Helping librarians use the DMPTool as a centerpiece for data management

Improving Data Stewardship with the DMPTool: Helping Libraries Promote Data Management

Dan Phipps & Carly Strasser | [email protected] | [email protected]

Funding:

In brief: We received funds from the IMLS to build resources around the DMPTool for librarians. We want to equip librarians to provide data management services for their institution’s researchers and other stakeholders

Project Goals: •  Centralize existing resources •  Provide outreach materials around the

DMPTool •  Build a community of sharing ideas &

resources Why librarians? •  Long-‐standing tradition of service &

preservation •  Opportunity to fill data education void,

provide valuable research support

What is the DMPTool? Coming soon: DMPTool2

•  Resource Library •  Promotional

materials •  Presentation

templates

•  Webinar series •  Outreach kit •  Blog posts •  Community

Free step-‐by-‐step web application for creating data management plans for funders

Founding partners: DataONE; Digital Curation Centre; Smithsonian Institution; UC Curation Center, California Digital Library; UCLA Library; UC San Diego Libraries; University of Illinois; University of Virginia Libraries

Learn more at dmptool.org Blog: blog.dmptool.org

@TheDMPTool

For administrators: •  Better plan template granularity (discipline, funder, question)

•  Better institution granularity (department, college, lab group, …)

•  Role-‐based user authorization & access

For plan creators: •  Collaborative plan creation •  Role-‐based user authorization & access •  Better plan templates & resources

Plus… •  Institutional branding •  Open API

Deliverables

Log in with institutional credentials

Funder guidance Sample plans

Space to answer questions

Suggested answers & help text

General & institution-‐specific resources

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Education

Helping librarians use the DMPTool as a centerpiece for data management