DMP support in the Centre for Children and Youth

John Horton & Sarah Jones

Outline

1. Helping John to write a DMP

2. Abstracting out lessons / guidance

3. Options to provide further support

John’s DMP

• Data management workshop flagged DMP Online

• Used DMP Online to write draft plan

• Data clinic to get feedback on plan

Feedback on DMP Online• I found the guidance button for each question particularly

valuable - useful in checking that I understood the question and reassuring me that I was on the right track with my answers.

• At the outset, it would have been useful to have a single list of all the questions to be answered. I wanted to spend some time thinking about the questions and discussing them with my co-investigators before starting the form.

• I found there was a certain amount of repetition... (which can take you over funders’ page limits)

• In general, I found DMPOnline a very useful and neat tool for preparing a DMP for a submission to ESRC.

Responding to John’s lessons

• Changes planned to DMP Online– Introducing a summary page to download– Changing funder template to avoid duplication

• Developing local guidelines to help others– ESDS guidance on writing plans– Links to support at Northampton– Examples from John’s DMP

Guidance document covers:

A data management plan should include:• assessment of existing data• information on new data• quality assurance of data• back-up and security of data• expected difficulties in data sharing• copyright/Intellectual Property Right• responsibilities• preparation of data for sharing and archiving

Guidelines

• INSERT SCREENGRAB TO ILLUSTRATE

Where next?

• Adding University of Northampton guidance and examples to DMP Online?

• Running more courses & data clinics?

• Local support & mentoring in Schools?

• What else do you need?

Thanks - any questions?