Departmental FAIR checklists
Project overview: A pilot project was conducted in April-July 2022 to create discipline-specific guidance on how to make research data and software FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable & reusable) in seven departments across the University of Sheffield: Architecture, Biosciences, English, Geography, Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, and the School of Health and Related Research.
Methodology: Early Career Researchers and PGR students were commissioned to work as FAIR departmental leads, working with disciplinary colleagues to identify existing good practice and create a resource for researchers working within that area. Consultation was conducted and feedback sought, before the resources were launched and hosted at a local level as well as being archived to ORDA.
Checklist creators:
Architecture: Tha'er Abdalla
Biosciences: Deniz Simsek and Zuzanna Zagrodzka
English: Daniel Bowman and Yi Liu
Geography: Nerea Okong’o and Itzel Pineda
Mechanical Engineering: Matt Tipuric and James Wingham
Psychology: Shuangke Jiang and Asia Szczepaniak
School of Health and Related Research: Charlotte Cotterill
Note: the Biosciences team ultimately created a Google Site version of their checklist as they felt this was more easily negotiable by researchers. A text version of the content has been archived.
The project was organised by the Scholarly Communications Team, University of Sheffield Library, who also provided support to the checklist creators.
History
Ethics
- There is no personal data or any that requires ethical approval
Policy
- The data complies with the institution and funders' policies on access and sharing
Sharing and access restrictions
- The data can be shared openly
Data description
- The file formats are open or commonly used
Methodology, headings and units
- Headings and units are explained in the files