, including primary and secondary data sources. It describes primary data as original data collected for the specific research purpose, while secondary data is collected previously by others. Some key primary data collection methods covered include questionnaires, schedules, and interviews. Questionnaires involve sending respondents a list of questions, schedules are used by interviewers to ask standardized questions in person, and interviews are conducted via face-to-face conversations. Advantages and disadvantages of primary versus secondary data are also summarized.
Getting started in digital preservationSarah Jones
Digital preservation requires active management of digital information over time to ensure ongoing accessibility. It involves addressing issues like file formats becoming obsolete, storage media degradation, and a lack of descriptive information. The document provides an overview of digital preservation principles and practical initial steps organizations can take to get started, such as focusing on file formats and metadata collection, and establishing basic processes for storage, backup, and access.
This document discusses data acquisition systems. It describes the typical components of a data acquisition system including sensors, data acquisition hardware, and computer software. The hardware acquires analog signals from sensors, converts the signals to digital values using an analog-to-digital converter, and transfers the data to a computer. The software analyzes and stores the digital data. Common applications of data acquisition systems include industrial processes and laboratory research. The document also provides examples of components such as Arduino boards and LabVIEW software that can be used to build simple, low-cost data acquisition systems.
Introduction to DAS
Objectives of a DAS
Block diagram and explanation
Methodology
Hardware and software for DAS
Merits and Demerits of DAS/DQS
Conclusion
Research Data Management Fundamentals for MSU Engineering StudentsAaron Collie
This document discusses the importance of research data management and outlines best practices. It notes that data is expensive to produce but is the primary output of research. Funding agencies now require data management plans to facilitate data sharing and reuse. The document recommends storing data on multiple types of storage, avoiding single points of failure, creating backup strategies, documenting projects and data, and selecting open file formats. Overall, it emphasizes that data management is an important skill for researchers.
This document summarizes a seminar on data management for undergraduate researchers. It discusses what data is, why it needs to be managed, and key aspects of the data management process such as data organization, metadata, storage, and archiving. Topics covered include file naming best practices, version control, documentation, metadata standards, storage options, and long-term archiving. The goal is to help researchers organize and document their data so it can be understood, preserved, and reused.
The state of global research data initiatives: observations from a life on th...Projeto RCAAP
The document discusses research data management and provides guidance on best practices. It defines research data management as the active management of data over its lifecycle. It recommends writing a data management plan to document how data will be created, stored, shared, and preserved. It also provides tips for making data accessible and reusable through use of metadata standards, documentation, open licensing, and depositing data in repositories with persistent identifiers. The goal is to help researchers manage and share their data effectively to increase access and reuse.
Research Data Curation _ Grad Humanities ClassAaron Collie
This document discusses best practices for research data curation and management. It covers topics such as data storage, file organization, documentation, sharing, and archiving. Effective data management practices include making backups in multiple locations, using logical file naming conventions and organization schemes, documenting projects, processes, and data, publishing and sharing data when appropriate, and archiving data for long-term preservation and access. Proper data management ensures that valuable research data is organized, preserved, and accessible to enable future research and verification of results.
This document provides an overview of a workshop on good practice in research data management held at the University of Tartu, Estonia. The workshop covered various topics including defining research data, research data management and data management plans, organizing and documenting data, file formats and storage, metadata, security, and sharing and preserving data. The workshop was led by Stuart Macdonald from the University of Edinburgh and included presentations, introductions, and discussions around each of these research data management topics.
This document summarizes a workshop on planning for research data management. The workshop covered what research data management is, why it is important, and how to plan for it. Key points included defining the data that will be collected, how it will be stored and backed up, file naming and formatting standards, documentation and metadata, ethics and legal compliance, data sharing and preservation plans, and allocating roles and resources. Attendees then discussed challenges and needs for managing their own research data. The presenter emphasized starting planning early and seeking advice, and provided information on resources and tools available to support research data management.
The document summarizes a workshop on planning for research data management. It discusses what research data management is, including definitions and lifecycle models. It emphasizes the importance of planning for RDM from the beginning of a research project, including developing a data management plan that addresses data collection, documentation, storage, sharing, and long-term preservation. The workshop also covered naming conventions, file formats, metadata, and tools and resources available to support RDM.
