RCSI recognises research data as a valuable institutional asset, and the role of research data management in underpinning research excellence and integrity. Good research data management enables RCSI and its researchers to meet the standards and responsibilities set out in the College’s Research Policies and to meet funder, ethical, legal and other responsibilities.
Below you can find a selection of videos created to explain the various aspects of research data management and data management plans.
In addition to the links provided throughout this LibGuide, the following resources can be used to help you understand what Research Data Management is and the ways you can implement it within your own research projects. Although some are discipline-specific, the majority offer general guidance and concepts to help support your research data management efforts.
Developed by experts from Science Europe Member Organisations, this resource offers targeted guidance for organisations, scientific communities, as well as individual researchers, to organise research data and preserve it appropriately.
MANTRA is a free, online non-assessed course operated by the University of Edinburgh with guidelines to help you understand and reflect on how to manage the digital data you collect throughout your research. It has been crafted for the use of post-graduate students, early career researchers, and also information professionals.
These courses (offered in English and Spanish) answer some of the most common questions you might have about putting open science into practice.
This guide, provided by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archive, and designed by European experts, helps social science researchers make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR).
A series of four webinars run by UCD exploring the topics of Data Management Planning, FAIR Data, Research Data Documentation & Metadata, and Data Sharing & Long-term Preservation.
This interactive toolkit aims to support researchers, research support technicians and IT specialists by signposting resources from a wide range of websites and organisations, sorted by topic and audience.
This toolkit provides templates and best practice Case Studies on how to successfully implement Research Data Management in your own research.