1. DMPTool
for Data Management Plans
Perry Willett, CDL Sarah Shreeves, UIUC
Todd Grappone, UCLA Günter Waibel, Smithsonian
Sherry Lake, UVa
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

2. DMPTool
• Introductions
• Discuss background, purpose
• Display some functionality
• Demo
• Explain how you can participate
• Questions/Discussion
• Break
• Discussion of institutional participation
• General discussion
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3. DMPTool for Data Management Plans
• Helps researchers meet requirements of NSF
and other U.S. funding agencies.
• Guides researchers through the process of
creating a data management plan.
• Is available to everyone.
• Provides additional help for researchers at
DMPTool partner institutions
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

4. Reasons for the DMPTool
• NSF requirements for data management plans
beginning Jan 2011
– For instance, University of California researchers
received over $600 million from NSF in FY
2010/11
• Other agencies following suit: NEH, IMLS
• NIH has data sharing requirements
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

5. Goals of the DMPTool, I
• To provide researchers a simple way to create
a Data Management Plan by giving them
information from the funding agency:
– Questions asked by the agency
– Any additional explanation or context provided by
the agency
– Links to the agency website for policies, help,
guidance
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

6. Goals of the DMPTool, II
• To provide researchers with additional
information from their local institution:
– Resources and services to help them manage data
– Help text for specific questions
– Suggested answers to questions that they can
simply cut-and-paste
– News and events related to data management on
their campus
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

7. DMPTool project
• Partners:
CDL, DataONE, Smithsonian, UCLA, UCSD, UIU
C, UVa, Digital Curation Centre (UK)
– Great team!
• Started working in January 2011
• Developed requirements, divided work among
partners, self-funded
• Usability testing at Ecological Society of
America conference and Univ of Virginia
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

19. Demo
• https://dmp.cdlib.org
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

20. How you can participate
• Advertise
• Shibboleth login (“single sign-on”)
• Add links to local resources, help
text, suggested answers, contact information
• Blog for local news and events
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

21. Shibboleth login
• Researchers use their campus login
• Step 1: add DMPTool to campus single signon
service (Shibboleth/InCommon)
• Step 2: work with data “owners” to release
information to DMPTool
– Usually both HR for faculty and staff,and Registrar for
students
• More information at
https://dmp.cdlib.org/help/dmp_shibboleth
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

22. Add local information
• Help text, Links to resources and
services, Suggested answers, Contact information
• Information can be added at various levels for
researchers at your university:
– All data management plans
– All data management from a particular funding
agency, eg. NSF Biological Sciences Directorate
– A particular question within a data management plan
https://bitbucket.org/dmptool/main/wiki/Documentation
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

24. DMPTool Blog
• Hosted at UCLA
• Highlight news, events and services at your
university related to research and data
• Blog posts will appear in the DMPTool via RSS
• Blog pages can highlight different
organizations within your university
• http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/dmptool
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

25. Project participants
• CDL/UC3: • Smithsonian • Univ of Illinois:
– Trisha Cruse Institution: – Michael Grady
– Perry Willett – Günter Waibel – Howard Ding
– Marisa Strong – Sarah Shreeves
– Tracy Seneca
• UCLA:
– Scott Fisher – Todd Grappone • Univ of Virginia:
– Stephen Abrams – Gary Thompson – Andrew Sallans
– Mark Reyes – Darrow Cole – Sherry Lake
– Margaret Low • UCSD: – Carla Lee
• DataONE: – Brad Westbrook • Digital Curation
– Amber Budden Centre:
– Martin Donnelly
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

26. Future Development
• Communication
– Press release (today!)
– Postcards
• Presentations at conferences:
– Digital Library Federation Fall Forum, Nov 1 (that’s now)
– Int’l Digital Curation Conference, Dec 6 (Bristol, UK)
– CNI Fall Membership meeting Dec 12-13 (Arlington VA)
• Additional US funding agencies (NIH, others)
• Additional development
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

27. Summary: How you can participate
• Communication
• Shibboleth login: Make it easy for researchers to
login
• Funder Templates: Customize the DMPTool to
highlight resources and services at your university
• DMPTool Blog: Write blogposts about news and
events related to research data on your campus
• Development, resources
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011

28. Questions?
• Contact us at uc3@ucop.edu to participate
• Important links:
– Info on Shibboleth login:
https://dmp.cdlib.org/help/dmp_shibboleth
– Funder Templates:
https://bitbucket.org/dmptool/main/wiki/Documentation
– DMPTool Blog:
http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/dmptool
http://dmp.cdlib.org Nov 1, 2011