Jeff MoonData Librarian & Academic Director, Queen’s Research Data Centre

Research Data Management @ Queen’s

The Data Life Cycle

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What is ‘Research Data”?

That which is collected, observed, or created in a digital

form, for purposes of analysing to

produce original research results.

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Research Data Management

Research Data Management: encompasses the entire data life cycle, and includes data collection, organization, storage, retrieval, and preservation over time.

Why manage & share your data?

• Promotes higher quality research and peer review

• Opens the door to further research

• Demonstrates effective stewardship of publicly-funded data

• Ensures long-term preservation of and access to data

• Builds in procedures to ensure anonymity/privacy

Other factors to consider…

• Some scientific publications require that data be available for the scientific community before the article is published

• A growing number of funding agencies require that data be deposited in a public archive

Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management

“Data management planning is necessary at all stages of the research project lifecycle, from design and inception to completion”

“Research data must be managed in agreement with all commercial, legal and ethical obligations”

“Data should be managed in accordance with the most appropriate and relevant standards and best practices, while recognizing that these are in a state of rapid evolution”

“Data should be collected and stored throughout the research project using software and formats that ensure secure storage, and enable preservation of and access to the data well beyond the duration of the research project”

“Research data resulting from agency funding should normally be preserved in a publicly accessible, secure and curated repository or other platform for discovery and reuse by others”

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Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management

Responsibilities of RESEARCHERS include:

• incorporating data management best practices into their research;

• developing data management plans to guide the responsible collection, formatting, preservation and sharing of their data throughout the entire lifecycle of a research project and beyond;

• following the requirements of applicable institutional and/or funding agency policies and professional or disciplinary standards;

• acknowledging and citing datasets that contribute to their research; and

• staying abreast of standards and expectations of their disciplinary community.

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Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management

Responsibilities of RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS include:

• providing an environment that enables world class data stewardship practices;

• providing access to data repositories that securely preserve, curate & provide access to research data;

• ensuring compliance with ethical, legal, commercial, and Tri-Agency requirements;

• providing guidance on best practices and development of data management plans;

• recognizing data as an important research output

• promoting the importance of data management

• developing their own data management policies, in accordance with policies, principles, laws, and best practiceshttp://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_83F7624E.html?OpenDocument

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Four key steps to good data management

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OK, but where do I go for more information?

Go to the Queen’s University LibraryResearch Data Management web page at:

http://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm

Research Data Managementhttp://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm

Research Data Managementhttp://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm

Portage DMP Assistant

Portage DMP Assistant

• Walks you step-by-step through key questions about data management.

• Provides guidance and examples at each step.

• You only answer questions relevant to your research.

• DMPs are living documents – you are encouraged to review & revise throughout your project

The DMP ASSISTANT is a web-based, bilingual, data management planning toolmade available to all Canadian researchers through the Portage network.

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Expert Group

So how does the DMP Assistant help?

1. Data Collection2. Documentation & Metadata3. Storage & backup 4. Preservation5. Data Sharing & Reuse6. Responsibilities &

Resources 7. Ethics & Legal Compliance

The DMP Assistant walks you through a

checklist of questionsAnd provides

guidance along the way

Turn to the Portage Network web page for more information about the shared stewardship of research data…

Queen’s University LibraryResearch Data Management Service

We can help you with:

• Planning for data managementdata management plans & grant applications

Queen’s University LibraryResearch Data Management Service

We can help you with:

• Planning for data managementdata management plans & grant applications

• Preparing your datacoding, formatting, anonymizing, and more

• Documenting your datadescribing your data so others can understand and use it

• Archiving your datafinding an appropriate repository or archive

• Making your data discoverablepromoting open access, indexing, assigning DOI’s

Don’t underestimate the benefits of making your data ‘discoverable’…

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Before RDM: Have you experienced this?

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Researcher-to-researcher

Could you please send me your data?

Could you please send me your data?

Could you please send me your data?

Could you please send me your data?

Could you please send me your data?

Could you please send me your data?

Could you please send me your data? Could you

please send me your data?

Researcher

After RDM: link to archive!

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Researcher-to-Archive

ResearcherLicense to share data

Accessing Research Data: After RDM

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Researcher-to-Archive

DOIResearcher

DOIDigital Object Identifier

… a web link

Research Data Deposited @ Queen’s

http://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm QUL Research Data Archive

Examples of archived data

http://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm QUL Research Data Archive

Examples of archived data

http://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm QUL Research Data Archive

Examples of archived data

http://guides.library.queensu.ca/rdm QUL Research Data Archive

AND LOTS MORE!

Archives/Repositories

Queen’s Institutional Repository(DSpace software)

Scholars Portal Data Archiving

Platform(Harvard Dataverse software)

Scholars Portal Data Discovery/Exploration

Portal(Nesstar software)

Or other discipline-based repository…

Recap: Benefits of Research Data Management:

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• ensure long-term preservation of data for future researchers

• meet grant requirements and/or produce a more competitive grant application

• increase the impact and visibility of your research

• encourage discovery and use of existing data to explore new research questions

• make sure your data are accurate, complete, authentic, and reliable, and reusable

• ensure compliance with ethics and privacy policies

If you have, or will be collecting data,CONTACT US.

We can help you develop and implement your data management

plan.

Contact informationCourtney Earl Matthews Head, Open Scholarship Servicescourtney.earl.matthews@queensu.ca Ext. 32836

Alex Cooper Data Services Coordinatorcoopera@queensu.caExt. 77481

Francine Berish Geospatial Data Librarianfrancine.berish@queensu.ca Ext. 36952