This section provides some resources for addressing the NSF requirement for DMPs. It includes references to examples, data management tools, and data repositories. Please note: As data are unique, and tools for collection, storage, and analysis are technically evolving, the requirements for specific data sets will be, as NSF states, "determined by the community of interest and subject to the process of peer review and program management” within the NSF. NSF program directors are to act as consultants to help researchers best determine what constitutes an adequate data plan including giving data archive referrals.
Research Library Websites on Data Management Planning
ARL member libraries with structured comprehensive data management plans:
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Connecticut
- Duke University Libraries
- University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- MIT Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Oregon
- University of Virginia Library
- University of Wisconsin
Resources about Developing DMPs
- Australia National Data Services (ANDS)
- California Digital Library: University of California Curation Center (UC3)
- Johns Hopkins University: Data Management Planning Questionnaire
- Digital Curation Centre: Data Management Plans
- Griffith University Library (Australia): Data Management
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- JISC: Managing Research Data
- Monash University (Australia): Data Management Planning
- NIH: Key Elements to Consider in Preparing a Data Sharing Plan
- UK Data Archive: Managing and Sharing Data (PDF)
- University of Oxford: Research Data Management
NSF Guidance on Specific Data Management Plans
Certain directorates within the NSF, however, provide explicit guidelines and advice on forming data management plans. As of November 2010 these directorates are the following:
- Engineering Directorate
- Geological Sciences Directorate
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate
- Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Directorate
- Data Archiving Policy
Additional guidance may be found at “Data Management & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” on the NSF website.
Data Curation, Digital Curation & Data Archive Resources (U.S. and International)
- DataConservancy
- Digital Curation Centre
- Purdue University: Distributed Data Curation Center
- UK Data Archive
Data Repositories
Tools for DMPs and Assessing Research Data Needs
- Data Asset Framework (University of Glasgow, JISC, Digital Curation Centre)
- DMP Online (Digital Curation Centre)
- MIT’s “Data Planning Checklist”
- University of Oxford Data Management Planning Checklist
- Purdue University’s “Conducting a Data Interview”
- Purdue University’s Data Curation Profiles Toolkit (project description)
- Stanford University’s “Questions to Ask as You Prepare a Grant Proposal”
Authors: Patricia Hswe and Ann Holt
