Data Management Plan (DMP) Overview
- Data management plans should be written during the planning phase of research and revised as needed.
- In general, a DMP should contain sections on data description and format, metadata and data standards, preservation and access timeline, access and reuse, oversight, and budget.
DMP Resources
- Librarians need to be able to find funder requirements, example DMPs, data repositories and data standards to answer researcher questions.
Supporting Researchers
- A data interview is related to, but not the same as the reference interview.
- Use the follow up questions in this section in your data interview to elicit the information needed to improve researcher DMPs.
- Researchers may be new to sharing data and data management
DMPTool and Common DMP Issues
- The DMPTool is a click through wizard that helps researchers create a compliant DMP.
- If they are in a member institution, librarians can provide guidance and give feedback to researchers through the DMPTool.
- Librarians will see similar issues in researcher DMPs over and over. Use the guidance in this section to prepare.
Data Management Plan Services
- When preparing to start DMP services in your library, reach out to other institutional stakeholders for collaboration.
- Join a professional organization to get support from other librarians.
- There are many possible data services libraries can provide. Pick whichever one suits your institution best.