Research Data Management 101
Completion requirements
Read this lesson. Pay attention to the lifecycle (process) of data sets. Answer the questions in this lesson.
Data lifecycle management (DLM) is the policy or process that governs organizational data use. You learned that data management is an administrative function and DLM is a process to manage and preserve that data. Remember, good DLM includes all the phases of the data lifecycle. This is essential to data-driven decisions and actions taken by organizations daily.
Sharing & Preserving Data
Storing data: our case study
Repository decision:
Put our Monarch Wing Scan Data in DSpace@MIT
Reasoning:
- Will be co-located with our other materials
- TIFF format is supported
- No alternative domain repository
Additional considerations:
- Must have faculty sponsorship
- Each file cannot exceed 2.5 GB