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Purpose of the toolkit
The toolkit provides guidance to help researchers develop a data management plan (DMP), explaining how data generated or collected on a federally funded project will be described, shared, and preserved for ongoing access.
The toolkit is divided into the following three conceptual sections, navigable at left, with additional sections dedicated to NIH and NSF guidance.
- Describing data - explains how to identify, describe, and label the data to be collected or generated.
- Access - outlines considerations for sharing and distributing data
- Reuse, archiving, and preservation - addresses long-term plans for reusing/redistributing, archiving, storing and preserving your data.
The toolkit also includes videos that get to the heart of why we should manage our research data.
Get your quick questions answered below.
Need a repository service to help you manage your data?
Check out these services at Penn State and beyond
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ScholarSpherePenn State's institutional repository. Collects the scholarly output, including data sets, produced by Penn State researchers (faculty, students, and staff), preserving research for ongoing access.
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DataCommonsDisciplinary data repository at Penn State to which researchers may submit data for dissemination and compliance purposes.
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re3data.orgIndex of data repositories you can search to see if there's an appropriate disciplinary repository for your research data.
Need guidance on writing your DMP?
Consult these local and national resources on DMPs
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Research Data Management Services at Penn StateUniversity Libraries-based, consultative support for research data management, offered by librarians in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, Social Sciences Library, and Publishing and Curation Services department.
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DMPToolThis tool has templates adhering to U.S. funding agency DMP requirements. Steps you through each section of a DMP and generates a plan at the end. Get your plan reviewed by a member of the Research Data Management team.
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Penn State DMP Boilerplate LanguageOffers language to integrate, as relevant, into your DMP. If used, consult the Libraries' Research Data Management Team, so that we're aware and can begin assisting you with managing your project's data.
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Penn State Data Management Planning GuidanceProvides a good understanding of data management planning in the context of Penn State's research administration policies and guidelines.
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Penn State Data Management Plan TutorialInstructs on what goes into a data management plan. Features short videos of Penn State faculty offering a variety of perspectives of data sharing, preservation, and access.
Need information on storage options at Penn State?
Current possibilities for storage at the University
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Box ServiceOffers unlimited storage. Protected health information now allowed.
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TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)Fee-based service at Penn State, for file backup and archiving for disk drives of any workstation or personal computer connected to the Internet.