The development of a research data policy at Wageningen University & Research: best practices as a framework

Hilde van Zeeland*, J. Ringersma*

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    Abstract

    The current case study describes the development of a Research Data Management policy at Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. To develop this policy, an analysis was carried out of existing frameworks and principles on data management (such as the FAIR principles), as well as of the data management practices in the organisation. These practices were defined through interviews with research groups. Using criteria drawn from the existing frameworks and principles, certain research groups were identified as ‘best-practices’: cases where data management was meeting the most important data management criteria. These best-practices were then used to inform the RDM policy. This approach shows how engagement with researchers can not only provide insight into their data management practices and needs, but directly inform new policy guidelines.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)153-170
    JournalLiber Quarterly : The journal of the association of European Research Libraries
    Volume27
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Keywords

    • Research Data Management
    • policy
    • research data
    • data storage
    • data archiving

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