Data Management & Preservation

Responsible Conduct of Research

Data management is one of the nine core components of the responsible conduct of research, as outlined by the Office of Research Integrity. Some excellent resources on this topic are below.

• Office of Research Integrity, Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research: http://ori.hhs.gov/images/ddblock/rcrintro.pdf
• National Academies of Science, On Being a Scientist: A Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12192
• Office of Research Integrity, Guidelines for Responsible Data Management in Scientific Research: http://ori.hhs.gov/images/ddblock/data.pdf
• Ethics CORE: http://nationalethicscenter.org/

Planning & Best Practices

• UK Data Archive - Managing and Sharing Data: A Best Practice Guide for Researchers, September 2009
• Australia National University - ANU Data Management Manual, September 2010
• Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSSDA) - Data Management Planning Website
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving, 2012
• National Academy of Sciences - Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age
• National Science Board (NSB) - Long-Lived Digital Data Collections Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century
• New South Wales Natural Resources Information Management Strategy - Guiding Principles for Data Management

Documentation & Metadata Standards  

Documentation and metadata practices and use of specific metadata standards vary by discipline.However, providing contextual information via documentation and metadata is a key step in managing and preserving your data for future use. There are a wide variety of metadata standards, as visualized in this diagram by librarian Jenn Riley. For assistance in selecting documentation and metadata standards appropriate for your discipline, contact the Data Services Program at dataserv@iupui.edu.

Looking for metadata standards relevant to your field? Check out the DCC resource page

If you would like to learn more, there are several good introductions to metadata available online:

• http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/standards-watch-papers/what-are-metadata-standards 
• http://www.niso.org/publications/press/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf
• http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/crossmedia/advice/an-introduction-to-metadata
• http://www.library.uq.edu.au/iad/ctmeta4.html

Research & Computing Resources @ IUPUI

• NIH Data Sharing Policy: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/
• NSF Data Sharing Policy, Dissemination & Sharing of Research Results: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/aag_6.jsp#VID4
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/policies/sharing.htm
• Council on Governmental Relations: http://www.cogr.edu/viewDoc.cfm?DocID=151536
• National Institute of Justice: http://www.nij.gov/funding/data-resources-program/welcome.htm
• Office of Management & Budget, Circular A-110 (1999)
  

Conducting research at IUPUI

• Indiana Laws affecting research: http://researchadmin.iu.edu/HumanSubjects/hs_policylinks.html
• IU Standard Operating Procedures for Research Involving Human Subjects: http://researchadmin.iu.edu/HumanSubjects/hs_policies.html

Tools

• DMPTool, an online tool to help you develop a data management plan that meets federal funding requirements
  
• DMPOnline, an online tool to help you develop a data management plan to meet major UK funders (offered by the Digital Curation Centre)
  
• Scientific workflows, a list of tools provided by DataONE

Encryption Software  

• PGP Whole Disk Encryption: http://iuware.iu.edu/Windows/Title/1728
• Truecrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org/