Research Data Services from the ASU Libraries

Mary WhelanGIS Data Manager

Data Management Support

• Research data management is a new area of Libraries services

• Libraries becoming increasing involved via librarians, technical staff

• Grant funding agencies require Data Management Plans

• Developing tools, digital repository, on-line information resources, staff expertise

Libraries Research Data Team

• Subject Librarians (Rene Tanner)• Digital Repository Staff (Mimmo Bonanni,

Matthew Cordial, Mary Whelan)• Scholarly Communications (Anali Perry)• Philip Konomos and Jeanne Davidson (senior

library managers)

Data Workshop Discussion Topics: • Data Sharing (how and why)• Documentation (metadata)• Data Formats (best practices)• Storage, back-up and security (options, costs)• Sensitive information, confidentiality• Copyright• Repository options (costs)• Might be especially good for grad students

Three points of engagement

• Grant proposal - Data Management Plan

• Active research phase

• End of project data archiving

Grant ProposalDMP

Research Data Life Cycle

DMP Tool

• Developed by the University of California Curation Center (UC3) and partners

• Designed to allow you to step through the NSF DMP questions and write answers

• Provides boiler-plate text • http://dmp.cdlib.org/

ASU Digital Repository

• Designed to hold ASU creative and scholarly content

• Text, data, images, audio files, video files• Indexed by Google and other search engines• Long-term curation and preservation• http://dmp.cdlib.org/

Questions?

• Encourage you to contact Mimmo or Mary for additional information or help