Managing Climate Change Adaptation Data and Information


 

The documents in this collection discuss various aspects of best practice data and information management. They were developed to assist climate change adaptation researchers but apply to the research community more generally.  They were produced by the Griffith University Climate Change Adaptation Information Support Project, which was funded under the Australian Commonwealth Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) Planning for Climate Change Fund.

Documents range from short information sheets to a comprehensive reference guide, and  cover topics such as  intellectual property, ethical considerations, short-term data storage and  data sharing during research projects, options for long-term data deposit including domain-specific repositories, use of durable digital file formats, and creation of metadata to maximise discovery of project outputs. 


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Repository Item text/texmacsManaging climate change adaptation data and information: a reference guide for Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects
A comprehensive guide to best practice in information and data management for those working in natural resource management and related areas.
Repository Item Octet StreamCreating metadata: a fact sheet for Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects
Provides a basic overview of metadata concepts, outlines how to write good metadata for research outputs, and gives a best-practice example of metadata created for a dataset.
Repository Item text/texmacsOpen licensing of research outputs: a fact sheet for Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects
A fact sheet outlining why and how to apply an open licence to research outputs, with a focus on the suite of Creative Commons licences.
Repository Item text/texmacsUsing cloud services for in-project data storage and transfer: a fact sheet for Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects
A fact sheet outlining the risks and limitations of using cloud computing services for storing and sharing data during a research project.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Re-using existing information and data: a fact sheet for Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects
A fact sheet and flowchart outlining the legal re-use of third party data when creating new research outputs.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Long-term storage options for final outputs from Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects: a fact sheet
A fact sheet outlining the benefits and limitations of a variety of computerised storage options for the long-term storage of research information and data.
Repository Item Troff documentNRM information management survey report
A report presenting the results of a survey that asked climate change adaptation researchers about their data and information management procedures.
Repository ItemNRM information management survey briefing
A two page document which highlights the key findings of a survey of climate change adaptation researchers about their data and information management practices.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Terra Nova metadata inventory
Creating and managing metadata takes time and effort. Griffith University has created a Terra Nova metadata template which can be used to pre-record metadata for content items that will be uploaded to Terra Nova.


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