Support at different stages

Identify and define project data

• Responsible: Researcher, you know your research area best and therefore know what kind of data you need to collect.
• DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se, please contact us with all your questions regarding research data management.
• The Research Ethics Committee, answer questions about the ethics application. 
• IT Services: DMP Online — Data Management Plan, use the service to write and update your data management plan.
  
  

Support documents

• Policy for the management of research data (pdf), summarises the University’s position on how research data should be handled at the university.
• Guidelines for the management of research data (pdf), guidelines.
• Create a data management , information about what a data management plan is and how to write one.
• DMPonline — create account (pdf), guide on how to log in to DMPonline.
• Information classification , you should securely rate your data to ensure that you save your material securely and, if necessary, can share data securely.
• Management of research data;
• GDPR — Personal Data in Research
• Ethical guidelines — policy documents for the administration and planning of research

Find existing relevant data

• Responsible: Researcher, you plan and collect data for your project.
• Resource support: DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se, we can help you find already produced research data that you can use for your own research project.
• Your supervisor (applies to doctoral students) will help you manage the project and the collection of research data.
• IT Services
• Information about data repository, repositories for research data.

Collect, create, process and store data

• Responsible: Researcher, you collect and process your collected data.
• Resource support: DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se, ask us where you can save your data, or if you want to share data with other researchers outside Mid Sweden University.
  
  

IT services, save securely and share securely

• Vault, here you can save sensitive information that can be shared internally and externally
• SharePoint and OneDrive, the recommended platforms for sharing non-sensitive information
• Directory on the server, called H:/, here you can save both sensitive and non-sensitive information that should only be shared internally at the university
  
  

Support documents

• Organise your data — support from SND
• File formats and guides for managing different types of data from SND (documents, video, audio, vector images, etc.)
• Guide for digital workspaces
• Information classification , you should securely rate your data to ensure that you save your material securely and, if necessary, can share data securely.

Review and update the data management plan

• Responsible: Researcher, when making changes to your project, remember to update your data management plan.
• Resource support: DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se
• It Services: DMP Online — Data Management Plan, here you update your data management plan.

Compiling, publishing, and sharing data sets

• Responsible: Researcher, once your project is completed, you should make your data accessible. You can do this in different ways, depending on whether your data contains sensitive data or for other reasons cannot be disclosed openly.
• Resource support: DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se, ask us how you can make your data accessible.
• It Services: Doris — SND’s system for describing and sharing data, here you can create a directory entry that will make your data searchable for other stakeholders.
  DiVA — Register your research publications, remember to enter your publications in DiVA.
• Supporting documents: Make available, archive and preserve research data, here you will find more information on how to make your data open access and when your data should not be made open access.

Clear data

• Responsible: Researcher, once the project is completed, you as a researcher are responsible for clearing the collected data so that only relevant data needed to review your project remains.
• Resource support: DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se, please contact us if you have any questions about what data to save.  
• IT Services: The technical solution for long-term storage is not yet ready.
• Supporting documents: Your own data management plan, here you will find information about which data is sensitive.
• Preserve, make available and archive research data
• Document management plan

Long term storage

• Responsible: Researcher, your data should be long-term storednin order for your study to be reviewed and to be reused in other future projects.
• Resource support: DAU (Data Access Unit): researchdata@miun.se
• IT Services: The technical solution for long-term storage is not yet ready.
• Supporting documents: Preserve, make available and archive research data
• Document management plan

Archiving and deletion of data

• Responsible: Researcher, you are responsible for ensuring that research data collected for your project is transferred to the archive.
• Resource support: Archivist, Archive Assistant
• IT Services: The technical solution for long-term storage is not yet ready.
• Supporting documents: Preserve, archive and make available research data
• Document management plan