Building a Data Management Plan for your research project.
Confucius said “One who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door”. In research, planning for data management helps you prepare for data questions and problems before they happen. In this session, we will go over principles of data management planning and go through a demo of the Portage DMP Assistant, a web-based tool for developing and collaborating on Data Management Plans in the Canadian research context.
Workshop recording
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Workshop slides
Resources referenced during the presentation:
General:
- Portage Network DMP Exemplars and Templates
- McMaster Library RDM Website
File formats:
- DataverseNO Prepare your data: Preferred file formats
- DCN Data Curation Primers on different file formats
- McMaster RDM webpage on file naming and organization
Documentation & Metadata
- Cornell ReadMe template
- Portage Dataverse North Metadata Best Practices Guide v 2.0
- DCC list of disciplinary metadata standards
Storage & backup
- McMaster Research Data Storage Finder
- See our Strategies for research data storage and backup webinar for more.
Preservation
- Portage Network Portage Repository Options Guide
- DataCite Repository Finder tool
- McMaster Dataverse
- FRDR
Sharing & Re-use
- Portage Network De-Identification Guidance Document
- DCC How to License Research Data
Responsibilities & resources
- UK Data Service Costing tool and checklist
- University of Utrect Costs of data management estimator
- DataOne Best Practice: Define roles and assign responsibilities for RDM
Ethics & Legal Compliance
- First Nations OCAP Principles
- CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
- Portage Sensitive Data Toolkit
- McMaster Library ‘Secure’ RDM page