Using the to meet internal data management needs: Lessons from the Smithsonian

Stephanie Simms | @stephrsimms25 February 2016

• Journals – PLOS, Nature• Funders – NSF, NIH, DOE, NASA, etc.• Institutions – SI

Data management & sharing mandates

dmptool.org

Smithsonian Institution Dashboard

http://dashboard.si.edu/

Bee All You Can Bee NMNH Entomology

https://dpo.si.edu/blog/bee-all-you-can-bee

Data management at SI1. DAMPs for each museum/unit2. DAMPs for intra- and extramural

projects3. DMPs for grant-funded research

projects through Office of Sponsored Research

Additional requirements• Institutional hierarchy• Formatting templates and DMP

content• Data mining

Lessons• Living documents• Assessment potential• APIs!• Locales = fluid