Love Your Data Week (February 8-13) is a social media event coordinated by research data specialists, mostly working in academic and research libraries. It’s designed to raise awareness about research data management, sharing, and preservation along with the support and resources available at colleges and universities.
“data (scrabble)” by justgrimes is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Although Fondren isn’t hosting any formal Love Your Data Week activities this year, it is the perfect opportunity to highlight the work of Rice’s Research Data Management Team:
What should you include in your data management plan for your next funding proposal? How can you best organize and describe your data so that it can easily be found and shared with collaborators? How should you store and archive your data? Where at Rice can you find help in managing research data?
Rice’s Research Data Management Team (RDMT) brings together specialists from the library and OIT to help researchers organize, store and preserve their research data. We provide:
- feedback on data management plans
- training on effective data management
- consultations on data management tools and resources at and beyond Rice
Learn more at http://researchdata.rice.edu/
Fondren Research Data Management Team members include: Jean Aroom, Scott Carlson, Shannon Kipphut-Smith, Jun Qian, Monica Rivero, Lisa Spiro, and Kathy Weimer.
In addition to learning more about the resources available to Rice researchers, consider applying some of the tips offered by the Love Your Data Week organizers to better manage your own data:
- Keep your data safe
- Have a plan for organizing your data
- Document your data
- Share your data
- Think about reuse