Scholarly Communication: Research Data Management

What is Research Data Management?

• RDM Data Services
• FAIR Principles
• Videos and Tutorials
• MANTRA Research Data Management course

Research Data LifeCycle

Stage 1: Plan & Design

• Data Management Plans (DMPS)
• Data Management Plans Software

Stage 2: Collect & Capture

• Types of Data
• Research Methodology Design
• Qualitative Research Design for Data Collection
• Quantitative Research Design for Data Collection
• Research Ethics

Stage 3. Collaborate & Analyse

• Collaborative Research
• Primary Data Analysis
• Secondary Data Analysis (New data discovery, Integrate and Analysis)
• Data Mining
• Data Visualisation

Stage 4. Discover, Re-Use & Cite

• Data Discovery
• Data for Re-Use
• Data Citation

Stage 5. Share & Publish

• Data Sharing
• Publishing Research Data

Stage 6. Manage Store & Preserve

• Managing Research Data for Preservation
• Organising and Documenting Data
• Describing the Data
• Research Data Formats
• Data Copyright and Ownership
• Data Repositories
• Research Data Preservation and Security

Copyright

• Copyright in Data Management Planning
• Copyright: Data Sharing

Software and Tools

• Data Management Planning Tools
• Collaborative Research
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualisation
• Data Mining
• Research Data Directories and Repositories (for Storage and Discovery)

Videos & Tutorials

• Research Data Management
• Data management Planning
• Primary and Secondary Data
• Designing your Research Methodology
• Qualitative Research Design
• Research Ethics
• Data Re-Use
• Manage, Store and Preserve Data
• Sharing Data

UPLOAD YOUR RESEARCH DATA TO RHODES DIGITAL COMMONS (RESEARCH DATA) - This is the Rhodes University Research Data (FigShare) platform

Data is a scholarly product (like journal articles and books)     

Research data are not only a by-product of scientific research, nor a simple means to (article) publication. They often have a much longer shelf life than the scientific publications they underpin:

• They constitute the evidence needed to verify and validate published claims.

• They can be reused for follow-up or new research, for teaching, etc.

Therefore, research data should be cared for as first-class research objects. RDM is about exactly that. Ghent University

Many kinds of data created as part of a research project are subject to the same rights as literary or artistic work. Such items acquire rights like copyright or more general Intellectual Property rights when they are created. This gives the rights owner control over the exploitation of their work, such as the right to copy and adapt the work, the right to rent or lend it, the right to communicate it to the public and the right to license and distribute. UK Data Service