Research Data Management and Sharing

Learn best practices on how to management and share your research data.

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1. CC-BY flickr user IPRI Photos Research Data Management + Sharing
2. Goals You’ll learn something useful + put it into practice Be inspired to share your research data You’ll tell me what topics you’d like for future workshops! + +
3. What is research data? • Raw data generated from instruments • Statistics • Figures • Code • Interviews • Transcripts
4. CC-BY flickr user hello-sebastian
5. The data can’t be found…
6. …or is gone.
7. Organize CC-BY flickr user oskay
8. Organize • Create a system • Work with collaborators • Use file version control! EXAMPLE Don’t: Documents\Research\Sample1.jpg Do: C:\\NSFGrant123\CaloosahatcheeBiodiversity\Images\Calo_20170410.tiff
9. File Naming • Name meaningfully! • Consistent • Descriptive • Short EXAMPLE Don’t: File12935.xls Do: Project_instrument_location_YYYYMMDD.csv
10. Use open file formats CC-BY flickr user velkr0
11. Use open file formats • Choose open formats ◦ .txt over .docx ◦ .csv over .xslx ◦ .tif over .jpg Some file formats are less likely to become obsolete. Open formats have a history of wide adoption + backward compatibility.
12. Document CC-BY flickr user slightyleverything
13. Document • Project and folder levels ◦ Create a readme file ▪ Names and contact information for project researchers ▪ List of files, description ▪ Copyright and licensing information ▪ Funding sources • Document any data processing and analyses • Include your written notes ◦ Notebook as data hard copy ◦ Transcribe or scan your written notes • Use descriptive names!
14. CC-BY flickr user jakerust
15. Storage ≠ Backup Storage = working files Files you access regularly. Losing storage means losing current versions of your data. Backup = the regular process of copying data You don’t need it until you lose data, but it can save your research project.
16. Keep three copies of your data • Two copies onsite • One copy offsite EXAMPLE 1: Laptop 2: External hard drive 3: Cloud storage Rule of 3
17. CC-BY flickr user s_w_ellis Evaluate storage options
18. “There is no cloud” sticker by Chris Watterson, available at StickerMule
19. Make a plan CC-BY flickr user gsfc
20. Research Data Management Plan • Draft a plan ◦ DMPTool: dmptool.org • Outline ◦ Where data will live, organization, and naming ◦ Roles and responsibilities ◦ Storage/dissemination • Required by some funders • Stronger DMP = stronger research
21. Exercise
22. CC-BY flickr user cogdog
23. Increase your visibility CC-BY John R. McKiernan, whyopenresearch.org
24. Concern: Scooping
25. Get credit for all your research.
26. Publish your data • Data journals • Data repositories ◦ Institutions ◦ Disciplinary repositories ▪ Find a disciplinary repository at re3data.org ◦ figshare • Data is not copyrightable ◦ Best practice: Creative Commons 0 license
28. There’s even a proven citation advantage. Piwowar HA, Vision TG. (2013) Data reuse and the open data citation advantage. PeerJ 1:e175 https://dx.doi.org/10/7717/peerj.175 Jumping for joy over data citations!* *Actually, no corresponding data to confirm that’s why she is jumping... CC-BY flickr user Liz Mc
29. How can I support you? • Consultations • Help with drafting a data management plan • Discuss publication options ◦ Open Access journals, author’s rights • Discuss if/when to make your data open • Refer data repositories
30. Questions? CC-BY flickr user Scott McCleod