Developing a data management plan that includes describing, sharing, and preserving data is an important and sometimes required step in the research cycle.

Create A Data Management Plan

We can help you...

• Understand funding mandate requirements and compliance.
• Practice secure data management (passwords, cloud storage, hard media).
• Devise good data management practices, such as creating codebooks, metadata, filenames, and storage and organization of files.
• Select appropriate file formats for preservation.
• Use DMPTool to document a data management plan that is tailored to grant agency requirements.

Preserve And Share Data

We can help you...

• Identify options for making your data available to others now and in the future
• Identify appropriate repositories for your data.
• Select the appropriate level of data preservation to meet the needs of granting agencies and other stakeholders.
• Create good metadata to improve discovery and future use.
• Find other campus or external services for migrating legacy or obsolete file formats.

Create High-Quality Metadata For Your Scholarly Works

We can help you...

• Understand metadata and why it’s needed.
• Find best practices for metadata creation.
• Develop basic descriptive components to help others find your data.
• Identify applicable metadata standards based on your discipline and the format of your data.
• Develop good file names.

Consult With Experts

• If you have questions about these or related services, please contact ​Andrea Wirth, Digital Scholarship Librarian. 
• Contact a librarian with expertise in your subject area.