Support and Training

This page provides Research Data Management (RDM) resources, including workshop slides and handouts, that various librarians from NC State University Libraries have created. The library periodically offers data management workshops, and groups or individuals can request workshops. Contact us with the Research Facilitation Services (RFS) intake form to arrange a workshop or information session on data management for your group. 

We have also included a number of resources in the "Additional Online Resources" section below. These were created by external groups and provide excellent information about various RDM topics.

NC State University Libraries' Workshops

Data Management Planning: The Basics

• Slides from general workshops
• Slides from Textiles and Engineering workshop
• Slides from Humanities and Social Sciences workshop

NC State University Libraries' Handouts

• Data Management Plan (DMP) Checklist
• Post-Award Data Management Checklist
• Data Exit Checklist
• NSF ENG Data Management Plan Template (by the University of Michigan College of Engineering)

Additional Online Resources

• Introduction to Research Data Management (RDM)
  • Rex, Jessica. (2019, March). Managing research data efficiently - an introduction to research data management. (Version 1.1). Zenodo.
• Data Management Plans (DMPs)
  • Goforth, Chelsea and Redmen, Shane. (undated). Intro to Data Management Plans. Online Video (with captions).
    • This webpage also includes links to additional webpage resources about DMPs created by ICPSR.
• Data Organization

  Data Organization Overview:

  • University of Minnesota Libraries' Tutorial Inventory, Store and Organize your Data (YouTube 3 mins, with captions)

  File Formats:

  • The File Formats and Transformation unit (from the Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0))

  Data Organization:

  • The Organising Data unit (from the Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0))

  Describing your data (metadata and documentation):

  • The Documentation, Metadata, and Citation unit (from the Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0))
• Data Storage
  • The Storage and Security unit (from the Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0))
• Data Sharing
  • The Data Protection, Rights, and Access unit (from the Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0))
  • The Sharing, Preservation, and Licensing unit (from the Research Data MANTRA online course by EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0))
  • University of Minnesota Libraries' Tutorial Data Access and Ownership (YouTube 5 mins, with captions)
  • University of Minnesota Libraries' Tutorial Sharing Your Data (YouTube 3 mins, with captions)
• RDM by Discipline
  • Data Management Short Course for Scientists (created by The ESIP Federation, in cooperation with NOAA and the Data Conservancy (CC BY 3.0))
  • Social Science Data Management: Data Management Training and Resources
    • This page includes multiple presentation slides decks and a one-hour RDM workshop video created by data librarians at the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library (CC BY)
• Comprehensive Resources Covering Multiple RDM Topics
  • DataONE Education Modules 1-10. DataONE. Retrieved Apr 20, 2020. From https://www.dataone.org/education-modules (CC0)
  • NYU Langone Compass: Research Data Management.
  • UNC-CH and University of Edinburgh's Research Data Management and Sharing course (free of charge)
• Case Study/Hands On
  • Read, K. B., Contaxis, N., & Surkis, A. (2017, March 15). Research Data Management Hands on Workshop. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/FMS4U.

Who can you contact if you need help or have questions about research data management?

For questions or support with writing data management plans, implementing data management practices, identifying and depositing in a data repository, choosing data storage options, or any other research data question, use the Research Facilitation Services (RFS) intake form.

NC State's Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Services (SPARCS), working with the NC State University Libraries and NC State’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) Shared Services group, provide consultation for data management and discovery for research data associated with requirements of grant funding agencies.

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