Resource Directory

The CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG) is designed by European experts to help social science researchers make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). This is the offline version of the DMEG developed in 2017 and updated in 2019, available as a traini...

This report assesses a selection of state-of-the-art guidelines and recommendations for formation of preservation policies. Furthermore it describes, compares & analyses the scope of policy-rules, and the requirements they set for the SSH domain. Based on the assessment of the policy rules and pr...

The YouTube channel of UK Data Service with a number of video tutorials and webinars covering a range of topics and aimed at the data service's users.

Good research data management is of great importance for high quality research. Implementing professional research data management from the start helps avoiding problems in the data creation and curation phases. The webinar is meant for future trainers, who will get acquainted with different meth...

This OpenAIRE webinar gives recommendations for improve DMP templates based on their survey on the Horizon 2020 DMP template.

This publication on data management includes both general chapters on data life cycle and open access, as well as more specific chapters on data management during the research process.

This joint EUDAT- OpenAIRE webinar inform researchers on how they should write their DMP. Webinar recording and presentation available.

This webpage from CSDA is an example of the guidance that an archive can develop to help data producers with data management. Topics covered are: Data file structure, Variables, Variable values and coding, Missing values, Data entry and data file integrity, Anonymisation, Weighting, Data file doc...

These webpages provide information on data mangement for researchers offering an overview on: the principles for open access to research data; data management; and ethical and legal conditions.

This report provides resources and guidelines for the development of internal service provider policies. It presents an implementable framework and a model that can be used by preservation organisations as a reference when building or renewing their organisational and operational data management...