Introduction to Research Data Management

Defining Research Data Management

Research Data Management (RDM) is the practice of managing your research data: where what data is stored, for how long, who has access to what files, how data is moved, which rules apply, and when in the timeline of your project.

Purpose of this Handbook

We created this handbook to teach you everything you need to know about RDM within the DCCN. DCCN support staff continuously works on streamlining the RDM procedures so that you can focus your time and energy on your research! However, in order to benefit from this streamlining, you have to learn about our facilities, tools, Workflows, and Standard Operating Procedures.

This handbook contains tutorials and practical guidelines which will teach you how to navigate the RDM infrastructure in the DCCN so that you can run your project efficiently and in compliance with relevant policies.

Other Research Data Management Resources

This handbook is intended to be very practical, so we will most ignore the theoretical side of RDM. Therefore, throughout the handbook we will link you to more resources which talk about these; both at the DCCN level and the University level.