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MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH DATA

MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH DATA. Archives and Information Management, Library Services. Research Data is…. … anything created, captured or collected as an output of research work in its original state.

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MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH DATA

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  1. MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH DATA Archives and Information Management, Library Services

  2. Research Data is… … anything created, captured or collected as an output of research work in its original state … collected, observed, or created, for purposes of analysis to produce original research results

  3. Defining Research Data Simulation Observational Experimental Derived or compiled Reference or canonical

  4. How many grants mentioned RDM in 2011?

  5. What are researchers asking in 2013? • “A journal wants me to put my data in a repository, but it’s all in Nvivo?” “the ethics form ask where I am going to store data - what shall I say?” “my funding application asks if we have policies on managing, securing and sharing data - do we?” • “Can I backup data onto Dropbox?”

  6. Research Data Management is …

  7. “Since no journal can spare the space to publish the avalanche of data that large-scale scientific experiments produce, the published paper has become more of an advertisement and the science sits in the underlying data” Geoffrey Boulton http://downloads.royalsociety.org/audio/Policy/policylab/2011-9-01SPSOpenScience.mp3.

  8. The benefits of managing research data Boosts reputation Ensures availability Demonstrates continuing relevance Safeguards investment Increases citations Clarifies ownership Supports compliance Extends impact Reduces risk Encourages efficiency Facilitates dataset combination Supports good conduct Raises quality Attracts more investment, collaborators, crowd sourcing

  9. fairly and lawfully • only for specified and lawful purposes • that are adequate, relevant and not excessive • that are accurate and, where necessary, up to date • for no longer than is necessary • in accordance with individual’s rights • securely • in the EEA The Data Protection Act 1998 Personal information must be: • Fairly and lawfully processed • Only processed for limited purposes • Adequate, relevant and not excessive • Accurate and up to date • Not kept longer than necessary • Processed in line with subjects’ rights • Held and transported securely • Not transferred to other countries without adequate protection

  10. Credit firm fined £150k after losing personal data of half a million customers Dumfries and Galloway Council probes fresh data blunder Confidential social work files were lost after being dropped in a car park in Dumfries last week. Glasgow City Council has been fined £150,000 for the loss of two unencrypted laptops, one of which contained personal details of more than 20,000 people. NHS Trust fined £325,000 following data breach affecting thousands of patients and staff Telford and Wrekin Council has been issued with a penalty of £90,000 by the ICO, following a breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA) involving the disclosure of confidential and sensitive personal data relating to four vulnerable children. A health trust in Torquay has been served with a £175,000 penalty after the sensitive details of over 1,000 employees were accidentally published on the Trust’s website. Belfast Trust fined £225,000 after leaving thousands of patient records in disused hospital

  11. The Undertaking

  12. What this means to you If you work at King’s and hold personal data on a laptop, smart phone , USB stick or other mobile device you have two choices: • It must be encrypted • You don’t carry personal data on those devices

  13. Freedom of Information Act 2000

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