Research Data Management

Here you will find online tutorials, tip sheets and other learning tools to help you with research data management.

Research Data Management - General

• Digital Research Alliance of Canada Training Resources - a variety of online training modules and tip sheets from the Portage Network, which is a collaboration between Canada's research university libraries to support research data management.
• Research Data Management in the Canadian Context - an open educational resource (OER) on many different areas of research data management.
• Research Data Management Primer - from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada RDM (formerly Portage Network)
• File naming best practices 
  • Guidance from the University of British Columbia
  • Guidance from Harvard University
• Data Curation Primers - From the Data Curation Network. "Data curation primers are peer-reviewed, living documents that detail a specific subject, disciplinary area or curation task and that can be used as a reference to curate research data."
• Research Data Roadmap - An LCR-created tool to help you identify where to look for research data management support at UCalgary.

Dataverse (for PRISM Data/Borealis)

• What is PRISM Dataverse: University of Calgary's Data Repository?
• How do I deposit data into PRISM Dataverse?
• The Borealis User Guide (hosted by Scholars Portal)
• Digital Research Alliance of Canada RDM (formerly Portage Network) Dataverse Primer

Indigenous Data Sovereignty

• Planning to Undertake Work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Data: A resource prepared by the Canadian Research Data Centre Network, including both questions to consider and resources to consult.