Poster for IDCC 2014 in San Francisco. Describes DMPTool version 2, plus project funded by IMLS to support libraries in using the DMPTool.

1. Improving Data Stewardship with the DMPTool:
Helping Libraries Promote Data Management
Dan Phipps & Carly Strasser | daniel.phipps@ucop.edu | carly.strasser@ucop.edu
In brief: We received funds from the IMLS
to build resources around the DMPTool for
librarians. We want to equip librarians to
provide data management services for their
institution’s researchers and other
stakeholders
What is the DMPTool?
Free step-­‐by-­‐step web application for creating
data management plans for funders
Log in with
institutional
credentials
Funder guidance
Project Goals:
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Centralize existing resources
Provide outreach materials around the
DMPTool
Build a community of sharing ideas &
resources
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Long-­‐standing tradition of service &
preservation
Opportunity to fill data education void,
provide valuable research support
For plan creators:
General &
institution-­‐
specific resources
• Promotional
materials
• Presentation
templates
• Webinar series
• Outreach kit
• Blog posts
• Community
• Collaborative plan creation
• Role-­‐based user authorization & access
• Better plan templates & resources
Plus…
• Institutional branding
• Open API
Suggested answers
& help text
Space to answer questions
Deliverables
• Resource Library
For administrators:
• Better plan template granularity (discipline,
funder, question)
• Better institution granularity (department,
college, lab group, …)
• Role-­‐based user authorization & access
Sample plans
Why librarians?
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Coming soon: DMPTool2
Founding partners: DataONE; Digital Curation Centre; Smithsonian
Institution; UC Curation Center, California Digital Library; UCLA
Library; UC San Diego Libraries; University of Illinois; University of
Virginia Libraries
This content is licensed
under CC-­‐BY-­‐3.0
Learn more at dmptool.org
Blog: blog.dmptool.org
@TheDMPTool
Funding: