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Research Data Management

Research Data Management

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What is Research Data Management?

Research Data Management (RDM) is the active organization and maintenance of data throughout its lifecycle--from collection to interpretation, dissemination, long-term preservation, and reuse. The application of RDM best practices improves research efficiency, enables verification of research results, and fosters innovative and interdisciplinary research through data reuse.

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email: rdmgmt@mcmaster.ca

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Library staff members are available to consult on and assist with a variety of research data management tasks. This includes:

  • Consulting on data management needs and assisting researchers to complete data management plans;
  • Advising on issues related to research data storage and backup;
  • Providing guidance on creating data documentation and metadata;
  • Facilitating with data sharing--whether by consulting on prospective discipline-specific data repositories, or assisting with data deposit to general repositories such as Scholars Portal Dataverse and the Federated Research Data Repository.

Ask a question or book a consultation by contacting RDM@McMaster.

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