Data management planning: tools Library – RDM Support Project Basic training course for information specialists

Data management planning: tools  Checklists  Templates  Online templates  Filled-in examples  Data profiles  Field-specific  Sponsor-specific --  Web pages with guidelines, recommendations, etc. RDMS DMP Tools 2

Checklists List of focus points or questions  DANS  Digital Curation Centre  and many others 3

RDMS DMP Tools Templates Questionnaire, template  Wageningen Graduate Schools  University of Bath  and many others 4

RDMS DMP Tools Online templates Web application for creating, saving, updating and sharing (different versions of) a data management plan by means of a template 5

RDMS DMP Tools   University of California Curation Center (UC3) of the California Digital Library, USA  Template entry: funder  E.g. National Science Foundation (NSF) 6

RDMS DMP Tools   Digital Curation Centre, UK  Template entry: funder, institution or field  UK Research Councils, Wellcome Trust, NSF, universities, fields 7

RDMS DMP Tools Field-specific Often (also) funder-specific, e.g. Research Councils (UK) and NSF Research Directorates (USA) requirements For field-specific DMP, see also: filled-in examples 8

RDMS DMP Tools Field-specific Usually: adaptation of a generic template to a specific research project E.g. astronomical research: no paragraph on privacy protection; research in collaboration with industry: extra attention for rights of ownership; etc. 9

RDMS DMP Tools Funder-specific  KNAW: data paragraph  NWO: data contract (Hum./Soc. & Hum.)  ZonMw: guidelines under development  EU Horizon 2020: data management plan Approach: Open Access to research data 10

RDMS DMP Tools Filled-in examples Digital Curation Centre (UK) Purdue University Research Repository (USA) and many others 11

RDMS DMP Tools Data profiles Data Curation Profiles Toolkit (interview material) Data Curation Profiles Directory (filled-in profiles) Approach: sustainable storage of data 12

RDMS DMP Tools Beyond categorisation UK Data Service: Data management costing tool checklist for estimating the costs of data management (Social Sciences) 13

RDMS DMP Tools Assessment criteria  Contents Has the researcher thought of everything he/she should after filling in this template? 14

RDMS DMP Tools Assessment criteria  Language Does this template require subtitles or is its language easy to understand? 15

RDMS DMP Tools Assessment criteria  Style Does the style of the template encourage ticking boxes to ‘get it over with’ or does it encourage the user to fill it in carefully? 16

RDMS DMP Tools Exercise Compare the DMP checklists/templates of DANS, Digital Curation Centre (DCC), University of Bath and Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS).  Do you have a preference for one of the four? Why?  Which requirements do you think a template should satisfy? 17

RDMS DMP Tools Publication information Presentation: Mariëtte van Selm | Image on title slide: Jørgen Stamp | M. van Selm, RDM Support - basic training course for information specialists, course material for session 2. January This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 18