Lesson: Discover
Select a Best Practice below to learn more about the “Discover” stage in the Data Life Cycle.
What is a Lesson?
Lessons are education materials publically available to support skillbuiliding of best data management practices. Lessons can include pdf and powerpoint slide decks, handouts, and supporting exercises and data that you can download and incorporate into your teaching materials. Materials are licensed as CC0 and you may enhance and reuse for your own purposes. In many cases slides can be previewed in the embedded slideshare viewer. We also provide one-page synopses (with space for contact information) that can be used to promote Data Management training events at your institution.
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What is the “Discover” stage?
Identify complementary data sets that can add value to project data. Strategies to help endure the data have maximum impact include registering the project on a project directory site, depositing data in an open repository, and adding data descriptions to metadata clearing houses.
More information can be found in the Best Practices Primer.
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Why data management?
As rapidly changing technology enables researchers to collect large, complex datasets with relative ease, the need to effectively manage these data increases in kind. This is the first lesson in a series of education modules intended to provide a broad ... (click for more)
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Data sharingWhen first sharing research data, researchers often raise questions about the value, benefits, and mechanisms for sharing. Many stakeholders and interested parties, such as funding agencies, communities, other researchers, or members of the public may b... (click for more)
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Data citationData citation is a key practice that supports the recognition of data creation as a primary research output rather than as a mere byproduct of research. Providing reliable access to research data should be a routine practice, similar to the practice of ... (click for more)