Data Management Plans
Data management plans outline what a researcher is going to do with their data during and after the research is concluded. DMPs typically include a description of.
- the types of data that will be created
- the standards and metadata that will be used to organize and describe the data
- how these data will be accessed and shared
- policies and provisions for the reuse of the data
- plans for the long term archiving of the data
Many funding agencies have specific requirements for data management and sharing plans. SPARC offers a handy tool for understanding data sharing requirements by federal agency.
DMPTool
The DMPTool provides a wizard for creating data management plans, with templates for specific funding agencies. NU is a participating institution.
Guides to Data Management
- ICPSR Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and ArchivingA very comprehensive handbook on preparing data for archiving.
- UK Data ArchiveThis UK site has excellent guides on data management issues.
- DataOne Primer on Data ManagementPaper discusses the basics of data management.
- Data Management General Guidance- DMPToolGives guidence on all aspects of data management.
- Project Open Data Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an AssetA collection of code, tools and case studied developed by the White House to help agencies adopt the Open Data Policy.
- ETDplus Virtual Workshops/ EducopiaAn asynchronous virtual workshop series
- Data Management Training (DMT) ClearinghouseA registry of Data management online learning resources