
RDM Seminar Recorded Summer 2020
Watch the following video to learn more about organizing your files
One of the most essential aspects of data management is organizing your data. This includes several elements, including thinking through names, structures, and relationships.
Researchers are advised to structure their folders (whether paper or electronic in form) to correspond to how the records were generated and to complement proposed or existing workflows.
The file structure below shows one way you can consider organizing files associated with a given project:
One of the most common ways to group records is by function.
Because all records generated by the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health must be retained for certain lengths of time (review retention periods), maintaining records functionally will enable retention periods to be assigned to groups of records.
Here are some tips:
Consult with the Archives and Records Management program when establishing your file directory!
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