Data Management

A short guide intended for researchers who want to know why it is important to "care for and feed" data, with some practical advice on how to do that.

A small team of librarians built an online tool using a Drupal module.

Since the National Science Foundation joined the National Institutes of Health in requiring that grant proposals include a data management plan, academic librarians have been inundated with related requests from faculty and campus-based grant consulting offices.

Some research libraries have been proactive in taking on the new role of supporting the research data management needs of researchers and the university, whereas others have been assigned this role without having sought it.

Academic libraries are increasingly expected to play a role in data curation, supporting the requirements of both the university and its researchers.