Research Data Management for HSS: From Plan to Preservation, and (Almost) Everything in Between
February 24, 2022, 12:00-2:00pm ET
Presented by: Beth Knazook, Robyn Nicholson, Yvette Rancourt, Victoria Smith, Erin Clay, Kelly Stathis, and Jennifer Abel
Duration / Durée: 120 minutes
Description: Research data management, or RDM, is increasingly recognized as an important part of the research enterprise in all disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences. With the introduction of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy, and the broad recognition of principles such as FAIR, CARE, and OCAP, it’s crucial for researchers to understand and adopt good RDM practices. You’ll be glad you did! This workshop will give you an overview of the essentials of RDM, with tips, resources, and tools that you can begin to incorporate into your work right away. Topics will include:
- What counts as research data
- What a data management plan is, and how it can help you
- What data curation is, and why it’s important
- What to consider when sharing your data with other researchers
- What to consider when preserving your data for the long term
- What data might be considered sensitive, and how to ensure that these data are properly managed
Biographies
Beth Knazook: Beth Knazook is the Project Manager, Research Data at the Digital Repository of Ireland, where she is working on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Future project, an EU-funded iniatiave to give European researchers wide access to FAIR data and related services, as well as generally working to support RDM at the DRI. She was previously the Preservation Coordinator with the Portage Network at the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, later the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. She has a background in preservation management and art history.
Robyn Nicholson: Robyn Nicholson (she/her/elle) is the Data Management Planning Coordinator with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, and a member of the Data Management Planning Expert Group (DMPEG). In her role, she helps support, maintain, and strategically develop platforms, services, policies, and resources that support researchers and institutions in meeting their data management planning needs, including the DMP Assistant.
Yvette Rancourt: As part of the FRDR curation team, Yvette Rancourt (they/them) works with researchers and data managers to support the FAIRness of their data. Yvette also participates in data curation initiatives and community building as a member of the Curation Expert Group.
Victoria Smith: Victoria Smith is the Alliance RDM Policy, Privacy, and Sensitive Data Coordinator. She brings a background in research ethics, sensitive data management, and research policy to her work in research data management. Victoria is leading the FRDR Sensitive Data Repository Project and supports the Sensitive Data Expert Group.
Erin Clay: Erin Clary is the Curation Coordinator for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. She reviews new dataset deposits for the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR), and as a member of the Curation Expert Group, she is engaged in developing resources to support a national curation community of practice.
Kelly Stathis: Kelly Stathis is the Discovery and Metadata Coordinator with Alliance RDM. Kelly advances discovery and metadata initiatives for the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR), provides technical support for the DataCite Canada Consortium, and works with several RDM expert and working groups, including the Discovery and Metadata Expert Group, the Data Repositories Expert Group, the Dataverse North Metadata Working Group, and the FRDR Discovery Redesign Working Group.
Jennifer Abel: Jennifer Abel is the Research Data Management Specialist in the University of Calgary’s Research Services Office. She is assisting with coordinating U of C’s RDM strategy development and engaging in various RDM capacity-building efforts across the institution. She was previously the Project Officer and Training Coordinator with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Portage Network and the RDM Training Coordinator for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.