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Research Data Management (out of date). Please visit rdm.vu.nl

Make informed choices for research data. RDM, policy, practical guidelines, software and tools at VU Amsterdam. This LibGuide is being phased out. Please visit rdm.vu.nl for more up-to-date information
Research Lifecycle Discover &Initiate Plan &Design Collect &Store Process &Analyse Document &Preserve Publish &Share Selecting Data Data Documentation Metadata Document &Preserve Before Research During Research After Research Finding Existing Data Data Citation Research Proposal RDM Costs RDM Requirements Collaboration Data Security GDPR & Privacy Data Management Plan Policies & Regulations Data Collection Data Storage Data Protection Data Provenance Data Processing Data Analysis High Performance Computing Selecting an Archive Data Publication Dataset Registration

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This section contains the following pages:

Selecting Data: what factors should you consider when you select your data for preservation?

Data Documentation: how should you document your data and what forms of documentation are important?

Metadata: what is metadata and how do you create them?