Useful links about CSC, services & resources
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Docs CSC contains user guides, FAQs and tutorials related to CSC services |
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Fairdata.fi | Information about national Fairdata.fi services |
ELIXIR is an intergovernmental organisation that brings together life science resources from across Europe
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EUDAT | EUDAT offers research communities and researchers a set of integrated services for data management |
Training materials
This page gathers training material for everyone to utilize about research data management and relevant CSC services (training material in Finnish on CSC-Datatukiverkosto page). If you have any wishes regarding content of this page or other matters, please contact siiri.fuchs@csc.fi or send an email to servicedesk@csc.fi. See also CSC Data Management web pages & CSC Service catalog for research. The material can be used under CC BY 4.0 license, if not otherwise informed.
You can also find video recordings of both previous webinars and tutorial videos from video.csc.fi -service data management -channel.
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CSC Online self-study Research Data Management course |
CSC's self-study Research Data Management course is now available both in English and Finnsih. The course covers the basics of data management and gathers resources and tools available for different stages. There are no prerequisites for the course and |
you can log in to the course platform with either HAKA |
, VIRTU (using your own organization ID) or ELIXIR |
Life Science login. Read more |
from CSC news. This way to the English version of the Research Data Management course! |
And here to the Finnish version Tutkimusdatanhallinta. |
Data management & FAIR-principles
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DATA MANAGEMENT | ||
Introduction to data management video (5:36 |
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This is an introduction to data management, what it is and why is it important to manage your research data. The video will also introduce the concept of FAIR data. |
Introduction to data management planning
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Introduction to data management planning video (4:45) | This is an introduction to data management planning. We go through what it is and how it will benefit your research. We also introduce how to get started in planning your data management using data management planning tools. | License: CC BY-ND 4.0 2021/01 |
Introduction to sections of a genericdata management plan video (3:39 |
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License: CC BY-ND 4.0 |
2021/01 |
CSC research data management services for life science research video |
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In this video we introduce CSC data management services through out the project life cycle using an example research group called Rudolf. |
FAIR principles (Eng. subtitles)
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FAIR principles
FAIR principles
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What are the FAIR principles?
FAIRdata services (Eng. subtitles)
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Introduction to FAIRdata services: IDA, Etsin, Qvain, PAS
Fairdata Services
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The Fairdata services in a nutshell
Data Management
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What is data management according to CSC's definition?
Benefits of Data Management
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Checklist for planning open research
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How to make data FAIR?
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Checklist for FAIR data: what is required to make your data comply to the FAIR principles?
Compute & Analyze
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CSC resources for bio-users
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Cloud computing environments, storage, and other resources e.g. Chipster
Date: 23.03.2020
Puhti, Mahti and Allas
Webinar (32:43)
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Allas Object Storage
Puhti and Mahti supercomputers
Date: 03.06.2019
Documentation
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Metadata standards
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The Elements of FAIR video series | This video series introduces what the FAIR principles mean in practice.
| https://video.csc.fi/playlist/dedicated/0_723o7br1/0_q2jf8r0y 2022-2023 |
FAIR principles video (1:44) | FAIR principles (Eng. subtitles) | 2019/10 |
Fairdata services
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INTRODUCTION | ||
Fairdata services (Eng. subtitles) video (2:08) | Introduction to FAIRdata services: IDA, Etsin, Qvain, PAS | 2020/01 |
FAIRDATA IDA | ||
Introduction to IDA video (2:41) | The fundamental functionalities of Fairdata IDA (Eng. subtitles) | 2018/09 |
Metadata standards/schemas supporting the documentation: Dublincore, DataCite, PREMIS, METS. The following questions will be answered: Why was the format created, for what use? Who manages the format today? How you can find a metadata schema and standard to suit your needs?
Date: 20.03.2019
Metax - Metadata Warehouse
Webinar (22:04)
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Demo-material can be found
https://www.csc.fi/fi/web/training/-/webinar-metax-metadata-warehouse
Date: 17.09.2019
Fairdata Metax
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What is the purpose of the Metax service?
Fairdata Qvain
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What is the purpose of the Qvain service?
How to get started with and use the Qvain service?
Fairdata Qvain Demonstration
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Demonstration of how to use Qvain (Light)
Persistent Identifiers
In Digital preservation section below, you can find video on PIDs (part 3 in series)
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What are Persistent Identifiers (PIDs), and why are they important?
CSC's PID network and recommendations for using PIDs.
Repositories
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What defines a good repository, and how to choose a good repository?
Store & Share
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Fairdata IDA
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What is the purpose of the IDA service?
How to get started with and use the IDA service?
Introduction to IDA (Eng. subtitles)
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Using IDA on a browser, IDA's functionalities |
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A demonstration of using the Fairdata IDA service on a web browser |
Publish, Open & Discover
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Benefits of opening research data
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Tips for opening research data
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Fairdata Etsin
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What is the purpose of the Etsin service?
How to use the Etsin service?
Elixir Deposition Databases for Biomolecular Data
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Digital preservation
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Fairdata PAS
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What is the purpose of the Fairdata PAS service?
How to get started with and use the Fairdata PAS service?
What requirements are there for files that are put in digital preservation?
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Fairdata Qvain Demonstration video (31:37) | Demonstration of how to use Qvain | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zygQgnQJWGE 2019/09 |
Digital preservation service |
Manage well and get preserved video series 7 videos |
Video series about digital preservation of research data. In these videos we will present the basics of how to do good research data management that makes your data possible to reuse and preserve for future research. |
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What is digital preservation? How should the data be documented and licensed before preservation? About how the preservation service and process work in Finland.
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The video is about digital preservation and choosing data for preservation, choosing formats and about various requirements for the content and its metadata.
Manage well and get preserved Part 3 -
Persistent identifiers
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This time we talk about how to create sustainable solutions for citation and research data management with the help of persistent identifiers. This helps you take good care of research data - so good, that it can be reused and preserved even for future generations of researchers.
Manage well and get preserved – 4. Metadata standards
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In this video we talk about metadata schemas. They are structured way to document information about data objects. Using specific vocabularies or ontologies when you describe data makes the data more discoverable and reusable. Rich and interoperable metadata helps you make sure your data is understood correctly.
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Sensitive data
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CSC Sensitive Data Services for Research - playlist videos |
Sensitive Data Services for Research – video tutorial series. You can find more information in the user guide |
and sensitive data webpage |
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5XtevzF3yGtuatGnWmvh39j12lefyp9 2022/04 |
How do I authorize access to my sensitive data? video (1:45) |
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The animation describes how you can authorize access to your sensitive data with the help of Data Access Committee and Authorization tool. CSC - IT Center for Finland, Elixir Finland, Elixir Europe, EGA | 2019/11 |
Secure human data management in Europe video (1:46) |
EGA service ad fedarated EGA service for secure human data management in Europe. | 2019/09 | |
Introduction to Federated EGA | This video series introduces Federated EGA. These videos have been done in the ELIXIR-CONVERGE project funded by the European Commission. FEGA User Guide: https://docs.csc.fi/data/sensitive-data/federatedega/ | https://video.csc.fi/playlist/details/0_ip0b3jbh 05/2023 |