Research Data Management Network
Are you a UofG researcher or research professional?
Consider joining the Research Data Management Network at the University of Glasgow.
The University of Glasgow Research Data Management Network
At The University of Glasgow, we have established a network to bring together colleagues to share best practice and increase the visibility and recognition of research data management across the University.
Members will benefit from an online team and a range of materials relevant to research data management, as well as regular opportunities to meet with other network members, share good practice, and receive relevant training which can be further disseminated as appropriate.
Network members are encouraged to share details of their roles and responsibilities, enabling us to map research data management activities across the institution. This will enable the sharing of best practice and expertise and identify areas that require additional support.
What is research data management?
Research data management encompasses a range of different activities including:
- Research data management planning
- Developing and managing data infrastructure and workflows
- Data wrangling, including data discovery, cleaning, validating, mapping, and mining
- Developing policies, protocols, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) around the management of research data
- Data curation and preservation
- Creating high quality metadata for research datasets
- Preparing data for publication or onward sharing, applying the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) to ensure good practice
- Delivering training around good data management practice
Forum members might be involved with managing research data through its entire life cycle or may only have responsibility for a specific stage of a project. Data management might be a consistent and defining aspect of their role, or an activity they engage in intermittently as required.
What is data?
Data can take many formats, and can refer to anything that is created, collected, or gathered during research, including spreadsheets, databases, interviews and transcripts, photos, lab notes, field notes, annotated bibliographies, scans, maps, and more.
Join the Network
Are you interested in joining the Network? Please go to ‘Teams’ and ask to join the ‘Research Data Management Network’ Team or contact us as research-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk and we can add you.
Meetings provide an opportunity for colleagues to learn more about the Network and share thoughts and preferences about the forms of training, support and other activities members would find beneficial. They also provide an opportunity to meet with colleagues engaged in research data management activities and roles across the University and to hear short talks from a few of these colleagues about their experiences.
Visit the Research Data Management Team to find out more or email research-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk