Welcome to the Radboud Data Repository (RDR). On this page, we provide a quick, step-by-step guide for researchers using the RDR for the first time.
Only researchers affiliated with the institutes listed under Step 2 are eligible to become a collection manager and thus to request a collection.
Step 1: Create your RDR profile
Log in to the Radboud Data Repository to create your user profile.
To log in click the login button at the top right of your screen, then use your Surfconext account to continue. At this point, you must agree to the RDR Repository Policy and the privacy policy. For more extensive help, see here.
You now arrive on a mostly empty page. This is normal: you do not have any collections yet. You have just created your RDR profile and are free to log out at this stage.
Step 2: Choose your collection type(s) and request them
Decide if you need a Data Acquisition Collection (DAC), Research Documentation Collection (RDC), and/or a Data Sharing Collection (DSC). If you need more information on the nature of these collection types, see this page.
Then request the collection(s) via the procedure set up by your Organisational Unit.
Step 3: Edit your collection details
You will receive a confirmation email once your collection has been created. When you log in to the RDR again (see Step 1), your collection should be visible under My collections. We recommend that you add additional information (metadata) to your collection before working with it:
- Go to your collection landing page by clicking on the title in the My collections page.
- Click on Edit metadata on the top left of your screen.
- Add any applicable metadata, such as keywords, associated data and an abstract.
- Click on save changes to save the changes.
For more extensive help, see here.
Step 4: Add colleagues
Next, you can give colleagues permissions to view, contribute, or manage your collection:
- Go to your collection landing page and click on the 'share and permissions' button on the top right.
- Scroll down and click 'Go to permissions'.
- Add colleagues to your collection by giving them either manager, contributor, or viewer rights.
For more extensive help, see here.
Only give roles to people who are member of the research project. If you are looking for a way to share the content of your collection with people who are not involved in the project, please see the section about sharing collections.
Step 5: Add research data to your collection
In order to transfer your data to an RDR collection, you can upload the data via the web portal or use a WebDAV client. Uploading data via the web portal is easiest and we recommend this option if you are not familiar with WebDAV.
You are now ready to start working with your first RDR-collection! Don't forget to archive or publish your collection once all the data is uploaded and the collection is finished. Keep in mind that Data Sharing Collections go through FAIR review, which requires some time in the publication process.