Data Management for Undergraduate Researchers (updated - 02/2016)Rebekah Cummings
This document summarizes a seminar on data management for undergraduate researchers. It discusses what data is, why it needs to be managed, and key aspects of effective data management including data organization, metadata, storage and archiving. Specific topics covered include creating data management plans, file naming conventions, structuring folders, describing data through codebooks and documentation, backup strategies, and long-term archival options. The goal is to help researchers organize and document their data so it can be understood and preserved over time.
Data Management Planning for researchersSarah Jones
This document provides information about creating a data management plan (DMP) for researchers. It begins with defining what a DMP is - a short plan that outlines what data will be created, how it will be managed and stored, and plans for sharing and preservation. It then discusses the common components of a DMP, including describing the data, standards and methodologies, ethics and intellectual property, data sharing plans, and preservation strategies. The document provides examples of DMP requirements and recommendations from funders. It offers tips for creating a good DMP, including thinking about the needs of future data re-users, consulting stakeholders, grounding plans in reality, and planning for sharing from the outset. Finally, it discusses tools and resources
This slideshow was used in a Preparing Your Research Material for the Future course for the Humanities Division, University of Oxford, on 2016-11-16. It provides an overview of some key issues, focusing on the long-term management of data and other research material, including sharing and curation.
This slideshow was used in a Preparing Your Research Material for the Future course taught in the Humanities Division, University of Oxford, on 2014-06-09. It provides an overview of some key issues, focusing on the long-term management of data and other research material, including sharing and curation.
This document discusses research lifecycles and data management. It begins by outlining typical stages in a research lifecycle from planning to publication. It then discusses how data is created and managed at various stages, and raises questions researchers should consider around formatting, documenting, storing, sharing and preserving data. The document provides examples of research lifecycle models and gives advice on best practices for managing data at each stage of the research process to support reuse and ensure data is well documented and preserved.
This slideshow was used in an Introduction to Research Data Management course taught for the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2016-02-03. It provides an overview of some key issues, looking at both day-to-day data management, and longer term issues, including sharing, and curation.
This slideshow was used in an Introduction to Research Data Management course for the Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2015-05-27. It provides an overview of some key issues, looking at both day-to-day data management, and longer term issues, including sharing, and curation.
This slideshow was used in an Introduction to Research Data Management course taught for the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2014-02-26. It provides an overview of some key issues, looking at both day-to-day data management, and longer term issues, including sharing, and curation.
OU Library Research Support webinar: Working with research dataIzzyChad
Slides from a webinar delivered on 31st January 2018 for OU research staff and students. Covers practical strategies for managing research data, including policies, file naming, information security, metadata and working with sensitive data.
Presentation from a University of York Library workshop on research data management. The workshop provides an introduction to research data management, covering best practice for the successful organisation, storage, documentation, archiving, and sharing of research data.
The document provides guidance on early planning for data management, including becoming familiar with funder requirements, planning for the types and formats of data that will be created, designing a system for taking notes, organizing files through consistent naming schemes and use of folders, adding metadata to files to aid in documentation and discovery, and using RSS feeds to organize web-based information. It also touches on issues like plagiarism, data protection, intellectual property rights, and remote access to and backup of data.
Research Data (and Software) Management at Imperial: (Everything you need to ...Sarah Anna Stewart
A presentation on research data management tools, workflows and best practices at Imperial College London with a focus on software management. Presented at the 2017 session of the HPC Summer School (Dept. of Computing).
Test Management as Chapter 5 of ISTQB Foundation. Topics covered are Test Organization, Test Planning and Estimation, Test Monitoring and Control, Test Execution Schedule, Test Strategy, Risk Management, Defect Management
Radically Outperforming DynamoDB @ Digital Turbine with SADA and Google CloudScyllaDB
Digital Turbine, the Leading Mobile Growth & Monetization Platform, did the analysis and made the leap from DynamoDB to ScyllaDB Cloud on GCP. Suffice it to say, they stuck the landing. We'll introduce Joseph Shorter, VP, Platform Architecture at DT, who lead the charge for change and can speak first-hand to the performance, reliability, and cost benefits of this move. Miles Ward, CTO @ SADA will help explore what this move looks like behind the scenes, in the Scylla Cloud SaaS platform. We'll walk you through before and after, and what it took to get there (easier than you'd guess I bet!).
