"Research Data Management (RDM) has become a professional topic of great importance internationally following changes in scholarship and government policies about the sharing of research data. 'Exploring Research Data Management' provides an accessible introduction and guide to RDM with engaging tasks for the reader to follow and develop their knowledge. Starting by exploring the world of research and the importance and complexity of data in the research process, the book considers how a multi-professional support service can be created then examines the decisions that need to be made in designing different types of research data service from local policy creation, training, through to creating a data depository."--Back cover.
Electronic information resources--Case studies--Management
Introducing research data management -- The social worlds of research -- What are research data? -- Case study of RDM in an environmental engineering science project -- RDM: drivers and barriers -- RDM as a wicked challenge -- Research data services -- Staffing a research data service -- Requirements gathering for a research data service -- Institutional policy and the business case for research data services -- Support and advice for RDM -- Practical data management -- Data management planning -- Advocacy for data management and sharing -- Training researchers and data literacy -- Infrastructure for research data storage and preservation -- Evaluation of RDS -- Ethics and research data services -- A day in the life working in an RDS -- Conclusion: the skills and mindset to succeed in RDM -- Index.
Communication in learning and scholarship--Technological innovations
Information storage and retrieval systems