Natasha Simons

Managing Research Data WorkshopData Management Plans

iSchools Data Science Winter InstituteHong Kong7 December 2017

Intro to Data Management PlansWhat’s a Data Management Plan?

Who is asking for a DMP – and why?

Why are DMPs changing - and in what way?

http://www.ands.org.au/guides/data-management-plans

Hands-on exercise: Thing 15 Link to Thing 3: https://tinyurl.com/y9n7j7kz

Your instructions: pair up with someone and “do” Thing 15. You can pick the level you

wish to do: getting started, learn more or challenge me.

You have 10 minutes - Go!!!

Class discussionHow did you find Thing 15? What did you learn?

Photo by Amaury Salas on Unsplash

Australian DMP tools/approaches

Australasian DMP Interest Group● Formed early 2017● Facilitated by ANDS ● Seeks to answer questions about Data Management Plans ● Brings the Australian and New Zealand community together to discuss DMP

tools and approaches● Links into international DMP developments, in particular through involvement

in the Research Data Alliance DMP IG● Meets every 2 months online● Held a workshop at the eResearch Australasia conference

http://www.ands.org.au/partners-and-communities/ands-communities/dmps-interest-group

DMP IG - rethinking DMPs

Discussing DMPs at an eResearch Australasia conference workshop

Brisbane, October 2017

New approach: DMRs at UQ

Introducing the DMR tool – UQ

Research Data Manager:

https://youtu.be/xY57du91mWU

Slides from eResearch Australasia

workshop:

https://www.slideshare.net/AustralianN

ationalDataService/the-dmp-project-

janke-and-morgan-uq

New version: ReDBox DMP Tool

ReDBox presentation at eResearch Australasia workshop:

https://www.slideshare.net/AustralianNationalDataService/whats-happening-

with-redbox-gavin-kennedy

More about ReDBox: https://www.qcif.edu.au/services/redbox

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ANDS, Nectar and RDS are supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research

Infrastructure Strategy Program (NCRIS).

Natasha.simons@ands.org.au@n_simonsorcid.org/0000-0003-0635-1998

Natasha Simons