We just added two new funder templates in response to user requests. Both the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) have required a data management plan with grant proposals since 2015, but for various … Continue reading →
Category: News
Maintenance and bugs
We just announced a maintenance window for Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 3:00–4:00pm (PST). We’ll be updating some support scripts related to last month’s migration to AWS that help ensure the stability of the system. Following the maintenance, these bug fixes will also … Continue reading →
Roadmaps galore
Data management planning is moving and shaking at all scales—local, national, international—these days. We had excellent conversations at IDCC about coordinating responses to proliferating data policies and sharing experiences across borders and disciplines. All of the slides and materials from the … Continue reading →
DMPTool temporarily unavailable
Hello DMPTool community, We just received a message from the central UCOP IT service desk that all of our UCOP web services are “experiencing performance issues,” both internally and externally. The issue began on 3/1/16 at 1:45pm and appears to … Continue reading →
DMPs are going global
…well international at least, with global aspirations. The US-based DMPTool and UK-based DMPonline have collaborated from the beginning to provide data management planning services and training on our respective sides of the pond. As more and more funders, institutions, and … Continue reading →
DMPTool maintenance and a roadmap
First things first, we want to inform you about upcoming maintenance. The DMPTool will be unavailable on Wednesday Feb 3, 2016 5:00 – 6:00pm (PDT) while we migrate the database to AWS. The application will also be moving to the cloud so you … Continue reading →
New NSF-BIO template
On October 1, 2015, the NSF Directorate of Biological Sciences issued Updated Information about the Data Management Plan Required for Full Proposals. Changes to the guidelines include some reorganization and clarification of the components of the DMP. There is a … Continue reading →
New DOE “Generic” template
We’ve added a drop-down list for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and created a new “Generic” template. The existing “DOE: Office of Science” template remains the same. These template changes come in response to the recent release of the … Continue reading →
New template: NIH Genomic Data Sharing
The National Institutes of Health issued new Guidance for Investigators in Developing Genomic Data Sharing Plans along with some helpful sample plans (dated July 14, 2015). The DMPTool team has been monitoring the responses to the OSTP memo by federal agencies, but this alert came … Continue reading →
Tracking Digital Collections at the Library of Congress, from Donor to Repository
When Kathleen O’Neill talks about digital collections, she slips effortlessly into the info-tech language that software engineers, librarians, archivists and other information technology professionals use to communicate with each other. O’Neill, a senior archives specialist in the Library of Congress’s Manuscript Division, speaks with authority about topics such as file signatures, hex editors and checksums even […]