Research Data Management/en

Research data management is a crucial aspect of the data lifecycle and ensures that data is discoverable, accessible and reusable during and following the completion of a project. In Canada, the Alliance is tasked with:

• Developing a national research data culture
• Fostering a community of practice for research data
• Building national research data services and infrastructure

...to better support academic researchers and institutions in building capacities and managing their data assets. To learn more or receive support with your research data management contact the Alliance directly, or speak to your local regional partner and they will get you connected.

Below is a list of resources for research data management.

Resources for research data management

• K. Thompson, E. Hill, E. Carlisle-Johnston, D. Dennie, E. Fortin (Eds.) (2023). Research Data Management in the Canadian Context: A Guide for Practitioners and Learners

Best practices

• D.B. Deutz, M.C.H. Buss, J. S. Hansen, K. K. Hansen, K.G. Kjelmann, A.V. Larsen, E. Vlachos, K.F. Holmstrand (2020). How to FAIR: a website to guide researchers on making research data more FAIR
• Woeber, C. A. (2017). Towards best practice in research data management in the humanities. Retrieved from [1]

Data curation

• DH Curation Guide: a community resource guide to data curation in the digital humanities

Data licensing

• Digital Curation Centre. How to License Research Data

Data management planning

• Data Management Plan (DMP) Assistant
• ACENET. Presentation on data management planning
• Portage. Brief Guide - Create an Effective Data Management Plan (English/French)
• Alliance. DMP Exemplars
• McMaster Data Management Plan Database

Metadata

• RDA Metadata Standards Catalog

Persistent identifiers

• For researchers: ORCID
• For data: DOI
• For research organizations: ROR
• For research projects: RAiD
• For metadata and other situations where a DOI is not suitable: UUID
• For physical samples: IGSN

Policy requirements

• Tri-Agency RDM Policy

Repositories

• Repository Options in Canada: A Portage Guide
• Federated Research Data Repository
• Borealis
• re3data: A resource for finding research data repositories

Sensitive data

• Example of sensitive data RDM toolkit at Memorial University
• ACENET. Presentation on sensitive Data

Terminology

• Alliance. Bilingual RDM Glossary
• Codata. Research Data Management Terminology