Tool Support for Testing as Chapter 6 of ISTQB Foundation 2018. Topics covered are Tool Benefits, Test Tool Classification, Benefits of Test Automation and Risk of Test Automation
Elasticity vs. State? Exploring Kafka Streams Cassandra State StoreScyllaDB
kafka-streams-cassandra-state-store' is a drop-in Kafka Streams State Store implementation that persists data to Apache Cassandra.
By moving the state to an external datastore the stateful streams app (from a deployment point of view) effectively becomes stateless. This greatly improves elasticity and allows for fluent CI/CD (rolling upgrades, security patching, pod eviction, ...).
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2. Data Management: What’s in it for TAs?
Better organization for your classes
Course Management: Angel / Desire2Learn
Bibliographic Management: Zotero / Endnote / Mendelay
File Management: Google Drive / Git / File-system
Direct application to your career
Data management is an “unnamed practice”
Start now so you can this skill on your Resume or CV
Academia is changing: big data is here
3. Data Management. Isn’t that… trivial?
Not so much. Data is a primary output of research; it is very
expensive to produce high quality data. Data may be collected
in nanoseconds, but it takes the expert application of
research protocol and design to generate data.
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4. Even more consequential, data is the input of a
process that generates higher orders of
understanding.
Wisdom
Knowledge
Information
Data
Understanding
is hierarchical!
Russell Ackoff
5. Data Industries
In the academic sector that industry is called scholarly
communication.
In the private sector that industry is called research &
development.
Data New
Product
Data Research
Article
8. The scientific method “is
often misrepresented as a
fixed sequence of steps,”
rather than being seen for
what it truly is, “a highly
variable and creative
process” (AAAS 2000:18).
Gauch, Hugh G. Scientific Method in Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Print. (Emphasis added)
10. But why are we really here?
Impetus: NSF has mandated that all grant applications
submitted after January 18th, 2011 must include a
supplemental “Data Management Plan”
Effect: The original NSF mandate has had a domino effect, and
many funders now require or state guidelines for data
management of grant funded research
Response: Data management has not traditionally received a
full treatment in (many) graduate and doctoral curricula;
intervention is necessary
11. Effect: Funder Policies
NASA “promotes the full and open sharing of all data”
“requires that data…be submitted to and archived by
designated national data centers.”
“expects the timely release and sharing of final research
data"
"IMLS encourages sharing of research data."
“…should describe how the project team will manage
and disseminate data generated by the project”
12. Science is always changing
• Thousand years ago:
science was empirical
describing natural phenomena
• Last few hundred years:
theoretical branch
using models, generalizations
• Last few decades:
a computational branch
simulating complex phenomena
• Today:
data exploration (eScience)
unify theory, experiment, and simulation
– Data captured by instruments
or generated by simulator
– Processed by software
– Information/Knowledge stored in computer
– Scientist analyzes database / files
using data management and statistics
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13. Response: Changing Data Landscape
Data Management Competencies
Standards & Best Practices
Discipline Specific Discourse
Data sharing and open data
Data sets as publications
Data journals
Citations for data (e.g., used in secondary analysis)
Data as supplementary materials to traditional articles
Data repositories and archives
14. Data Sharing Impacts
Facilitates education of
new researchers
Enables exploration of
topics not envisioned
by initial investigators
Permits creation of
new datasets by
combining data from
multiple sources
15. o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
Storage
Architecture
File Storage
File System
File Format
File Content
16. o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
Storage
Architecture
Optical Storage
• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM
• Blu-ray Discs
Solid-State Storage
• USB Flash Drives
• Memory Cards
• “Internal Device Storage”
Magnetic Storage
• Internal Hard Drives
• External Hard Drives
• Tape Drives
Networked Storage
• Server and Web Storage
• Managed Networked Storage
• “Cloud Storage”
• Tape Libraries
17. Good practices for avoiding single points of error:
Use managed networked storage whenever possible
Move data off of portable media
Never rely on one copy of data
Do not rely on CD or DVD copies to be readable
Be wary of software lifespans (e.g. Angel)
o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
Storage
Architecture
Limited “Task” Term Short “Project” Term Long “Life” Term
