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DMPTool2: Improvements and Outreach

Sherry Lake University of VirginiaSarah Shreeves University of IllinoisMarisa Strong California Digital LibraryPerry Willett California Digital Library

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DMPTool 1: a recap• Developed in response to NSF requirements• Partnership of CDL, UVA, UIUC, UCSD, UCLA,

Smithsonian, DataONE• Released in Oct 2011• 100+ participating institutions• 6,000+ users from 800+ institutions have

created 5,000+ plans

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DMPTool 1

• Built for researchers• No functionality for

editors or admins

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https://dmp.cdlib.org

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So, DMPTool 2

• Funded by – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation– Institute for Museum and Library

Services• Project partners• Improvements for researchers and

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Granular modeling of plan templates

Granular modeling of institutions

Role-based user authorization

DMP life cycle management

Organizational planning activities

Enhanced search and browse

Institutional branding

Search and reporting for

business intelligence

Advanced administrative

interface

Collaborative plan creation Open API

Improvements in 2014

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DMPs and Templates• DMP: content of the data management plan• DMP Template: empty scaffolding of a DMP: – the questions to be answered– guidance text– suggested answers– links to other resources.

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Luigi Chiesa, via Wikimedia Commons

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Improvements for plan creators

Users will be able to:• Copy existing plans into new plans• Work collaboratively with colleagues• Request a review of their plans• Share their plans within their

institutions• Provide public access to their plans

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Improvements for Administrators

• Institutional hierarchies available• Several new admin roles • Enhanced search and browse of

plans• Review of plans can be mandatory

or optional

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New roles for administrators

• DMP Template editor• Resource editor• Institutional reviewer• Institutional administrator

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Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons

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DMP Templates editor• Create, copy and/or edit templates• Institutions can implement

requirements for their own researchers

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Some rights reserved by gusset, via Flickr

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Resource editor

These are all institutional resources:

• Help text• Suggested or example

answers• Links to resources

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Self, via Wikimedia Commons

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Institutional reviewer• Institutions can also allow

their researchers to request informal reviews of their plans

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Institutional administrator

• Enhanced search and browse of plans from their institution

• Can add people to other roles:– Resource editor– DMP Templates editor– Institutional reviewer

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New functionality: other

• APIs• Institutional hierarchies• Search and browse of

public plans

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Some rights restricted, by cogdogblog, via Flickr

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Outreach & Communication• Bitbucket wiki

https://bitbucket.org/dmptool/main/• Webinar Series

http://blog.dmptool.org/webinar-series/• DMPTool Blog

http://blog.dmptool.org/• Advisory Boards– Researcher– Administrative

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U.S.. National Archives and Records Administration, via Wikimedia Commons

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Research Advisory Board• Review and advise on:– application functionality– DMPTool content– community engagement – overall value from the

perspective of researchers.• Represent plan creators

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, via Wikimedia Commons

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Administrative Advisory Board• Review and advise on:– overall value of the tool from

the perspective of administrative users– application functionality– DMPTool content– community engagement

• Represent institutional administrators and users

Painting of the Royal Institution of Great Britain , via Wikimedia Commons

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Release

• Release to admins: Jan 2014• Release to public: Feb 2014• New URL: http://dmptool.org• All current customizations and

plans will be migrated• DMPTool “Classic” will continue

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Jorge Barrios, via Wikimedia Commons

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Discussion (1 of 3)• What features (new or old) do you best like

about the tool?• Is there anything you want to see or removed

from the tool?• What is the most important feature/advice for

the DMPTool2 project you would want to be considered?

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Discussion (2 of 3)• How would you upload an image for your

institution?• Is there anything else you want want to

customize for your institution?• How else would you promote the DMPTool?

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Discussion (3 of 3)

• Is it clear how each new role is managed & used in DMPTool2?

• How many would implement Institutional DMP requirements?

• What roles or functions are absent from DMPTool2?

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