Data Guides

Managing Data

• • UBC Library RDM GitHub– Open source, computationally reproducible, self-paced training on all things RDM, including directory structures, file naming, file formatting, Data Management Plans, data deposits, and much more.
  • UBC Library RDM DataGuide – A guide we have developed to get you started on Research Data Management.
  • Where should I deposit my data?
  • File naming guidelines
  • File format recommendations
  • Directories structure
  • Creating a README for your dataset
  • Creating a data dictionary
  • License research data

UBC Dataverse Collection

• • Quick guide to UBC Dataverse Collection – Something brief, just to get you started.
  • Extended guide to UBC Dataverse Collection – More detailed information about data discovery, file formats, DOIs, Private URLs, access control, licenses, file size, version control and more.
  • Admin guide to UBC Dataverse Collection – A deeper dive into how to create and customize your own dataverses and sub-dataverses, design widgets, permissions, themes and guestbooks.
  • Role allocation in UBC Dataverse Collection – This guide explains how repository roles are allocated and managed
  • UBC Dataverse Collection – Data deposit guidelines
  • UBC Dataverse Collection – Data deaccession guidelines
  • Brief guide – Dataverse metadata – Ensure your datasets are discoverable by using good metadata.
  • Dataverse North metadata best practices guide – More detailed definitions, tips and examples for each metadata field in the citation block.
  • Dataverse curation guide – Step-by-step instructions for data curators working on new datasets deposited in Borealis.

Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)

• • FRDR overview
  • FRDR documentation – Detailed information about all aspects of the FRDR service.

DMP Assistant

• • Quick guide for creating simplified DMPs for the pre-award phase (grant applications)
  • Quick guide for creating comprehensive DMPs for the post-award phase
  • DMPs – list of exemplars