LibGuides: Data Management: Home

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It may be required by the terms of your grant.

Your content may have future uses that you haven't even thought of yet.

Describe the types, formats, and metadata (descriptive information) of the content;
Outline roles and responsibilities for the maintenance of the content;
Detail the planned methods for data storage and preservation;
Address access, sharing, and privacy concerns.

In a widely-readable format (e.g., .xlsx is good, .csv is better)
Stored in multiple locations (LOCKSS-- Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe)
Understandable to someone from outside of the original research team (have a Readme or Click Me file that explains how to understand the data)

Data Management Planning Tool
DMPTool is free! It has "a click-through wizard for creating a DMP that complies with funder requirements. It also has direct links to funder websites, help text for answering questions, and resources for best practices surrounding data management."
Data Management Guide from the Colby College Libraries
Far more robust than our own starter guide, this DMP LibGuide from Colby College has TONS of information about data preservation, finding suitable repository solutions, links to best practices and recommended file formats, and much more.
Digital Curation Centre
While created to help researches in the UK, this site is "completely free to use and aims to provide you with everything you need to evaluate and implement those digital curation techniques most suited to your particular research project."
Registry of Research Data Repositories
Use the Browse feature to zero in on storage solutions suited to your field and your data.

Reeves Memorial Library