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List of online training material with a generic focus on research data management

in alphabetical order.

ELIXIR RDM Kit

Keywords
data management plan; data stewardship; data life cycle; domain; metadata; bioimaging; plant sciences; proteomics;

The RDM Kit from Elixir is a comprehensive collection of RDM resources with tips and guidelines., specific in the life sciences research domains. The Kit is designed to get information tailored to your domain, your task, your role, or simply a specific step in the data life cycle.

The RDM kit contains a bioimaging-specific part, to which I3D:bio members actively contribute.

Explanations:
RDM = research data management
Elixir = an intergovernmental organization focusing on the goal to provide an infrastructure for bioinformatics.

webcontent

with links to other resources

 

EMBL EBI Data Management in biomolecular sciences

Keywords
FAIR; data life cylce; data management plan; data sharing; bioinformatics

EMBL EBI here offers a free online training course introducing the meaning of and important concepts around data management in the life sciences.

It is an online course with webcontent incl. videos. No prior knowledge required.

Explanations:
EMBL = European Molecular Biology Laboratory, an intergovernmental organization for research in molecular biology. EMBL has its headquarter in Heidelberg, Germany, but many nodes around Europe.

EMBL-EBI is the European Bioinformatics Institute by EMBL, located in Hinxton, UK

Online training workshop for self-paced learning.

Explains basic principles without prior knowledge requirements.

ETH Zürich Research Data Management and Digital Curation pages

Keywords
FAIR; data life cylce; data management plan; data sharing;

The library of the ETH in Zürich, Switzerland, has collected comprehensive information on research data management practices with a specific focus on the research conducted at the ETH. The information is available in English and in German.

Explanations:
ETH = Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (name of one of the Zürich universitites)

Wiki pages with internal and external links.

NOTE: Please be aware that this resource is not tailored to bioimaging data. There is information about image storage and file format conversion. However, this is addressing mostly images in general (photographs, result figures, etc.) and does not cover the peculiarities of microscopy data in full.

FAIR Cookbook by Elixir Europe

Keywords
FAIR; data life cylce; data management plan; data sharing; ontology; controlled vocabulary; metadata

The FAIR Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of information and guidance around the topic of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). This resource by Elixir Europe provides an excellent overview of all relevant topics in data management including useful links to external resources and tools. It was written by almost 100 authors contributing their expertise.

Explanations:
Elixir = an intergovernmental organization focusing on the goal to provide an infrastructure for bioinformatics.

An online resource with multiple pages including material for different target groups, and at different levels of difficulty.

Forschungsdaten.info

Keywords
FAIR; data life cylce; data management plan; data sharing; open science; deutsch; German

Forschungsdaten.info is the largest collection of information on research data and research data management in the German-speaking area in Europe. It covers a large variety of topics, usefull tips, and also information on initiatives and services on the topic of research data.

Information is organized by regions, by scientific disciplines, and also by research data types (e.g., research software). The website also provides information about political backgrounds.

Note that the site is almost exclusively in German.

Explanations:
Forschungsdaten.info was created under the project baden-württembergisches Begleit- und Weiterbildungsprogramm für Forschungsdatenmanagement (bw2FDM) and is hosted and curated by the University of Konstanz in Germany.

Extended information website all around the topics of research data and its management.

Ghent University Research Data Management pages

Keywords
FAIR; data life cylce; data management plan; data sharing; documentation; data security; policy; storage; back-up

The Ghent University has created a collection on many aspects of data management, some of which are tailored to Belgium, most of it is generic, however.

 

Websites with a collection of different information on many topics of research data management with a generic focus.

MANTRA Research Data Management Training

Keywords
FAIR; data life cylce; data management plan; data sharing; file formats; sensitive data

This resource is a free, online, re-usable training resource consisting of several modules on topics like:

  • Research data explained
  • Data management plans
  • Organising data
  • File formats & transformations
  • Documentation, metadata & citation
  • Storage & security
  • Data protection, rights & access
  • Sharing, preservation & licensing

MANTRA was created by the University of Edinburgh.

 

Online tutorials for self-paced learning. Click-through-style modules.