Transforming RDM Conversations Into Collaborations

Abstract

This chapter explores the development of university-wide research data management conversations and collaborations involving key stakeholders at a Research 1 (R1) higher education institution in the southeastern United States of America. Research data management conversations led to collaborations of several key stakeholders across campus (i.e., university, office of research, research compliance office, information technology [IT], researchers, academic units, library) resulting in the development of an inaugural Supporting Data Management at University of Florida (UF) Proposal to the Office of Research draft document in 2019. Funding agencies, research foundations, and research associations increasingly request plans outlining how scientific data from funded research will be annotated, managed, shared, and stored. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) new Policy on Data Management and Sharing becomes effective January 25, 2023. The authors employed a participatory action research method to explore evolving aspects of the data science ecosystem, including research data management.