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FAIR Island Project Receives NSF Funding

Crossposted from the FAIR Island website The California Digital Library (CDL), University of California Gump South Pacific Research Station, Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS), Metadata Game Changers, and DataCite are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a … Continue reading

Call for Submissions to the Inaugural Qualitative Data Management Plan (DMP) Competition

Data Management Plans (DMPs) play an integral role in ensuring that data are collected, organized, stored, and shared responsibly. Qualitative researchers writing such plans frequently ask for examples of excellent DMPs for qualitative research. To respond to this need, and … Continue reading

Interviews on Implementing Effective Data Practices, Part I: Why This Work Matters

Cross-posted from ARL News by Natalie Meyers, Judy Ruttenberg, and Cynthia Hudson-Vitale | October 28, 2020 In preparation for the December 2019 invitational conference, “Implementing Effective Data Practices,” hosted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Association of American Universities … Continue reading

Effective Data Practices: new recommendations to support an open research ecosystem

We are pleased to announce the release of a new report written with our partners at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU): Implementing Effective Data … Continue reading

DMPTool Funder Templates Updated

We are excited to announce the completion of the first project of our newly established DMPTool Editorial board. As of September 2020, the Board has audited 36 funder templates within the DMPTool and updated the templates when necessary to reflect current … Continue reading

Summer 2020 DMPTool Release

We’re very pleased to announce the release of several major new features for the DMPTool! This includes: Integration with the Research Organization Registry (ROR) and Funder Registry (Fundref) The ability to create conditional questions and set email notifications within DMP … Continue reading

The DMPTool needs you!

The DMPTool, which as of February 2020 has supported 44,415 users and 266 participating institutions, currently maintains thirty-eight templates for twenty-two different federal and private funders. It is no secret that funder requirements and subsequent application and data management guidance … Continue reading