LibGuides: Data and Statistics: Research Data Management

What is Research Data Management?

Seneca's Institutional RDM Strategy is available at https://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/RDM.

The Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy (March 15, 2021) puts forth rules on the management of research data across Canada with institutional RDM strategies, Data Management Plans (DMPs), and data deposits as key components.

Digital Resources Alliance of Canada: Training Resources
Introductory learning modules on the basics of research data and RDM.
RDM Course (Athabasca)
Free self-directed micro-course, designed to assist emerging scholars with managing research data from start to finish.
RDM Tutorial (Sheridan College)
Research Data Management in the Canadian Context
This title is an open textbook available through the Open Library collection

The FAIR Principles

Related to RDM there exists an international effort by scientists and organisations to improve scientific data management and stewardship was published and endorsed by G20:

The FAIR Principles

In 2016, the ‘FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship’ were published in Scientific Data. The authors intended to provide guidelines to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets. The principles emphasise machine-actionability (i.e., the capacity of computational systems to find, access, interoperate, and reuse data with none or minimal human intervention) because humans increasingly rely on computational support to deal with data as a result of the increase in volume, complexity, and creation speed of data.

Source: GO FAIR. (n.d.). The FAIR Principles. https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles

F1. (Meta)data are assigned a globally unique and peristent identifier
F2. Data are described with rich metadata
F3, Metadata clearly and explicitly include the identifier of the data they describe
F4. (Meta)data are registered or indexed in a searchable resource.
A1. (Meta)data are retrievable by their identifier using a standardised communications protocol
- A1.1 The protocol is open, free, and universally implementable
- A1.2 The protocol allows for an authentication and authorisation procedure, where necessary
A2. Metadata are accessible, even when the data are no longer available
I1. (Meta)data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation
I2. (Meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles
I3. (Meta)data include qualified references to other (meta)data
R1. (Meta)data are richly described with a plurality of accurate and relevant attributes
- R.1.1. (Meta)data are released with a clear and accessible data usage license
- R.1.2. (Meta)data are associated with detailed provenance
- R.1.3. (Meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards

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RDM Resources

Canadian Agencies and Policies

Research Data Management - Government of Canada
Includes the Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management and Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy
Digital Research Alliance of Canada: Research Data Management
As of April 1, 2021, RDM operations (formerly under Portage Network) including its national secretariat became fully integrated into the Alliance.
Digial Research Alliance of Canada (also known as "The Alliance"; formerly NDRIO)
The Alliance is a national not-for-profit advancing the establishment of a researcher-focused, accountable, agile, strategic, and sustainable Digital Research Infrastructure ecosystem for Canadian researchers. Seneca Polytechnic is an associate member and a member of CANARIE which did the initial 2018 community consultation (summary) on RDM priorities in Canada and now partners with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)
CRKN connects associations, organizations and individuals working together to advance research in Canada. Projects include DataCite Canada and ORCID Canada.
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The Who, What, and Where of Persistent Identifiers: A six-part webinar series devoted to all things PID (2021)

Canadian RDM Repositories

Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)
Also provides metadata to improve discovery of Canadian research data.

Borealis: The Canadian Dataverse Repository (formerly Scholars Portal Dataverse) This link opens in a new window
(University of Toronto) A bilingual, multidisciplinary, secure, Canadian research data repository, supported by academic libraries and research institutions across Canada that supports open discovery, management, sharing, and preservation of Canadian research data.

- Seneca users only have access to full-text content that results from checking "Public" (under the "Access" facet) after running a search.
Details and Terms of Use

Other Research Data Repositories

Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data)
Re3data is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines. It includes repositories that enable permanent storage of and access to data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers, and scholarly institutions. re3data promotes a culture of sharing, increased access and better visibility of research data. The registry has gone live in autumn 2012 and has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Data Management Plan - Resources

McMaster University DMP Database
Announcement at https://library.mcmaster.ca/news/data-management-plan-database-now-available-mcmaster-researchers
DMP Assistant
Free online tool to create data management planning tools developed by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) in collaboration with host institution University of Alberta to assist researchers in preparing data management plans (DMPs)

Data and Statistics

What is Research Data Management?

The FAIR Principles

The FAIR Principles

Doing an applied research or capstone project? Read our Applied Research for Students tutorial.

RDM Resources

Canadian Agencies and Policies

Canadian RDM Repositories

Other Research Data Repositories

Data Management Plan - Resources

Doing an applied research or capstone project?
Read our Applied Research for Students tutorial.