Community Research Data Toolkit

Danica Evering; Subhanya Sivajothy; Anneliese Eber; Amber Gallant; Niloofar Hooman; Isaac Pratt; Shahad Al-Saqqar; Kaelan Caspary; Lucia Costanzo; Melissa Cuthill; Oishee Ghosh; Neha Gupta; Laurence Horton; Billie Hu; Keshav Mukunda; Mikala Narlock; Cathy Paton; Tracy Sallaway

doi:https://doi.org/10.71548/7mp6-fn45

Book Title: Community Research Data Toolkit

by Danica Evering; Subhanya Sivajothy; Anneliese Eber; Amber Gallant; Niloofar Hooman; Isaac Pratt; Shahad Al-Saqqar; Kaelan Caspary; Lucia Costanzo; Melissa Cuthill; Oishee Ghosh; Neha Gupta; Laurence Horton; Billie Hu; Keshav Mukunda; Mikala Narlock; Cathy Paton; and Tracy Sallaway

Edited by Danica Evering and Subhanya Sivajothy

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Book Description: This toolkit introduces communities and the organizations and researchers who collaborate with them to concepts of research data management—such as data management plans and data deposit—to support their work. It is also a collection of guidance documents we made together with templates and examples for data management plans; roles and responsibilities for researchers, community members, and data professionals; and options for where data lives in the long term.

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Acknowledging the land and Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Danica Evering
Section 1 - Introduction
1. Getting started: managing community research data
  Shahad Al-Saqqar; Danica Evering; Subhanya Sivajothy; and Isaac Pratt
Section 2 - Responsibilities and Resources in Research Partnerships
1. Ground rules: start out by building relationships
  Subhanya Sivajothy; Melissa Cuthill; Neha Gupta; and Keshav Mukunda
2. Balancing budgets and data needs
  Billie Hu
3. Data safety: assess risk and avoid breaches
  Oishee Ghosh and Laurence Horton
4. File hacks: naming and organizing simplified
  Billie Hu
Section 3 - Data Management Plans
1. Data Management Plans: conversations that build trust
  Danica Evering and Billie Hu
2. Data management in action
  Isaac Pratt; Anneliese Eber; Cathy Paton; and Kaelan Caspary
3. Template for building a Data Management Plan through conversation
  Isaac Pratt; Anneliese Eber; Cathy Paton; and Kaelan Caspary
Section 4 - Data Deposit, Sharing, and Archiving
1. Data Deposit: community care and control over data
  Danica Evering; Amber Gallant; Mikala Narlock; and Lucia Costanzo
2. Data Access Committees
  Tracy Sallaway; Niloofar Hooman; Lucia Costanzo; and Amber Gallant
3. Data Access Terms and Data Use Agreements
  Niloofar Hooman; Lucia Costanzo; and Amber Gallant
4. Open access: Creative Commons and data licensing
  Laurence Horton
5. Reviewing and taking care of community research data
  Mikala Narlock; Lucia Costanzo; and Amber Gallant
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Book Description

This toolkit introduces communities and the organizations and researchers who collaborate with them to concepts of research data management—such as data management plans and data deposit—to support their work. It is also a collection of guidance documents we made together with templates and examples for data management plans; roles and responsibilities for researchers, community members, and data professionals; and options for where data lives in the long term.

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This book is a cloned version of Draft: Fundamentals of Community Engagement: A Sourcebook for Students by ExCel Faculty Group, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) license. It may differ from the original.

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Danica Evering; Subhanya Sivajothy; Anneliese Eber; Amber Gallant; Niloofar Hooman; Isaac Pratt; Shahad Al-Saqqar; Kaelan Caspary; Lucia Costanzo; Melissa Cuthill; Oishee Ghosh; Neha Gupta; Laurence Horton; Billie Hu; Keshav Mukunda; Mikala Narlock; Cathy Paton; and Tracy Sallaway

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Data science and analysis

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Title: Community Research Data Toolkit
Authors: Danica Evering; Subhanya Sivajothy; Anneliese Eber; Amber Gallant; Niloofar Hooman; Isaac Pratt; Shahad Al-Saqqar; Kaelan Caspary; Lucia Costanzo; Melissa Cuthill; Oishee Ghosh; Neha Gupta; Laurence Horton; Billie Hu; Keshav Mukunda; Mikala Narlock; Cathy Paton; and Tracy Sallaway
Editors: Danica Evering and Subhanya Sivajothy
Contributors: Lyndon George; Ted Hildebrandt; Ameil Joseph; David Kanters; Sally Landon; Sara Mayo; Karen Robson; Lorraine Valmadrid; Alexe Bernier; Alina Dochu; Alison Farrell; Anthea Christoforou; Ashley McKerrow; Ateanna Uriri; Beck Gower; Bhaleka Persaud; Brian Westra; Carla Graebner; Caroline Baril; Carrie Breton; Chelsea Miya; Chhavi Tyagi; Dandi Wang; Don Willison; Donna Sevenpifer; Dylanne Dearborn; Elizabeth Hill; Emilie Altman; Erin Clary; Ernie Evangelista; Eva Schultz; Farah Islam; Jane Fry; Janie Gauthier-B; Jasmine Lefresne; Jason Brodeur; Jeff Moon; Jennifer Abel; Jess Yao; Joanne Naslund; João Andrade; John Costa; Jordan Lentinello; Kaelan Caspary; Kaetlyn Phillips; Katherine Feely; Kaitlin Newson; Kathleen Schaef; Kelley Papadakis; Kelly Stathis; Kevin Read; Kira Lillard; Kristi Thompson; Kusum Bhatta; Kyle Kendall; Laleh Moradi; Laurence Horton; Lina Harper; Louise Gillis; Lucia Costanzo; Malek Qenab; Margaret Morris; Mary Amaechi; Matt Barton; Meghan Goodchild; Michelle Edwards; Mireille Léger-Rousseau; Natalie Williams; Navishka Brahmbhatt; Neha Milan; Oliver Goodison-Powell; Patricia Neufeldt; Patrick Matlock; Praise Mafusire; Rafia Mirza; Randall Anway; Randy Kay; Renata Hall; Robyn Stobbs; Ryan Deschamps; Sahar Hussain; Sandra Rakovac; Sara Janes; Sarah Burchart; Sarah Little; Shahira Khair; Shrey Acharya; Snowden Becker; Stephanie Pham-Dang; Sue Phipps; Susie Wilson; Sylvia Jones; Tanya Nguyen; Taranjit Dhillon; Tess Hudson; Trudi Wright; Vange Holtz-Schramek; Veronica Litt; Vicky Chung; Victoria G. D. Landau; Victoria Smith; Vinita Haroun; and Violetta Nikolskaya
License: Community Research Data Toolkit Copyright © 2025 by McMaster University Libraries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This Pressbook was created for the use of community-engaged research participants, researchers, and research data management professionals. We welcome those who have developed community-engaged research toolkits to integrate this as a data-focused “plugin”!
Primary Subject: Data science and analysis
Institution: McMaster University
Publisher: McMaster University Libraries
Publisher City: Hamilton
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.71548/7mp6-fn45