The presentation introduce research data management services at University of Cape Town (UCT) with more focus on UCT's Data management planing online tool.

1. Research Data Management
(RDM): DMPonline
Awot K Gebregziabher
Awot.gebregziabher@uct.ac.za
021 650 3774
2018

2. • involves thinking and planning about the future
of your research data
Research data management (RDM)
• collection
• filing
• storage
• format
• describing
• sharing and accessibility
• archiving and
conserving

3. Research data management (RDM) cont. …
• Purpose
• to satisfy funder requirements
• to easily find, access, share and re-use your
research data
• to get cited and increase your visibility in
research

4. Research data management (RDM) cont. …
Well managed research data allows
• Verification of published research results
• Reduces the potential for scientific fraud
• Promotes new research through the re-use of
existing data
• Provides resources for training new researchers
• Discourages unintentional redundancy in research

6. • RDM is effective handling of research data
during and after research project to insure
findability, accessibility, interoperability and
re-usability.
Research data management (RDM) cont. …

7. Data Management Plan (DMP)
“…a formal document that describes the data
produced in the course of a research project. [It also]
outlines the data management strategies that will be
implemented both during the active phase of the
research project and after the project ends.”
Sarah Jones (DCC)
Research data management (RDM) cont. …

8. Research data management (RDM) cont. …
Research Data
life cycle

10. Research data management (RDM) cont. …
• Available RDM Services and tools at UCT
• Research Data Services: technical support
• Data Management Plan Online (DMPonline)
o Planning tool
o Enables updating your plans anytime
• Institutional data Repository: ZivaHub: Open
Data UCT
o Archiving, publishing and sharing platform

11. Access UCT Research Data Services from
library homepage (www.lib.uct.ac.za )

13. All the information
you need about RDM
is addressed here

14. Data Management Plan online
(DMPonline)

15. Data Management Plan Online (DMPonline)
o Planning tool with
o Guiding questions and information
o Contact link for technical support
o Enables you
o To updating your plans anytime
o Share your plan to your research collaborators
o Export the plan to any file formats
o Present your plan with your research proposal

16. Data Management Plan Online (DMPonline)

17. Sign up using your UCT email address

18. Notices
List of your
data plans
More
options

19. To start
planning
create a
new plan

20. Check
availability
of specific
funder
template
Use the
Generic UCT
template
OR

21. Select UCT-
Generic as
Organisation
Generic UCT template

22. Confirm the information entered

23. Plan creation
confirmed
Tabs for
populating your
data plan, share
and export

24. Fill the form
with available
and relevant
information
and
update
Additional
information

25. UCT Outline DMP: short version

26. Each question has
one or more sub-
questions to
answer with
guidance
information
Expand and
collapse the
fields

27. UCT Full DMP:
full version
more guiding
questions

28. Share your
plan with
your
collaborators
Enter email
address of
your
collaborator
and assign
permission
level

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30. Thank You
For more information and in-depth training check:
Library guides: Biological Sciences, Environmental
and Geographical Sciences
Trainings: Savvy Researcher Series, List of potential
topics for library skills training
Specific Query: use Ask a Librarian facility Or email
me at awot.Gebregziabher@uct.ac.za