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Research Data Management 101

The Lifecycle of a Dataset

Where do you start?

  1. Consider your goals.

What do you want to get out of managing your data?

      • Part of ongoing research
      • Compliance with funder or publisher requirements:
      • Dissemination for others' use


  1. Consider your goals.
  2. What are you collecting?
  3. What are you keeping?






  1. Consider your goals.
  2. What are you collecting?
  3. What are you keeping?
  4. Where do you want to keep it?


  1. Consider your goals.
  2. What are you collecting?
  3. What are you keeping?
  4. Where do you want to keep it?
  5. What do you need to be able to use it & share it later?