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Course on Handling Research Data

Target users

The course is intended for researchers and doctoral students who wish to learn or refresh their knowledge. 

Course Content

  • Basics of open science,
  • Definition of research data and its types,
  • Phases of the research data life cycle,
  • FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable),
  • Preparation of a Data Management Plan (DMP),
  • Trusted repositories and persistent identifiers,
  • Preparing metadata,
  • Ensuring the openness of research data through repositories in accordance with the principle of »as open as possible, as closed as necessary«,
  • Licensing research data.     
 

Course Progression

It is recommended to follow the order of the modules, but users can familiarize themselves with the modules in any order, for example, by first working through the sections on data management plans and repositories.

Each module also includes a list of additional resources and exercises to test understanding.

 

Contact

Please send any questions or suggestions to raziskovalni.podatki@uni-lj.si.

We hope that the course will enhance your knowledge on managing research data according to the principles of open science!

Highlights:

Data Management Plan

Repositories

ABOUT THE COURSE

Goals, users, course content.

OPEN SCIENCE

Research data management, open publishing, citizen science, changing research assessment.

DATA MANAGEMENT

Definition of research data, ethical aspects, FAIR principles, principle of "as open as possible, as closed as necessary," requirements of funders.

FAIR DATA

FAIR principles, benefits for researchers, preparing data for FAIR.

OPEN DATA

The relationship between FAIR and openness, data openness, exceptions to openness.

DATA LICENSING

Decree on open science.

DATA LIFE CYCLE

Phases.

PLANNING

Data management plan, ARIS template, Horizon Europe template, template for doctoral students of the University of Ljubljana, online tools.

SEARCH

Search definition, repositories and databases, "does the data already exist?", quality and usability of the data found.

DATA COLLECTION

Data organization, file formats, secure storage.

DOCUMENTATION

Anonymization, metadata, README file.

PROCESSING

Editing, data authenticity.

PRESERVATION

Data security, permanent storage.

PROTECTION

Sensitive data, ethics committee.

PUBLICATION

Repositories, data journals.

For further information and suggestions for setting up courses for various aspects of open science, please write to raziskovalni.podatki@uni-lj.si or arhiv.podatkov@fdv.uni-lj.si.

The website is managed by the University of Ljubljana and the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Social Science Data Archives.

This website is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.

The establishment and operation of courses are funded by the Action Plan for Open Science, activity A6.2.1/4.3: Online training for handling open (FAIR) research data for the needs of public RPOs.

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