Research Data Management

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Research Data

According to the UCL Research Data policy, data are: “facts, observations or experiences on which an argument or theory is constructed or tested…”

Research Data Management

RDM covers the decisions made and actions taken to manage research outputs across the research data lifecycle 

Contact and help

You can email the RDM team in the library: lib-researchsupport@ucl.ac.uk

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Planning and preparation

• Help yourself prepare by writing a Data Management Plan (DMP)
• Identify any policies to adhere to
• Identify any potential risks

Actively researching

• Collect/generate your research materials
• Securely store and back-up
• Create any accompanying metadata

Archiving, curating, and preserving

• Curate your materials to prepare them for archiving and sharing
• Finalise your metadata
• Deposit your research materials in a trustworthy repository

Discovering, accessing, and sharing

• Include a Data Access Statement with publications
• Use a repository that uses persistent identifiers
• Apply a licence to make your work reusable

We are always here to help. Need anything else from us just send us an email lib-researchsupport@ucl.ac.uk