Data in the research lifecycle - Natasha Simons Research Data Management workshop at the iSchools Data Science Winter Institute, 7-9 December 2017, University of Hong Kong

1. Natasha Simons
Managing Research Data Workshop
Data in the Research Lifecycle
iSchools Data Science Winter Institute
Hong Kong
7 December 2017

2. Research data - no longer wasted

3. Research lifecycle - traditional
University of Bournemouth - http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/tag/rkeo/

4. Research lifecycle - data infused
Find data
Plan to manage data
Collect, store, analyse, visualise data
Publish data
Cite data

5. Data has its own lifecycle
Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/datamanagement/background/data-life-cycle/

6. Hands-on exercise: Thing 3
Your instructions: pair up with someone and “do” Thing 3. You can pick the level you
wish to do: getting started, learn more or challenge me.
You have 10 minutes - Go!!!
Link to Thing 3: http://tinyurl.com/ybfdh2wd

7. Class discussion
How did you find Thing 3? What did you learn?
Photo by Amaury Salas on Unsplash

8. Res/Data Lifecycle - Australian examples

9. Research lifecycle - data infused
Find data - covered in data
discovery session
Plan to manage data
- covered in DMPs
section
Collect, store, analyse, visualise data
Publish data
Cite data - covered
in data citation
section

10. NCRIS facilities
https://www.education.gov.au/national-collaborative-research-infrastructure-strategy-ncris

11. Australian Synchrotron
http://www.synchrotron.org.au/

12. Nectar Virtual Laboratories
https://nectar.org.au/

13. Example: Virtual Laboratories
http://www.bccvl.org.au/

14. Example: Virtual Laboratories
www.huni.net.au

15. Research Data Storage
https://www.rds.edu.au/

16. University examples

17. University examples
Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

18. Home grown data tools
https://www.qcif.edu.au/services/redbox

19. Research institutions and centres
https://data.csiro.au/dap/
https://data.aad.gov.au/
https://www.ada.edu.au/

20. Publish data - identifier services
https://aaf.edu.au/orcid/
ANDS Data Connections Strategy: http://www.ands.org.au/about-
us/what-we-do/data-connections
ANDS Citation and Identifiers: https://www.ands.org.au/working-with-
data/citation-and-identifiers

21. Research Vocabularies Australia
https://vocabs.ands.org.au/

22. Research grants portal
https://researchdata.ands.org.au/grants

23. Skills program - ANDS/Nectar/RDS
● Workshops
● Webinars
● Conferences
● Online etc.
- for researchers and research
support staff (technical, library,
office of research etc). Some
“train the trainer” events.
Top: Librarian training Above: Monthly Tech Talks

24. With the exception of third party images or where otherwise indicated, this work is licensed under the Creative
Commons 4.0 International Attribution Licence.
ANDS, Nectar and RDS are supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research
Infrastructure Strategy Program (NCRIS).
Natasha.simons@ands.org.au
@n_simons
orcid.org/0000-0003-0635-1998
Natasha Simons