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Managing Research Data

Research Data Management Division USM Library


Open Science & Research Data Management

Research Support Division is responsible to provide consultation among USM researchers regarding research data as well as supporting open science initiatives at the National level.

1. What is Data Management Plan (DMP)?

The purpose of the Data Management Plan (DMP) is to define the basis for successful management of the project data, records, and all related information. For further information, please refer here.

2. Where can I get DMP template?

DMP stands for Data Management Plan. It has been built as a guide for researchers in their research cycle. The DMP template can be downloaded from here.

3. How to organize your data?

Data management involves collecting, storing, organizing, protecting, verifying, and processing essential data and making it available to access. For more information about organizing data, please refer here.

4. What are the benefits and advantages of sharing data?

Sharing data will give many benefits and advantages. For further information about benefits and advantages of sharing data, please refer here.

5. What formats to choose for your research data?

It is important for you to decide what formats to choose for your research data when you start to plan your research projects, as it determines how the data may be used, analyzed, stored, and reused in the future.
Please refer here about the suitable format for your research data.

6. How to deposit research data in Repository@USM?

Repository@USM is an online storage system that’s capable to increase the interoperability, accessibility and visibility of scholarly materials. To deposit data on Repository@USM, please refer here.

7. How to deposit research data in Mendeley Data?

Mendeley Data is an open research data repository, where researchers can upload and share their research data. For more information about Mendeley Data, please refer here.

8. How to deposit data in Zenodo?

Zenodo is a general-purpose data repository built on open source software that accepts all forms of research output from data files to presentation files. For information on how to deposit data in Zenodo, Please refer here.

9. How to deposit research data in Figshare?

Figshare is a free, online digital repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos. For further information about depositing data in Figshare, please refer here.

10. Where can I get all the recorded webinars under Open Science Series?

All the recorded webinars regarding Open Science Series can be watch here .

11. Where can I refer to tutorial videos related to Data Management, Open Science & RDM?

All the tutorial videos related to Data Management, Open Science & RDM can be watch here .

 

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