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README Guide and Template

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Research Data Management Team

Alexandra Cooper
Data Services Coordinator

Alyssa Conlon
Research Data Management Librarian

Meghan Goodchild
Interim Head Digital Initiatives & Open Scholarship Librarian

RDM.library@queensu.ca

Additional Resources

Resources:

Recommended file formats (Cornell University Library)
File management (Cornell University Library)
Data Citations (Cornell University Library)
Metadata and Describing data (Cornell University Library)
Preparing tabular data for description and archiving (Cornell University Library)

Acknowledgements

The README file template is adapted from the following documents:

University of Guelph. T_UG_readmeTemplate.
Cornell University. Guide to writing "readme" style metadata.