Library Provides Research Data Management Services
Kathryn E. Kerdolff, MLIS
Associate Professor/Librarian
What is research data management?
Research data management is a concept used to describe the managing, sharing, and archiving of research data to make it more accessible to the broader research community. Research data management provides an opportunity for a researcher to create a plan that will ensure that their data will be organized so that it can be shared with other researchers, and archived for long-term preservation.
How can library services help?
The Library offers Research Data Management (RDM) services to help you manage your research data in accordance with journal and funder data-sharing requirements including NIH and NSF.
Library RDM services provide assistance with:
- Developing data management plans
- Preventing data loss
- Maintaining data findability
- Complying with NIH and NSF data-sharing requirements
- Publication of results is NOT sharing data
- Data should be shared on an open repository or a data catalog
Contact John P. Bourgeois, MPH, MLIS, AHIP at jbou12@lsuhsc.edu in the library for more information on how the library can help with RDM.
Library RDM services are available to all LSU Health - New Orleans affiliates who are at any stage in their research process.