Research Guides: RDM Overview: What's Research Data Management

Research Data Management (RDM) involves the systematic organization, storage, preservation, and sharing of data collected during a research project. It covers the entire data lifecycle, from planning and collection to analysis, sharing, and long-term preservation.

Effective RDM ensures data accuracy, reliability, and accessibility, enhancing research integrity and reproducibility. It facilitates compliance with funding requirements, promotes collaboration, and maximizes the impact of research findings. By implementing robust RDM practices, researchers can safeguard their data, streamline workflows, and contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Different Stages of RDM

Goals and Benefits

Good research data management can:

	Increase research impact Making your data available to other researchers can increase the discovery, citation and impact of your research.
	Save time and effort Planning ahead for your data management needs will save you time, resource and duplication of effort.
	Preserve data Depositing your data in a repository preserves your research contribution for you and others to use and minimise the risk of data loss.
	Maintain data integrity Managing and documenting your data throughout its life cycle will allow you and others to understand, verify and reproduce your data in the future.
	Meet grant requirements Many funding agencies now require that researchers deposit data collected as part of a research project.
	Promote new discoveries Sharing your data with other researchers can lead to new and unanticipated discoveries and provide research material for those with little or no funding.
	Support open access Be a catalyst for research and discovery. Show your support for open access by sharing your data.

Data Sharing and Management Snafu in 3 Short Acts (4:41)

A video created by NYU Health Sciences Library, which covers the following areas:

Data Sharing
Data storage
Data documentation
Data file formats

Research in 3 Minutes: Research Data Management (3:18)

A video created by the Office of Scholarly Communication, University of Cambridge, which covers the following areas:

What is Research Data Management (RDM)?
Why is RDM needed?
How to manage research data?
How to share research data?
What is a Data Management Plan (DMP)?

Knowledge clip: What is Research Data Management (RDM)? (3:31)

A video created by Ghent University Data Stewards, which covers the following areas:

The concept of Research Data Management (RDM)
The goal of RDM
What do we mean by research data?
What are data management activities?
What are the benefits of RDM?

For enquiries, please contact the Library's Research Data Management Services of the Research Support and Scholarly Communication Section at lbrdms@cityu.edu.hk