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    |    daniel.phipps@ucop.edu    |    carly.strasser@ucop.edu  

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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