1. 1. June 11, 2014 Chris Eaker, Data Curation Librarian ceaker@utk.edu 974-4404 Data Management Best Practices and Resources @ UT
2. 2. What is Data Management? Data Management concerns the organization and management of data from its entry into the research lifecycle to the dissemination and archiving of valuable results. You need a plan.
3. 3. What is a Data Management Plan? A Data Management Plan will describe: 1. How you plan to handle research data 2. How you plan to preserve it 3. How you plan to share it
4. 4. Data Sharing & Reuse
5. 5. Data Management Nightmares
6. 6. Data Sharing Nightmares
7. 7. Data Sharing Nightmares
8. 8. Metadata
9. 9. Metadata Descriptive information about a project, the experiments, the equipment used, the researchers, and the data themselves. Examples of Metadata Creator Date published Title Date created Language Date revised Subject Audience Time coverage Description Spatial coverage Rights
10. 10. File Management & Organization Rule #1 Use descriptive titles (i.e., not like these )
11. 11. File Management & Organization Rule #2 No special characters
12. 12. File Management & Organization Rule #3 Use CAPITAL letters and Underscores This file.name.is bad.txt ThisFileNameisGood.txt this_file_name_is_good.txt
13. 13. File Management & Organization Rule #4 Use Standard Date & Time Formats Filename_12-04-13 (bad) Filename_2013-12-04 (good) Filename_2013-12-04T19:20:30+01:00 (best, it adds the time and time zone)
14. 14. Backup & Security
15. 15. File Backup Two Important Concepts: 1. Set up a routine 2. Store three copies One locally One externally and locally One externally and not locally
16. 16. Preservation Most Important Concept: (Use OPEN file formats.)
17. 17. Resources @ UT Chris Eaker Data Curation Librarian ceaker@utk.edu 974-4404 www.dmptool.org Step by step tool for creating a data management plan libguides.utk.edu/DataManagement Research guides on every subject, including data management