Virtual data management training resources are available online and can accessed regardless of geographic location (unless there are site-specific restrictions against users from certain regions). The list of resources below contains virtual data management training materials aimed at all phases of the project lifecycle:
- Organization: Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems
Link: https://dasycenter.org/data-governance-management-toolkit/
Contains: A Data Governance and Management Toolkit to assist in creating or enhancing data governance policies and procedures. Topics include: data quality, data requests, and data retention.
- Organization: Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE)
Link: https://www.dataone.org/
Contains: Resources supporting the discovery of Earth and environmental data, and the proper management of said data
- Organization: Data Tree by the Institute for Environmental Analytics and the Natural Environment Research Council
Link: https://datatree.org.uk/
Contains: Data management training targeted primarily for PhD students and early career researchers in the environmental sciences
- Organization: Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
Link: https://www.dpconline.org/
Contains: Digital preservation webinars and resources
- Organization: ESIP Data Management Training Clearinghouse
Link: http://dmtclearinghouse.esipfed.org/
Contains: A registry for online learning resources focusing on research data management
- Organization: Fostering the Practical Implementation of Open Science in Horizon 2020 and Beyond (FOSTER Plus)
Link: https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/
Contains: Links to data management courses, training materials on open science, text and data mining, research data management, and responsible research and innovation
- Organization: International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST)
Link: http://www.iassistdata.org/resources
Contains: Professional resources from IASSIST members on data management and data literacy
- Organization: MANTRA at The University of Edinburgh
Link: https://mantra.edina.ac.uk/
Contains: Modules and resources in data management training specific to role (research student, career researcher, senior academic, and information professional)
- Organization: Maximising the Exploitation of Linked Open Data in Enterprise and Science (MELODIES) Project
Link: http://www.melodiesproject.eu
Contains: Environmental data and visualizations
- Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics (ORNL DAAC)
Link: https://daac.ornl.gov/resources/
Contains: Webinar links, tutorials, and code examples for preparing a data management plan and properly formatting data for long term-archive