**Before we Begin** * [Set up an account (Session Preload)](https://osf.io/nwb2f/wiki/Preload%20Content/) <hr /> **Setting the stage** A research project is a complex creature. It involves many contributors - each may have a different role and some may come and go. It involves the collection and organization of data - data of different formats, licencing, access restrictions, and stages of processing. It involves analysis - coding, manipulation, and interpretation. It involves outputs - communication to colleagues at conferences, submission to journals, and other social engagement like blog posts. Keeping track of this interconnected web is not a simple task. Sharing how these various pieces are connected is more difficult still. In this session, we'll explore how OSF can help you keep track of this multitude of content in an organized, descriptive fashion, without impacting the choice of tools you use to conduct your research. This will help you stay sane, help your colleagues see what you're doing, help your funders appreciate the extent of your efforts, and more. <hr /> This module originally had three additional linked in projects: * Project 1: Apple Production * Project 2: Apple Production * Project 3: Apple Production Each was built out to varying degrees of completion / complexity to allow participants some flexibility in their choice of project to work with. Project's 1 and 2 have since been deleted. <hr /> **Session Overview** * Welcome and Introductions. * What is OSF trying to solve? * Features of the OSF platform. * Hands on tutorial: Setting up your first OSF project. **Presenters** * [Sarah Parker](https://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/1096), Science and Engineering Librarian, UBC Vancouver * [Susan Paterson][1], Government Information, Social Work & French Language and Literature Liaison Librarian, UBC Vancouver * [Mathew Vis-Dunbar](https://library.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/mathew-vis-dunbar/), Southern Medical Program Librarian, UBC Okanagan **Objectives** * Identify how research data interacts with all aspects of the research data life cycle * Identify how OSF connects otherwise disconnected aspects of the research life cycle * Explore an OSF project with the structure required to connect one’s data with each aspect of the research life cycle **Outcomes** * Articulate the evolving role of data in the research life cycle and the unique considerations for management at each of these stages * Describe the need to be able to map the discrete components of the research life cycle to best plan for RDM * Build an OSF project that addresses the data organization and storage needs as data moves from raw to processed to ready for archiving [1]: https://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/709