Support for Research Data Management at the OU9th June 2015

Isabel Chadwick,

Research Data Management Librarian

rdm-project@open.ac.uk

Vital statistics

• Project

• Policy

• Staff

Before you start...• DMP checking service

(email rdm-project@open.ac.uk)

• DMPOnline (https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk)

• Including costs of RDM in bids

• Ethics advice

Getting stuck in!• Enquiry service

• Guidance on active data management strategies

• Training

For the long term...• Data catalogue on ORO

• Help to find a repository/archive

• Guidance on data selection and appraisal

• Advice on preparing data for archive

Keeping informed

• RDM intranet site (http://intranet6.open.ac.uk/library/main/supporting-ou-research/research-data-management)

• The Orb (http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/the_orb/)

• Enquiries to rdm-project@open.ac.uk

• Regular training (RCD)

Work in progress

• Tool for secure collaboration/storage

• Institutional data archive

• More guidance/training (online and F2F)

Photo Credits

Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen) by Aristocrat’s Hat, available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36821100@N04/5417281120 (CC-BY-NC)

Blackwood cake smash by Andrew Sweeney, available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sweenpole2001/11314157515 (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Retire to the beach by Jon Pinder, available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rofanator/4738524783 (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Rio the black mixed-breed dog with newspaper by Found Animals Foundation available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/foundanimalsfoundation/8055190667 (CC-BY-SA)

Invisible Builder by Lucho Molina, available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aku-ma/6204170635 (CC-BY-NC

Research Data Management by Janneke Staaks , available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jannekestaaks/14390184414 (CC-BY-NC) My weight by Becky Lai , available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fattytuna/14423900 (CC-BY-NC-ND)