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What is the research life cycle?

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What is the research data life cycle?

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Many models to choose from

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Plan

Collect

Assure

Describe

Preserve

Discover

Integrate

Analyze

Proposal writing

Research

Publication

Ideas

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Data Life CycleRe-Purpose

Re-Use

Deposit

DataCollectionDataCollection

DataAnalysisDataAnalysis

DataSharingDataSharing

Proposal Planning Writing

Proposal Planning Writing

Data DiscoveryData Discovery

End of ProjectEnd of Project

DataArchiveDataArchive

ProjectStart UpProjectStart Up

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Research360

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What is a data management plan?

A document that describes what you will do with your data during and after you complete your research

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Going from plan to reality

InfrastructureStaff skills and resourcesManagement support

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Research Data Life Cycle

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Collection, an evolving story

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Collection, an evolving story

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Components

• Data analysis• Data visualization• Quality assurance/control

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Analysis & Visualization

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Quality

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2 kinds of errors

• Commission• Omission

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• Before data entry• During…• After…

QA/QC Activities

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Metadata for researchers• Promotes data sharing and re-use • Preserves institutional memory and

investment in data• Promotes partnerships and

“advertises” data collections• Creates efficiency – avoids

duplication of data collection efforts• Gives credit to dataset creator(s)

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• Standards & templates• Metadata tools• Re-use documentation• Team approach• Data dictionaries• Get help!

Metadata for researchers

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Functions of Data

Curation

CREATE IT

FIND IT

MAKE SENSE OF IT

USE IT

AGGREGATE ITPUBLISH

IT

GET CREDIT FOR IT

REFERENCE IT

PRESERVE IT

MacKenzie Smith – IDCC 2010

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Data Sharing

1. Data citation2. Data citation

3. Data citation

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Data Publication

1. Cover sheet with citation data

2. title, date, authors, abstract, and persistent identifier (DOI, ARK, etc.)

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Discovery ≥ Google

• A&I Indexes• Academic/domain portals• Social media

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Data (re-)use agreements

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• Industry• Publishers• Public• Academics• Funders• Others

Stakeholders

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For more information

• The Informatics Transform: Re-Engineering Libraries for the Data Decade– http://ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/210

• DataONE Education Modules– http://www.dataone.org/education-modules

• UC3 Data Management Planning Resources– http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/dmp/index.html