Planning and Management Research Data Planning and Management John Brown, Research Services, University Library 20th November, 2018

Research Data Management What is it ? Why should researchers care ? Research Data management is thinking ahead about how researchers collect, process, publish and store data over the whole research lifecycle. Assists The broader research community receives benefits Individuals Why does Curtin care ? Better citations Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research Better connections Curtin Research Data & Primary Materials Policy Better research outputs Prevents Data loss – caused by both human and machine error Loss of research evidence Plagiarism/collusion concerns

Research Data Management What you can do to help What the library can do to help you help 321 Backup – schedule it RDM Seminars Open data publication DOI minting for data publishing Engage with the Data Management Plan RDM LibGuide DMP small group workshops Email us anytime DMP Tool Help document for using the DMP Tool