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Managing Your Data

Take care of the products of your research -- the tips here will help your work be available long into the future!

What can Data Services help you with?

The Libraries' Data Working Group is a team of specialists who focus on the access, reproducibility, and longevity of your data. 

We can: 

  • Offer guidance on data use, ownership, sharing, archiving, licensing, and more!
  • Provide feedback on your data management plan.
  • Find a data repository that best showcases your work.
  • Visit your lab or group to discuss data management principles and practices.
  • Help craft a data management manual for your work or your lab.
  • Teach custom classes related to data management and data management planning.

Email us to get started.

Upcoming events and workshops

Wednesday, February 15, 2:30-3:30pm

Introduction to Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Learn more about Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov), which expresses a legitimate right of Indigenous Peoples to control the access, the collection, ownership, application and governance of their own data or knowledge and/or information that derives from unique cultural histories, expressions, practices, and contexts. Attendees will be introduced to foundational concepts and theories of Data Sovereignty and to the global human rights agreements (such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and broad and regional frameworks (such as the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance and the OCAP Principles) that support the foundations of IDSov. Attendees will reflect on what constitutes Indigenous Data, what research might be affected by IDSov principles, and the potential pathways for researchers and data stewards to work with and in support of Indigenous communities, Nations, and individuals to braid Indigenous knowledges and approaches to data practices and policies into data management throughout the research process.

 

REGISTER HERE: Introduction to Indigenous Data Sovereignty - UMass Libraries LibCal - University of Massachusetts Amherst

Managing Your Data

Take care of the products of your research -- the tips here will help you ensure your work is available long into the future.

Have another question? We can help!

 

care by Oksana Latysheva from the Noun Project Care for your data
cloud data by alison from the Noun Project Archive and preserve your data
care by Oksana Latysheva from the Noun Project Share your data
write by Vectors Market from the Noun Project Write your data management plan
help by Dev Patel from the Noun Project Get more help

Cloud data icon by alison from the Noun Project.