126 · Representative Documents: Data Management Plan Tools
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Indiana University Guidance on NSF Data Management Plans
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/secure/defiles/NSF_DMP_Boilerplate_IUB-IUPUI_Fall_2012.doc
[If sensitive or personally-identifiable information is used, include this instead:]
Results, data, and collections will be made available to other researchers in a timely basis with
[EXAMPLE] limitations. Sensitive and confidential data collected will be treated following [HIPAA/IRB]
regulations, and an added layer of security will be implemented using [STRATEGIES SUCH AS DATA
ENCRYPTION, RESTRICTED ACCESS, OR THE SEPARATION OF IDENTIFIABLE DATA]. Under the
terms of the Creative Commons Zero Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), users may share, create, and/or adapt
data/databases made freely available. 2
Data Archiving and Preservation
To increase access to the published research that has been funded, the research collaborators will
deposit peer-reviewed or pre-print manuscripts (with linked supporting data where possible) in the
[IUScholarWorks/IUPUIScholarWorks] 3 institutional repository. Other works, including presentations and
white papers, will also be made accessible via the [IUScholarWorks/IUPUIScholarWorks] institutional
repository.
Digital data will be stored using the Indiana University Scholarly Data Archive (SDA
https://pti.iu.edu/storage/sda), a distributed storage service that is centrally supported across mirrored
tape silos in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Data stored on the SDA that will be made freely available will
be archived in the [IUScholarWorks/IUPUIDataWorks] repository, which will provide a user-friendly
interface for the organization, context, and discoverability of data. This combination of
[IUScholarWorks/IUPUIDataWorks] and the SDA provides mirroring, redundancy, media migration,
access control, file integrity validation, embargoes, and other security-based services that ensure the data
are appropriately archived for the life of the project and beyond the project if necessary.
3. Resources
NSF funds a wide range of research. Some directorates and programs have provided specific guidance,
which can be found at Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results [2]. In the absence of specific
guidance, the Award &Administration Guide (AAG) Chapter VI.D.4 [1] applies.
Data management plan examples spanning a range of disciplines are available from the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research [6]. Additionally, a Data Planning Checklist [7] can be helpful
in preparation.
For more help: Skilled Librarians and grant writers are available to assist you in developing a data
management plan, identifying appropriate data and metadata standards, finding resources on developing
policies for sharing and reuse of data, locating community- or discipline-based data repositories, and
finding resources on data management and preservation. To arrange a consultation to meet your needs,
contact the data services program for your campus 4 :
2 If you wish to retain attribution rights so that anyone who uses your data must credit you as the creator,
IU recommends you apply the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/) to your data instead of CC0. In your plan, replace the noted
sentence with the following: “Under the terms of the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/), users may share, create, and/or adapt these data/databases
with proper attribution.”
3 IUPUIDataWorks is the data repository for the IUPUI campus. All other IU campuses should use
IUScholarWorks as their institutional repository of choice.
4 A list of regional campus research data specialists can be found on the IUScholarWorks Data
Management Service website.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Indiana University Guidance on NSF Data Management Plans
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/secure/defiles/NSF_DMP_Boilerplate_IUB-IUPUI_Fall_2012.doc
[If sensitive or personally-identifiable information is used, include this instead:]
Results, data, and collections will be made available to other researchers in a timely basis with
[EXAMPLE] limitations. Sensitive and confidential data collected will be treated following [HIPAA/IRB]
regulations, and an added layer of security will be implemented using [STRATEGIES SUCH AS DATA
ENCRYPTION, RESTRICTED ACCESS, OR THE SEPARATION OF IDENTIFIABLE DATA]. Under the
terms of the Creative Commons Zero Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), users may share, create, and/or adapt
data/databases made freely available. 2
Data Archiving and Preservation
To increase access to the published research that has been funded, the research collaborators will
deposit peer-reviewed or pre-print manuscripts (with linked supporting data where possible) in the
[IUScholarWorks/IUPUIScholarWorks] 3 institutional repository. Other works, including presentations and
white papers, will also be made accessible via the [IUScholarWorks/IUPUIScholarWorks] institutional
repository.
Digital data will be stored using the Indiana University Scholarly Data Archive (SDA
https://pti.iu.edu/storage/sda), a distributed storage service that is centrally supported across mirrored
tape silos in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Data stored on the SDA that will be made freely available will
be archived in the [IUScholarWorks/IUPUIDataWorks] repository, which will provide a user-friendly
interface for the organization, context, and discoverability of data. This combination of
[IUScholarWorks/IUPUIDataWorks] and the SDA provides mirroring, redundancy, media migration,
access control, file integrity validation, embargoes, and other security-based services that ensure the data
are appropriately archived for the life of the project and beyond the project if necessary.
3. Resources
NSF funds a wide range of research. Some directorates and programs have provided specific guidance,
which can be found at Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results [2]. In the absence of specific
guidance, the Award &Administration Guide (AAG) Chapter VI.D.4 [1] applies.
Data management plan examples spanning a range of disciplines are available from the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research [6]. Additionally, a Data Planning Checklist [7] can be helpful
in preparation.
For more help: Skilled Librarians and grant writers are available to assist you in developing a data
management plan, identifying appropriate data and metadata standards, finding resources on developing
policies for sharing and reuse of data, locating community- or discipline-based data repositories, and
finding resources on data management and preservation. To arrange a consultation to meet your needs,
contact the data services program for your campus 4 :
2 If you wish to retain attribution rights so that anyone who uses your data must credit you as the creator,
IU recommends you apply the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/) to your data instead of CC0. In your plan, replace the noted
sentence with the following: “Under the terms of the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/), users may share, create, and/or adapt these data/databases
with proper attribution.”
3 IUPUIDataWorks is the data repository for the IUPUI campus. All other IU campuses should use
IUScholarWorks as their institutional repository of choice.
4 A list of regional campus research data specialists can be found on the IUScholarWorks Data
Management Service website.
