Scholars and researchers are being asked by an increasing number of research sponsors and journals to outline how they will manage and share their research data. This is an introduction to data management and sharing practices with some specific information for Columbia University researchers.

1. Introduction to Data Management and Sharing University Libraries/Information Services Office of Research Compliance and Training

4. … yet its value is recognized Data sharing was a key element of: Human Genome Project NIH-funded Alzheimer’s study published in April 2011 Sloan Digital Sky Survey

6. “ The impact of science on people’s lives, and the implications of scientific assessments for society and the economy are now so great that people won’t just believe scientists when they say “trust me, I’m an expert.” … Science has to adapt.” - Geoffrey Boulton, chair of working group for study: Science as a public enterprise: opening up scientific information , 5.13.11 … and science is in the spotlight

7. These factors have changed the conversation, resulting in…

8. Calls for data accessibility… “ It is obvious that making data widely available is an essential element of scientific research.” - Science editorial “Making Data Maximally Available,” 2.11.11

11. Publishing in a Nature journal? “… authors are required to make materials, data and associated protocols promptly available to readers.”

12. More than ever, researchers are expected to make their data accessible to—and usable by—others.

24. Data retention requirements

33. Sample data sharing guidelines

41. Some subject-based repositories Space science mission repository Cryospheric data repository Macromolecular structural data repository Marine data repository Biological activities of small molecules data repository

42. More subject-based repositories Deep-sea core samples repository housed at LDEO Data repository for archeology and related disciplines Basic and applied biosciences data repository Geodesy data repository Social science data repository