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Understanding Research Data Management: Best Practices and Current Trends at uWaterloo

This presentation discusses the importance of data management in research, highlighting both national and international perspectives. Participants will learn about the definition and lifecycle of research data, the necessity of managing it effectively, and current initiatives at the University of Waterloo. Key topics include data and metadata standards, policies for access and sharing, and archiving plans. The aim is to raise awareness of the critical need for data preservation and accessibility to enhance research outcomes.

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Understanding Research Data Management: Best Practices and Current Trends at uWaterloo

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  1. Research Data Management @ uWaterloo watITis 2013 Rachel McNeil Kathy Szigeti Agnes Zientarska-Kayko

  2. What we will talk about • The what and why of data management • The international and national situation • What is happening here at Waterloo

  3. Why Manage Data? “Research cannot flourish if data are not preserved and made accessible. All concerned must act accordingly.” "Editorial: Data's Shameful Neglect" (10 September 2009). Nature 461, 145 doi:10.1038/461145a; Published online 9 September 2009; Corrected 23 September 2009.

  4. What are Research Data?

  5. What is Data Management? http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/DataManagement_14505346_SMALLER.jpg. Accessed Nov 27, 2013

  6. Research Data Lifecycle http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/manage-data/lifecycle.aspx. Accessed Nov 22, 2013

  7. Sample data management plan • Types of data produced • Data and metadata standards • Policies for access and sharing • Policies for re-use and redistribution • Plans for archiving and preservation

  8. International and National Situation • United States • United Kingdom • Australia • Canada

  9. United States • Funding Agencies • National Science Foundation • National Institutes of Health • US Department of Agriculture • Data Repositories • GenBank • ICPSR • DataONE

  10. United Kingdom • Funding Agencies • European Union • Natural Environment Research Council • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council • Data Repositories • UK Data Archive • UK Data Service • The Digital Curation Centre (DCC)

  11. Australia • Funding Agencies • Australian Research Council • National Health and Medical Research Council • Data Repositories • Australian Data Archive • Australian National Data Service

  12. Canada • Funding Agencies • The Tri-Council Agencies: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, CFI (TC3+) • Data Repositories • [Polar Data Catalogue]

  13. Canada • Initiatives • Research Data Canada • Consultation Document from TC3+ • CARL: A Proposal for a Canadian Research Data Management Network • OCUL Cloud Storage Network • CASRAI International Conference

  14. Local Digital Collections • UWSpace • Dataverse • Polar Data Catalogue

  15. UWSpace • Waterloo’s Electronic Dissertations and Theses (EDT) repository • Masters and PhD student theses and dissertations • Recently upgraded to DSpace 3.1 from 1.4

  16. Dataverse • Provided by Scholars Portal • Research data repository • Hosted on Canadian servers • Privacy options

  17. Polar Data Catalogue • Arctic and Antarctic researchers • Data and metadata • Federal Geographic Data Committee standard format

  18. Data Management Day • Sponsored by the Library and the Polar Data Catalogue • Annual event during Open Access Week • Raise awareness about open data and make connections with key players • http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/datamanagementday

  19. Continuing the Conversation • Collaborate: Data Management • https://collaborate.uwaterloo.ca/data-management/

  20. Concluding Remarks • Data management is coming • Are we ready? • Library • IT

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