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.