Useful RDM tools and resources to help you develop services

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Policy

Resources

Research funder data policies

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/ overview-funders-data-policies

RDM policy

• Research Data Policy briefingwww.dcc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/resource/policy/DCC_policy_briefing_2011.pdf

• Five steps to developing a research data policywww.dcc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/DCC-FiveStepsToDevelopingAnRDMpolicy.pdf

• Example institutional policieswww.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/institutional-data-policies/

uk-institutional-data-policies

RDM strategies and roadmaps

A series of blog posts

www.dcc.ac.uk/blog

Links to example roadmaps

http://tiny.cc/EPSRCroadmaps

RDM Tools

...a web-based tool to help researchers write Data Management and Sharing Plans according to different funder / institutional requirements

We’re currently enhancing it with practical examples, boilerplate text and tailored support

https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk

https://ssi-dev.epcc.ed.ac.uk/

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/tools/data-asset-framework

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/tools/data-asset-framework

http://www.curationexchange.org/

DCC tools catalogue

A catalogue of RDM tools for different audiences. Tools for researchers focus on data handling, managing workflows, citation and impact.

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/external/tools-services

Metadata and

discoverability

Disciplinary metadata catalogue

A catalogue of disciplinary metadata standards, explaining what they are, who's using them and how to use them

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards

Lists of data centres & repositories

http://www.re3data.org

• DCC has been asked to produce guidance to help

researchers select repositories (may be coming

soon)

Research Data Discovery Services

http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/research-outputs

http://rdds.jiscinvolve.org/wp/

Metrics

• Guidance on measuring data use (metrics)

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/track-data-impact-metrics

• Developing metrics for RDM services (possible

activity under Jisc Research Data Spring work).

Training

resources

Training for support staff

• RDM for research administrators, DCC

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/workshops/research-data-management

• RDM for librarians, DCC

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/rdm-librarians

• RDMRose, University of Sheffield

http://rdmrose.group.shef.ac.uk

• DIY Training Kit for Librarians, University of Edinburgh

http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/libtraining.html

• SupportDM modules, University of East London

http://www.uel.ac.uk/trad/outputs/resources

Job descriptionsResearch Data Management Co-ordinator

Research Archive Manager Data and Services Developer

Research Support Librarian

Data librarian

Technical Data Officer

Research Librarian and Data Specialist

Data Scientist

Research Data Service Manager Project Manager – Research Data Management

Research Information Analyst and Open Access Officer

Research Data Manager

Scholarly Communications Manager

Research Data Storage Architect

Senior Research Data Software Engineer

Digital Record’s Officer

Guidance and

publications

An introductory RDM guide

UK Data Archive,Managing and Sharing Data: best practice for researchers(May 2011)

www.data-archive.ac.uk/ media/2894/ managingsharing.pdf

DCC How to guides

Short, practical guides on various topics:

• How to discover RDM requirements

• How to develop RDM services

• How to develop a data management and sharing plan

• How to appraise and select research data

• How to write a lay summary

• How to licence research data

• How to cite datasets and link to publications

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides

DCC briefing papers & flyers

High level summaries

– Making the case for RDM

– Data citation

– 5 steps to research data readiness

– 5 steps to developing a research data policy

Local

resources

Existing resources in SA

• CSIR funded HPC centre, NICIS platform

• HSRC Research Data Curator training

• CSIR, NRF, DIRISA, LIASA, CALICO, ASSAF, SARIMA networks

• IRTalk list (irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.zairtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za)

• Emerging Open Access and preservation policies (e.g., UCT, Stellenbosch)

• Use cases on use of DMPonline (CPUT webinar)

Colleagues

• Lots of activity under way as Elias illustrated

• Keep in touch with each other

• Share examples of good practice and approaches and identify shared challenges

• Identify areas where shared services or national services might be needed -Communicate these with NRF, CSIR, ARC and others

Thanks for listening!

DCC guidance, tools and case studies:

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources

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