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Lucia Lötter NeDICC 26 February 2014

Research Data Management Planning at the HSRC An organisational perspective. Research Methodology Centre. Lucia Lötter NeDICC 26 February 2014. Social science that makes a difference. Presentation overview. Introduction Why data management planning? Determining factors Discipline

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Lucia Lötter NeDICC 26 February 2014

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  1. Research Data Management Planning at the HSRC An organisational perspective Research Methodology Centre Lucia Lötter NeDICC 26 February 2014 Social science that makes a difference

  2. Presentation overview • Introduction • Why data management planning? • Determining factors • Discipline • Nature of research data • External requirements • Organisational context • How is data management (data preservation and sharing) planning done at the HSRC? • Processes • Tools • Reflection

  3. Introduction Action ResearchCase StudyCausal Cohort Cross-Sectional Descriptive ExperimentalExploratoryHistoricalLongitudinalObservationalPhilosophicalSequential • Why data management planning? • Good, wholesome, etc. • An agent for change • Determining factors • Discipline • Research design • Nature of research data

  4. Determining factors cont.. • External requirements • Funders, scientific community • Legislation • The HSRC Act (Act 17 of 2008) • Managing electronic records in governmental bodies: policy, principles and requirements - National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, DAC 2007 • Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002) • Protection of Personal Information Bill, 2009

  5. Determining factors cont.. • Organisational context • Commitment • Policies and governing principles • Responsible Conduct of Research (Ethics, etc.) • Project Management Framework • Data Preservation Policy • Data Sharing Policy • HR Employment Termination Policy • Data management practices ( / )

  6. DMP implementation at the HSRC Secondary data use Write project proposal Support secondary use • Processes Prepare data management plan Promote use Obtain ethics approval Preserve files Disseminate metadata & files Draw up research contract Create preservation & dissemination files Ingest Describe data Execute project Check & validate data Appraisal Deposit data, documents, Data Deposit Form Curation implications

  7. DMP implementation at the HSRC • Tools (template: MS Word  On-line)

  8. DMP implementation at the HSRC cont .. • Elements in Data Preservation and Sharing plan • Identification of study • Identification of data custodian • Identification of data sets (What, structure, formats) • Preservation • Preservation requirements (How, HSRC / external) • Details about data management during the research process • Data sharing and re-use • Re-use value • Intellectual Property Rights • Requirements for sharing • Confidentiality • Target audiences for dissemination • How to be shared and when • Budget • New / existing data • Physical objects (paper) • Data capturing, processing and analysis • Security, access

  9. Reflection • Part of ethics process • Status as an official, mandatory process • Knowledge of researchers • Examples, training • Resistance of researchers • Plan vs implementation • Review is time consuming BUT Essential

  10. Thank you Lucia Lötterllotter@hsrc.ac.zawww.hsrc.ac.za

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