Ellie Dwarack, a research data librarian at Boise State University, provides an overview of data management and its importance at Boise State. She discusses the various campus units involved in data management and their specific concerns and shares her research on data management policies at other universities.
Dwarack defines research data management as the organization, storage, preservation, and sharing of data collected and used in a research project. She highlights the importance of organizing files and creating research documentation and also emphasizes the need for secure storage and the challenges of preserving data due to technological obsolescence.
