1. Why manage research data? /Graham Pryor --2. The lifecycle of data management /Sarah Higgins --3. Research data policies:principles, requirements and trends /Sarah Jones --4. Sustainable research data /Brian F. Lavoie --5. Data management plans and planning /Martin Donnelly --6. Roles and responsibilities /Sheila Corrall --7. Research data management:opportunities and challenges for HEIs /Rob Procter, Peter Halfpenny, and Alex Voss --8. The national data centres /Ellen Collins --9. Contrasting national research data strategies, Australia and the USA /Andrew Treloar, G. Sayeed Choudhury, and William Michener --10. Emerging infrastructure and services for research data management and curation in the UK and Europe /Angus Whyte.