Readings: Week 9

Last updated on Jan 16, 2024 1 min read

Data Management Plans

Objectives and Competencies for this session:

  • Define a DMP and understand the importance of preparing one
  • Identify the key sections of a DMP and how they vary by discipline
  • Understand how to find and use online tools for creating DMPs

Pre-class preparation:

Readings:

  1. Michener, W. K. (2015). Ten simple rules for creating a good data management plan. PLoS computational biology, 11(10), e1004525. [read online] or [download pdf]

  2. Goodman A, et al. (2014) Ten Simple Rules for the Care and Feeding of Scientific Data. PLoS Comput Biol 10(4): e1003542. this paper connects what we’ve done with what’s next [read online] or [download pdf]

  • Videos

“Content of a DMP” by RWTH Aachen University (~12 min).