Research Data Management

Research Data Management @ Bond University

Antoinette Cass & Jasna Romic

Research Data ManagementLibrary Services

March 2013

Data Management Environment & Stakeholders

Governance

ServicesInfrastructure

Library

• Training and support for data management planning

• Data description• Metadata advice• Referral

Policies and Statutory Requirements• Bond University Policy• Funder mandates• ‘The Code’

Registries/Repositories • Data deposit

• Data sharing

Researchers

Office of Research• Grant compliance• Ethics

Research Data Management @ Bond

• Introduction to Research Data Management• What’s happening at Bond?

Best Practice Framework

• Recognising research data as a valuable product

• Improving efficiency of research• Supporting the global research

environment• Making data available for sharing,

validation and re-use• Respecting relevant legislation, funding

guidelines and codes

By Michael Kreil

Foundations of best practice

• Bond University Policy - TLR 5.06• Storage• Retention• Access and Re-use• RDM Toolkit

• The Code • Data Sharing, Ethics & Consent• Open Access and funding policies

The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/r39.pdf

Ethics, consent and data sharing

As of 1st January 2013, two of Australia’s major research funding bodies – • The

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and

• The Australian Research Council (ARC)

Have both implemented open access policies which are now in effect.

Sharing data that relates to people can be achieved using a combination of: • Obtaining consent• Anonymising data• Regulating data

access

Open access and funding policies

• Management • Sustainability • Collaboration

Management

RDMToolkit

Policy & Ethics

Storage & Backup

Share

Manage

Ownership & Rights

Data Management Checklist

• This template is a good starting point for

your data planning. It covers all the aspects

of research data you will need to consider

prior to starting your research project.

Research data is anything in any form that supports a research argument, theory, findings or conclusions.

What is Research Data?

• Data files (SPSS, text, csv., xls, xml)• Images• Surveys• Videos• Transcripts• Observations• Measurements

Management activities

All activities necessary for creating well-managed data such as data organisation, security, curation, storage, backups and preservation, data sharing or publishing.

Why you should care about it?

• Data is a valuable product of the research process• Data can be difficult or impossible to reproduce• Data can be lost• Some funding bodies are requesting that data be made

publically available• More journals are providing access to data associated with

publications

Research Data Storage Consideration

Length of time storage required

Technical support

Security issues

Impact of loss/failure

Technical obsolescence

Data Management Toolkit

Guidelines

Research Data Management Continuum

Sustainability

Keep up to date

Set up alerts, RSS feeds…

Seek help from the Library

Build your research profile

Collaboration

• Bond Personal Researcher Pages• Conferences• Organisations• Online communities• Social networking• Workshops • Share references• Online communication tools

Summary of benefits

Visibility

• Get credit for your data collections• Expand collaboration• Allow for data re-use • Increase citations • Minimise risk of data loss

Discovery

• Improved discovery and exposure of your data• Improved discovery and potential re-use of your data• The ability to more easily replicate and build on your data• Discover the data of other researchers more easily

Research Data Australia - RDA

• Is an online portal for research data• Aims to increase the visibility of research data• Ensures that access to data continues to be managed

by researchers• Join other Bond researchers and have your data

showcased in RDA

e-publications@bond

Working With You

• Talking with research staff and students to find out about and assist with research data management practices

• Attending to all RDM queries through our dedicated mailbox [email protected]

• Improving the information toolkit to help assist staff with management of research data

• Continuing showcase Bond University datasets by describing them in Research Data Australia and e-publications@bond

Thank you!