• Optical Media
• CD, DVD, Blu-ray
• Portable Flash Media
• USB Flash Drives
• Memory Cards
• Internal Memory
• Magnetic Storage
• Internal HD
• External HD
• Networked Storage
• Server/Web Space
• Cloud Storage
• Networked Storage
• Managed Network
• Magnetic Storage
• Tape Drives
18. Good practices for creating a backup strategy:
Make 3 copies
E.g. original + external/local + external/remote
E.g. original + 2 formats on 2 drives in 2 locations
Geographically distribute and secure
Local vs. remote, depending on needed recovery time
Know what resources are available to you: personal
computer, external hard drives, departmental, or
university servers may be used
o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
Storage
Architecture
19. o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Data
Management
Storage
Architecture
File
Management
Documentation
Practices
Access
Management
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o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
20. o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
File
Management
File Storage
File System
File Format
File Content
21. Create a file plan
Better chance you will use a standard method when the time comes
Simple organization is intuitive to team members and colleagues
Reduces unsynchronized copies in personal drives and email
attachments
o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
File
Management
22. Utilize a file naming convention
Create logical sequences for sorting through many files and versions
Identify what you’re searching for by filename by using a primary term
If not using a version control system, implement simple versioning
It’s sort of like a tweet
Should not exceed 255 characters for most modern operating systems
o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
File
Management
Example file names using simple version control: Primary term:
lakeLansing_waltM_fieldNotes_20091012_v002.doc location
OrgChart2009_petersK_20090101_d001.svg content
20110117_sharpeW_krillMicrograph_backscatter3_v002.tif date
borgesJ_collocation_20080414.xml person
23. Make an informed decision in selecting file formats
It is important to choose platform and vendor-independent file
formats to ensure the best chance for future compatibility
“Open” formats are often (but not always) supported broadly by a
community rather than individually by a company or vendor
o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
File
Management
Format Genre Great Not Bad Avoid
TEXT .txt; .odt; .xml; .html .pdf; .rtf; .docx .doc
AUDIO .flac; .wav .ogg; .mp3 .wma; .ra; .ram;
compression
VIDEO .mp2/.mp4, MKV .wmv; .mov; .avi; compression
IMAGE .tif; .png; .svg; .jpg .gif; .psd; compression
DATA .sql; .csv; .xml .xlsx .xls; proprietary DB formats
24. o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Data
Management
Storage
Architecture
File
Management
Documentation
Practices
Access
Management
(cc)Alan(cc)WillScullin
o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
25. o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
Documentation
Practices
File Storage
File System
File Format
File Content
26. Good practice for documenting project information:
Oftentimes a team effort
At minimum, store documentation in readme.txt file
Include name of project, people, roles & contact information
Include executive summary or abstract for basic context
Include an inventory of servers, directories, data, lab
equipment, and other resources
A great start for project documentation is a project charter
o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
Documentation
Practices
27. Good practices for documenting processes:
Sometimes an individual effort, sometimes collaborative
Protocols, software or code settings, code commentary
Workflow descriptions (text) or diagrams (image)
Include example scripts, inputs, outputs if applicable
A great start for process documentation is a lab notebook
o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
Example of R code commentary
# Cumulative normal density
pnorm(c(-1.96,0,1.96))
Documentation
Practices
28. Good practices for documenting data:
Use standard methods of documentation where
they exist
Metrics/Measurements
Code Book
Metadata Standard
o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
~1.57×107 K = Temperature of the sun
(center)
unit
measure/metri
c
metadata
Documentation
Practices
29. o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Data
Management
Storage
Architecture
File
Management
Documentation
Practices
Access
Management
(cc)Alan
o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
30. o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Access
Management
File Storage
File System
File Format
File Content
31. Good practices for sharing or distributing data:
Basics
• Synchronization, Versioning, Access Restrictions (and logs)
• Collaborative tools can save time and effort (and help with scale)
Intellectual property
• Data itself not protected by copyright law in U.S.
