Research Data Management Resources

Training Resources

"resource for librarians, library students, information professionals, and interested individuals to learn about and discuss: library roles in data science; fundamentals of domain sciences; emerging trends in supporting biomedical research."

data science Research Data Management publications, online workshops and tutorials

a "JISC funded project to produce taught and continuing professional development (CPD) learning materials in Research Data Management (RDM) tailored for Information professionals.”

RDM training

An "informal group of librarians and other information professionals whose members have significant roles or responsibilities in providing services in managing or curating research data."

RDM training

A "community-driven project providing access to data across multiple member repositories, supporting enhanced search and discovery of Earth and environmental data. DataONE promotes best practices in data management through responsive educational resources and materials."

Best Practices Librarian Outreach Kit Software Tools Catalog Data Management Planning (Examples) Data Management Teaching Modules

"...resources to help Research Performing Institutions manage their research data."

Model RDM Policy KPIs Best practices Toolkit of RDM Evaluation Grid  Case studies

"...a registry for online learning resources focusing on research data management. ."

Data Management Data citation Metadata

"...train junior scientists in implementing the FAIR principles for research data & software management & development".

Data Management Data citation Metadata

Data Management Data Sources Tools and apps

"...Openly accessible online training materials which can be shared and repurposed for RDM training..."

Open Access  Research Data Management  Training materials

"...aims to support you by signposting resources from a wide range of websites and organisations, sorted by topic and audience..."

RDM  Research Data Management  Training materials

"...data curation resources collected by the DCC since we opened our doors in 2004..."

RDM  Research Data Management  Training materials

"...online course which is made up of eight 30-minute self-paced units that can be taken individually or as a complete program..."

RDM  Research Data Management  Training materials

Data Sources

"...an integrated infrastructure program composed of science-driven platforms and sensor systems that measure physical, chemical, geological and biological properties and processes from the seafloor to the air-sea interface..."

Data Source Free Datasets Data Visualization Quality Control

"...A Cross-Institutional Collaboration to Index Biomedical Research Data..."

Data Source Biomedical Research Data Datasets

Other Resources

Library roles generally fall into three main categories: providing access to data; supporting researchers and students in managing their data; and managing a data collection.

Corresponding flowchart to help users determine if DUA is needed.

An article "presents a practical roadmap for scholarly data repositories to implement data citation in accordance with the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles..."

An article provides "recommendations, indicators and input on the financing of activities required to turn FAIR data into reality at an EU, Member State and international level...."

A guide about "how to make the work you share on GitHub citable by archiving one of your GitHub repositories and assigning a DOI with the data archiving tool Zenodo".

"events bring together researchers, digital repository managers, staff from library, information and research organisations, data curators, data centre managers, data scientists, research funding organisations and research networks. The events are organised thematically, with a mixture of presentations and breakout and discussion sessions.".

"It offers a survey and analysis of what is needed to implement FAIR and it provides a set of concrete recommendations and actions for stakeholders...a framework that will greatly assist the creation of the European Open Science Cloud...".
research policy data collection data processing recommendation scientific research

"...collection of papers on radical collaboration for research data management...".
collaboration research data management case studies

"...novice-friendly, peer-reviewed tutorials that help humanists learn a wide range of digital tools, techniques, and workflows to facilitate research and teaching...".
tutorials research tools digital humanities

"...prepare and enrich research data to make them findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR)...".
workflows tools resources

"...Always Already Computational: Collections as Data documented, iterated on, and shared current and potential approaches to developing cultural heritage collections that support computationally-driven research and teaching...".
collections as data 50 things(how-to) case studies

"...A central hub for DMPs from different disciplines. Quality reviews of the DMPs with assessments of the quality of the different parts...".
DMP

"... to promote global collaboration to improve the availability and usability of data for all areas of research...".
DMP

Annual report by Figshare

Several open-source tools/projects, such as:

  • unpaywall: A free database of open access scholarly articles, with an API and browser extension.
  • get the research: An academic search engine for people outside academia.
  • CiteAs: An easy way for researchers to correctly cite the research software they use.
  • paperbuzz.org: An open source of altmetrics data, based on Crossref Event Data.
  • unsub: A data dashboard to help libraries cancel subscription journal Big Deals.

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