About Research Data Management

Research Data Management (RDM) refers to the processes applied throughout the life cycle of a research project to guide the collection, documentation, storage, sharing, and preservation of research data.

RDM practices cover the entire lifecycle of the data, from planning the investigation to conducting it, and from backing up data as it is created and used, to long-term preservation of data deliverables after the research investigation has concluded.

Researchers should review the Tri-Agency RDM Policy.

What is Research Data?

  • Primary sources supporting research, scholarship, or artistic endeavors

  • Can be used as evidence to validate findings

  • May take the form of experimental data, observational data, operational data, third-party data, public sector data, monitoring data, processed data, or repurposed data

  • All other digital and non-digital content have the potential to become research data

Primer: Research Data Management.

 

Benefits of Research Data Management

Increases visibility and impact of research

Data made visible through a data repository can dramatically increase the impact of that research

Accelerates scientific progress

Data sharing allows researchers to access, understand, and re-use others' data, which speeds up the rate of new discoveries

Avoids duplication of research

When data is made publicly available it is much less likely to be recreated, avoiding expensive and needless data production activities

Ensures compliance with funding agency policies

A growing number of funding agencies demand that researchers and host institutions retain, manage, and share their data upon completion of a project.

Enables replication and verification of results

A growing number of funding agencies demand that researchers and host institutions retain, manage, and share their data upon completion of a project.

Enhances collaboration

Publicly available data enable researchers to better collaborate with each other by sharing datasets, research environments, and tools.

Support & Services at UBC

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Data Management Plans

Data Discovery

Data Deposits and Repositories

High Performance Computing

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Collection and Sharing

Live Storage

Indigenous Data

Privacy and Security

 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC's two main campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xwmə0– kwəyˇəm (Musqueam) and Syilx (Okanagan) peoples, and that UBC’s activities take place on Indigenous lands throughout British Columbia and beyond.

Research Data Management @ UBC

UBC Vancouver & UBC Okanagan
Vice-President, Research and Innovation | UBC Library | Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Website rdm.ubc.ca

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