Working with Data

Good data management can save you time and help ensure that your data is protected.  

Griffith Library has produced best practice data guidelines for researchers. The guidelines cover: 

Before the project starts 

  • Regulatory requirements and professional obligations 
  • Contribution to research impact 
  • Costing 
  • Planning documentation 

At the start of the project 

  • Intellectual property 
  • Retention 
  • Ethics and consent 

During the project 

  • Find research data 
  • Durable formats 
  • Secure storage – digital data 
  • Secure storage – print and physical 
  • Safe and secure data transfer 
  • Organising and documenting data 

Towards the end and after 

  • Sharing data through a repository 
  • Licensing for re-use 
  • Secure destruction 
  • Exit planning 

Visit the Griffith Library web page to get support across your entire research project. 

Best practice data guidelines for researchers by Griffith University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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