Data Stewardship
Data Stewards help researchers in different aspects of data management across the entire data life cycle, from planning to publication. They act as a contact person for questions about good research data management, open and FAIR data and as a bridge between researchers and university research support services.
Find out more about the Data Stewardship Network at UZH here.
Why do you need a Data Steward?
- The SNSF requires Data Management Plans (for templates see link list below)
- Most funding organizations and journal require data publication
- Your research can be more transparent and reproducible
- There are many resources and it is difficult to know where to start
A Data Steward can help you with...
Data management plans
- Implementing a DMP in your project
- Making your data more reusable and your workflow more efficient
- Identifying potential legal and ethical risks when sharing your data
- Archiving, sharing and publishing your data
Metadata
- Identifying suitable metadata and data organization standards
- Machine-readable tables or spreadsheets
- Codebooks to describe your variables
- README files
- Companion metadata files (JSON)
Documentation
- Onboarding documentation to improve knowledge transfer within your group
- Standard Operating Procedures and lab protocols
Workflows
- Version control for with Git
- Dynamic reporting (notebooks, R Markdown)
- Reproducible data processing and analysis workflows
