There is a broad need for data literacy within the current and emerging research community. Funding agencies require data management plans, journals are requiring that data and resulting software be accessible, and society is increasingly expecting that research be reproducible. Researchers with good data skills will be able to maximize the productivity of their research program, effectively and efficiently share their data and other research products with the scientific community, and potentially benefit from the re-use of their data by others. Consequently, educators are increasingly being tasked with providing training in fundamental principles of data management. Through collaborative working group activities, focussed workshops and community review, DataONE developed a suite of education resources to support instruction and self-directed learning across all stages of the data life cycle, available via the DataONE website. These resources have recently been updated and transitioned to GitHub for increased community engagement.
Results/Conclusions
The Data Management Skillbuilding Hub provides resources for better data management and is open for community use, contribution and updates. The resources are adaptable across a range of contexts and intended for use by researchers, teachers, librarians, or anyone who wants to learn or teach better data management practices. Need to make changes to a lesson and want to share them with other instructors? By forking these materials in GitHub and making changes, edits and improvements are accessible to others.