Managing and Sharing Research Data: A Guide to Good Practice

Research funders in the UK, USA and across Europe are implementing data management and sharing policies to maximize openness of data, transparency and accountability of the research they support. Written by experts from the UK Data Archive with over 20 years experience, this book gives post-graduate students, researchers and research support staff the data management skills required in today’s changing research environment. \n\nThe book features guidance on:\nhow to plan your research using a data management checklist\nhow to format and organize data\nhow to store and transfer data\nresearch ethics and privacy in data sharing and intellectual property rights\ndata strategies for collaborative research\nhow to publish and cite data\nhow to make use of other people’s research data, illustrated with six real-life case studies of data use.