Part of the scholarly communication workshop series, "Sharing Your Research" for graduate students and early career researchers that I developed for Texas Woman's University Libraries.

1. CC-BY flickr user IPRI Photos
Research Data Management + Sharing

2. About me
Chealsye Bowley
Scholarly Communication Librarian
- Education + training
- Copyright consultations
- Finding an OA journal
- Data management plans
Contact: cbowley@twu.edu
Office: Library 308A

3. Goals
You’ll learn something
useful + put it into practice
Be inspired to share
your research data
You’ll tell me what topics you’d
like for future workshops!
+
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4. What is research data?
● Raw data generated from instruments
● Statistics
● Figures
● Code
● Interviews
● Transcripts

5. CC-BY flickr user hello-sebastian

6. The data can’t
be found…

7. …or is gone.

8. Organize
CC-BY flickr user oskay

9. Organize
● Create a system
● Work with collaborators
● Use file version control!
EXAMPLE
Don’t: DocumentsResearchSample1.jpg
Do: C:NSFGrant123LakeTravisBiodiversityImagesTravis_20160412.tiff

10. File Naming
● Name meaningfully!
● Consistent
● Descriptive
● Short
EXAMPLE
Don’t: File12935.xls
Do: Project_instrument_location_YYYYMMDD.csv

11. Use open file formats
CC-BY flickr user velkr0

12. Use open file formats
● Choose open formats
○ .txt over .docx
○ .csv over .xslx
○ .tif over .jpg
Some file formats are less likely to become obsolete.
Open formats have a history of wide adoption
+ backward compatibility.

13. Document
CC-BY flickr user slightyleverything

14. Document
● Project and folder levels
○ Create a readme file
■ Names and contact information for project researchers
■ List of files, description
■ Copyright and licensing information
■ Funding sources
● Document any data processing and analyses
● Include your written notes
○ Notebook as data hard copy
○ Transcribe or scan your written notes
● Use descriptive names!

15. CC-BY flickr user jakerust

16. Storage ≠ Backup
Storage = working files
Files you access regularly. Losing storage means losing
current versions of your data.
Backup = the regular process of copying data
You don’t need it until you lose data, but it can save your
research project.

17. Keep three copies of your data
● Two copies onsite
● One copy offsite
EXAMPLE
1: Laptop
2: External hard drive
3: Cloud storage
Rule
of 3

18. CC-BY flickr user s_w_ellis
Evaluate storage options

19. “There is no cloud” sticker by Chris Watterson, available at StickerMule

20. Make a plan
CC-BY flickr user gsfc

21. Research Data Management Plan
● Draft a plan
○ DMPTool: dmptool.org
● Outline
○ Where data will live, organization, and naming
○ Roles and responsibilities
○ Storage/dissemination
● Required by some funders
● Stronger DMP = stronger research

22. CC-BY flickr user cogdog

23. Increase your visibility
CC-BY John R. McKiernan, whyopenresearch.org

24. Concern: Scooping

25. Get credit for
all your research.

26. Publish your data
● Data is not copyrightable
○ Best practice: Creative Commons 0 license
● Data journals
● Data repositories
○ Institutions
○ Disciplinary repositories
■ Find a disciplinary repository at re3data.org
○ figshare

28. There’s even a proven citation advantage.
Piwowar HA, Vision TG. (2013) Data reuse and the open data citation
advantage. PeerJ 1:e175 https://dx.doi.org/10/7717/peerj.175
Jumping for joy over
data citations!*
*Actually, no corresponding data to
confirm that’s why she is jumping...
CC-BY flickr user Liz Mc

29. How can I support you?
● Consultations
● Help with drafting a data management plan
● Discuss publication options
○ Open Access journals, author’s rights
● Discuss if/when to make your data open
● Refer data repositories

30. Questions?
CC-BY flickr user Scott McCleod

31. Further Info
Library Guide: libguides.twu.edu/rdm
Got further questions?
Get in touch!
cbowley@twu.edu | @chealsye
Slides heavily inspired by Brianna Marshall
CC-BY “Research Data Management and Sharing” bit.ly/1qjXlT1