Researchers must follow the data collection and retention plans that were approved by their Research Ethics Board (REB), if applicable. If you did not specify in your REB application that information would be held in Dataverse, you can go back to the REB and make an amendment. REBs will want to know whether data will be restricted in Dataverse, who will have access to it, and for how long.
Consideration Checklist:
Things to Consider BEFORE Depositing Data
If your research was approved by an REB, your data must be retained for the duration specified in the approved application, and you must provide this information to the Libraries upon establishing your dataverse.
For research projects which did not involve REB approval, the default retention period is 7 years.
Consider who should have access to your data. Data published on Dataverse is given a Creative Commons 0 license by default. You can change this license for each dataset.
You may also choose to restrict access to one or more files in your dataset.
If your research involved an REB application, you must follow the data collection and retention plans that were approved. If you did not specify in your REB application that information would be held in Dataverse, you must make an amendment to your application
UM faculty who are primary investigators (PI) will be given the Admin role for their dataverse, while collaborators and research assistants can be assigned roles depending on the requirements of their position. The PI will be responsible for assigning roles to other users on their research team. It is important for researchers to keep the roles updated and current. We recommend that researchers keep the number of users with a high level of access (Admin and Curator roles in particular) to a minimum.
Learn more about roles and corresponding permissions.
Take care that your dataverse is ready for publication before you publish it. Once published, it can be edited, but not unpublished.
Arrange to meet with a Librarian for assistance with UM Dataverse for your research.
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