Research Guides: Research Data Management: Home

Managing Your Data

Planning, managing, and maintaining data that is collected or created through research is a critical part of the research process. This guide provides an introduction to the key questions you need to answer about your data, links to other resources for more information, and details about data hosting options.

In this context, "data" is whatever information, specimen, or object may be collected or created by the researchers. Observed data, experimental results, textual analysis, physical materials, etc. Not just numbers!

The Importance of Data Management for Research

Professor Henry Rzepa and Charles Romain (Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London) discuss the importance of data management and making research FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy

FAQ about the Tri-Agency RDM Policy
Consultation Summary (December 2019)
"The agencies received 130 written submissions from a broad range of stakeholders, including universities, colleges and polytechnics; libraries; government agencies and departments; organizations that raise awareness and build supports for research data management; and academic associations and individual researchers from various health, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities research disciplines. Some stakeholders posted their submissions online (e.g. Research Data Canada and the Portage Network). This report summarizes the consultation feedback."
DRAFT Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy for Consultation (2018)
A draft research data management policy from major Canadian funding agencies. The draft proposed that
1. the university develop an institutional strategy for research data management;
2. researchers include a plan for data management in their grant applications;
3. grant recipients deposit their data and its documentation in a recognized digital repository for long term preservation and curation. Researchers are encouraged (but not required) to share data where possible, including linking it to related publications.

Data Management - What Not to Do

Data Sharing and Management Snafu in 3 short acts - NYU Health Sciences Library

Research Data Management

Data/Liaison Librarian

Maps, Data & GIS

Managing Your Data

The Importance of Data Management for Research

Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy

Data Management - What Not to Do