Archiving and Data Management Training and

Information Center

GESIS Cologne

Sergiu GherghinaJune 12, 2012

General Aims• Promotes awareness throughout the research

lifecycle of good research data management practice

• Emphasizes the importance of long-term data curation

• Provides social science researchers and archivists the skills and tools that give enduring life to data: visible, sharable, re-usable data

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Our Objectives• To ensure excellence in the creation,

management, and preservation of research data. • To promote the adoption of standards in

research data management and archiving • To support data availability, reuse, and the

repurposing of archived data.• To support the production of quality data with

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Our Audiences• Principal investigators who plan data

management and are responsible for oversight• Researchers who implement data management• Individual researchers to maximize the utility of

data• Data archivists responsible for digital curation,

enhancement, and long-term preservation

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Our Activities• Training workshops and consultancy on data

management and archiving topics:- data management planning- best practice on data sharing, consent for reuse,

copyright confidentiality and anonymization etc.- long-term archiving and preservation, data

dissemination and security, licensing data

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Twitter @GesisIDI

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