• Expressions of data (forms, reports, visuals) can be copyrightable
• Data can be licensed similarly to software
Ethics
• Human subjects (e.g. IRB restrictions)
• Private/sensitive information
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Access
Management
32. Good practices for publishing data:
Not Publishing
Self Publishing (Web Site)
Create and add data citations to personal websites
Journal (Supplementary Material)
Publish data with a journal that will provide a persistent link to your
dataset (e.g. DOI, handle)
Archive/Repository
Institutional (see above example)
Disciplinary (e.g. article & data)
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Access
Management
33. Good practices for archiving research data:
LOCKSS!
Archive documentation with data
Write costs for data management and archiving into your
research budgets (and in some cases, proposals)
Define access policies including restrictions or embargos
Understand requirements for submission of data prior to
project completion
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Access
Management
34. o Project Documentation
o Process Documentation
o Data Documentation
o Sharing Data
o Publishing Data
o Archiving Data
Data
Management
Storage
Architecture
File
Management
Documentation
Practices
Access
Management
o File Organization
o File Naming
o File Formats
o Storage Options
o Single points of failure
o Backup Strategy
Data management is about more than just the lost back-pack. It is about expert application. Expert application in any industry is expensive.
In the academic industry data is the input to our final product. It takes years of training and experience to succeed in this field.
Research is a process, it is scientific, and we use an overarching model to describe the process at a high level. But this is a conceptual model, it is not a process model. But this is a pretty sterile model; and we know that because it is not prescriptive to all academic disciplines.
In practice, research is a complicated process. It is a creative process as well as a scientific process.
This has been noticed.
Research is hard, managing research is boring. So we want tips that make it easier.
HANDOUT: DMP (blue)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)IMLS encourages sharing of research data. Applications that develop digital products must fill out an additional form with ten questions focused on “Developing Data Management Plans for Research Projects.The federal government has the right to obtain, reproduce, publish or otherwise use the data first produced under an award and authorize others to do so for government purposes.”Ex: Digging Into Data
Replication, transparency, re-use, mashups, repurposing, extending grant dollars and enabling more research…
A single point of failure occurs when it would only take one event to destroy all data on a device (e.g. dropped hard drive)
SimpleFile PlanAdvancedDirectory ManifestGIT, SubversionContent Management Systems (CMS)ExpertData management systems (DMS)
Good Practices for file naming:Meaningful & descriptiveCapital letters or underscores differentiate between wordsSurname first followed by initials of first nameDecide on a simple “versioning” method (e.g. file_v001)Use alphanumeric characters (e.g. abc123)Meaningful but short (255 character limit)Descriptive while still making senseCapital letters or underscores differentiate between wordsSurname first followed by initials of first nameMore on handoutNameOfStudy_Location_Date_FG#_transcribedby_NameOfTranscriber_v###.DOCX
Good choices for file formats:Non-proprietary Open, documented standard Common usage by research communityStandard representation (ASCII, Unicode)UnencryptedUncompressed
Shouldn’t I have already documented basic project information in an abstract or introduction in a paper or thesis?Yes, but this information is meant to be contextual information that can be used to better understand the data. It would accompany the data if shared.Sometimes called a project charterWiki’s, GIT, or other version control systems can really turn this simple charter into an authoritative record of the research
Why do I need to document the way I process and analyze data?Researchers will need detailed information to reuse or verify your data. Again, Methodology sections are not comprehensive
A Plus / Delta exercise focusing on extant infrastructure and servicesWeave known MSU resourcesDiscussion starters:Describe your interaction with dept, college, university, external bodies?What makes managing research data difficult?What services/tools do you need/want?Advice WebsiteDatabase designersTargeted seminar seriesData storage and curation options