diff --git a/databrary/input/pages/support/using-shared.md b/databrary/input/pages/support/using-shared.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b3379f26 --- /dev/null +++ b/databrary/input/pages/support/using-shared.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Title: Using shared data +Brief: Using shared data +Order: 1800 + +Databrary's materials and data are intended to accelerate discovery. +The [Databrary Access Agreement and Annexes](https://databrary.org/about/agreement/agreement.html) and the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://databrary.org/about/policies/terms.html) provide formal guidance about policies related to contributing and using data. +Here are some recommended best practices for re-using data on the system: + +- Consider how you intend to use the materials. *Pre-research* uses (e.g., evaluating the feasibility of a coding scheme on a handful of videos) and *non-research* (e.g. showing a clip in class) may not requre IRB or ethics board approval. +*Research* uses almost always require ethics board or IRB approval. Consult your institution's ethics board or IRB to determine whether your intended use is or isn't research, and proceed accordingly. +**Note**: Most of the data shared on Databrary are consistent with broad consent, meaning that participants or parents have given permission for unspecified future uses of the data. +- Follow the [sharing release levels](https://databrary.org/support/irb/release-levels.html) indicated for each file. Some data on Databrary are *public*, () and may be used for a broad range of non-commercial purposes. Other data are shared with *learning audiences* (). These data permit an authorized user to show clips or excerpts in public settings like classrooms and talks. Still other data are shared with *authorized users* (). These data may be used for research purposes in a lab context, for example, but clips or excerpts may *not* be shown in public settings. +- If you download and use materials from Databrary, you are *not* required to seek permission from the researchers who uploaded the data originally. However, you may choose to contact those researchers as a courtesy. +- Follow institutional guidelines and best data security practices when planning *where* to download and store data from Databrary. +- Consider carefully *who* will access downloaded data. Authorized Investigators are responsible for selecting, training, and supervising the activity of the people who will access data downloaded from Databrary. +- If you use materials from Databrary, you *should* cite them using the citation provided.