Register for this DataONE webinar!
Robert Sandusky
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dear Colleagues
Are
you aware that the DMPTool just released a new version? Join us at the DataONE
webinar to learn about the changes in functionality and advances towards
machine actionable DMPs. Stephanie Simms from the DMPTool will be presenting
the webinar and available to answer your DMP questions.
Data Management Plans 2.0: Helping You Manage Your Data presented
by Stephanie Simms from the California Digital Library and
DMPTool.
Tuesday
March 13th
at 0900 Pacific / 1000 Mountain / 1100 Central / 1200 Eastern.
Register at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IgVYndWMTESs4GGo98rDdw
Full information can be found at: https://www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar.
Abstract and bio below.
DataONE webinars are recorded and made available online later the same day.
You can review previous webinars at: https://www.dataone.org/previous-webinars/2017.
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Abstract
Data management plans (DMPs) are becoming commonplace across the globe as a
result of funders requiring them with grant proposals, but they are
not being employed in ways that truly support the research enterprise. The
current manifestation of a DMP—a static document often created before a
project begins—only contributes to the perception that they are a useless
administrative exercise. Conversations about the need for machine-actionable
DMPs (also referenced as “active,” “dynamic,” or “machine-readable” DMPs)
have been brewing for a few years. We still need a human-readable narrative,
but there is now widespread recognition that, underneath, the DMP could
have more thematic, machine-actionable richness with added value for all
stakeholders: researchers, funders, repository managers, research
administrators, data librarians, etc.
The original DMPTool was launched in 2011 and has become a hugely popular
resource among researchers and the research data management community as a
hub of information about DMP requirements for US funders, especially the NSF
and NIH. The webinar will introduce the new (just launched!) version of
the DMPTool that represents a joint development effort with the Digital
Curation Centre in the UK and other international partners. Now with a
single, internationalized DMP infrastructure, our next steps will focus on
piloting machine-actionable DMP use cases. This includes engaging with DataONE
member nodes, the Research Data Alliance, and other community-driven
initiatives. Our collective vision is to transform DMPs into a tool for better
data management by embedding them into existing workflows and exchanging
information between research tools and systems. This project is supported by an
NSF EAGER grant awarded to the California Digital Library (Award no
1745675).
Speaker Bio
Stephanie Simms
Stephanie Simms is a Research Data Specialist at the California Digital Library
and Product Manager for the DMPTool. In both roles she provides the
10 University of California campuses and beyond with technical,
educational, and policy-related support for research data management and open
scholarship initiatives. Her current focus is coordinating global efforts
to transform data management plans from an annoying administrative exercise
into a useful tool for researchers, funders, and other stakeholders by
making them machine actionable.
Prior to joining the CDL, Stephanie was a CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA
where she worked on geospatial data and data publishing projects. Her
own archaeological research experiences involved plenty of challenges with
managing and sharing myriad types of data, both physical and digital, and
inform her current work. She holds a PhD in Archaeology and is a member of
the DataONE Users Group and co-chair of the RDA Active DMPs Interest Group.
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