McGill Research Data Management Strategy - v3.0 -
Recognizing the significance and value of research data, the McGill Digital Research Services (DRS) Hub was formed in 2021 as a unified effort to streamline RDM support for researchers. The mission of the McGill DRS Hub is to provide a “one-stop shop” for RDM services. The McGill DRS Hub is a collaboration between VP-RI, McGill Library, and IT Services. A portfolio of training and consultations on a variety of RDM-related topics, including data curation, RDM-related research software, software development and sharing, and Advanced Research Computing (ARC) use, is offered and organized by McGill Library, DRS Hub and by the National ARC Platform in collaboration with Calcul Québec (CQ).
New events are added regularly based on researchers’ needs (see Appendix B for a full list of current RDM services and support provided by DRS, Library, and IT services). In alignment with the Tri-Agency RDM Policy priorities, Data Management Plan (DMP) guidance is a key focus of current institutional training and support. In addition, the McGill Library partners with national RDM service providers to offer researchers an institutional data repository (McGill University Dataverse), which facilitates making research data FAIR.