Introduction to the RDMRose v3 materials. The JISC funded RDMRose project (June 2012-May 2013) was a collaboration between the libraries of the University of Leeds, Sheffield and York, with the Information School at Sheffield to provide an Open Educational Resource for information professionals on Research Data Management. The materials were revised between November 2014 and February 2015 for the consortium of North West Academic Libraries (NoWAL). http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose

1. Introduction to the course
May-15
Learning material produced by RDMRose
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose
Research Data Management

2. Why RDM?
• New area of multi-professional practice: involving
IT professionals, information security, records
managers, librarians, research support staff… and
researchers
– Area of job growth
• Fascinating area of change in scholarship
– Changing nature of data use and its impact on
scholars
– Specific information management challenges: data
management… data sharing… data preservation
May-15
Learning material produced by RDMRose
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose

3. Course outline
Workshop 1: Introduction
• 1.1 The basics: what is data, policy context, LIS role
• 1.2 The nature of research
• 1.3 Looking at data
• 1.4 The data lifecycle
• 1.5 Data Management Plans
• 1.6 Research Data Services: introduction
Workshop 2: Services
• 2.1 International institutional service survey data results
• 2.2 Practical RDM
• 2.3 Institutional data repository policies
• 2.4 Designing library web pages
• 2.5 Metadata and data citation
• 2.6 Interviewing a researcher
Workshop 3: Researchers’ perspectives
• 3.1 DAF surveys
• 3.2 Open data and advocacy
• 3.3 Training researchers
• 3.4 Online training materials
Workshop 4: Putting it altogether
• 4.1 An institutional case study
• 4.2 RDM as a Wicked Problem
• 4.3 Review of the workshops
• 4.4 Resources for further study
• Practical – hands on
with real
documents/data
• Discussion where there
are open ended issues
• Some “homework” but
it will be useful stuff!
May-15
Learning material produced by RDMRose
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose

4. The URL…
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose
An Open Educational Resource on RDM
tailored for information professionals