Data Management Web Site References

Overview of Data Management

Overview of Data Management > Why Manage Your Data

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Overview of Data Management > Data Lifecycle Overview

• Scientific Data Life Cycle Model for the USGS. 2012. Community for Data Integration (CDI) - Data Management Working Group.
• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Overview of Data Management > Value of Data Management

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.
• "Five New Paradigms for Science and an Introduction to DataONE" [PDF].

Plan

Plan > Data Management Plans

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.
• University of Oxford Research Data Management. Data Management Planning Checklist. Accessed October 31, 2012.
• University of Minnesota Libraries. Data Management 101 Planning Checklist [PDF]
• UK Data Archive. Data Management Checklist
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving. [PDF] Accessed October 30, 2012.
• UK Data Archive. Create & Manage Data, Planning for Sharing. Accessed October 30, 2012.

Plan > Organize Files and Data

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving. [PDF] Accessed October 30, 2012.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Data Services. File Naming and Versioning. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• TechRepublic.com. Five tips for avoiding data entry errors in Excel. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• UK Data Archive. Create & Manage Data, Formatting Your Data. Accessed October 30, 2012.

Plan > Data Standards

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Plan > Data & File Formats

• UK Data Archive - Formatting your data. Accessed July 13, 2012.
• MIT Libraries - File Formats for Long-Term Access. Accessed July 16, 2012.
• Australian National Data Service. File Formats. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• Australian National Data Service. File Formats - Working Level. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Data Services. Sustainable Data Formats. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• National Archives. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Digital Audio and Video Records. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• National Archives. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Selecting Sustainable Formats for Electronic Records. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• UK Data Archive. Create & Manage Data, Formatting Your Data. Accessed October 30, 2012.

Plan > Data Templates

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving [PDF]. Accessed October 30, 2012.

Plan > Data Stewardship: Roles and Responsibilities

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Acquire

Acquire > Methods

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Acquire > Data Acquisition Security Requirements

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Acquire > Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Acquire > Data Sharing Agreements

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Preserve

Preserve > Disposition

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Preserve > Persistent DOIs

• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.
• What is a Digital Object Identifier (DOI)? Data Cite. Accessed July 9, 2012.
• The DOI System. International DOI Foundation. Accessed July 9, 2012.
• Hakala, J. Persistent identifiers - an overview. Accessed June 11, 2012.

Preserve > Repositories

• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.

Publish / Share

Publish/Share > Why Share Your Data?

• J. Niu,  Reward and Punishment Mechanisms for Research Data Sharing. IASSIST Quarterly, Winter (2006).
• H.A. Piwowar, M.J. Becich, H. Bilofsky, R.S. Crowley, Towards a Data Sharing Culture: Recommendations for Leadership from Academic Health Centers. PLoS Med. 5(9), e183 (2008), doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050183.

Publish/Share > Sensitive Data

• Chapman, A. D. and O. Grafton. 2008. Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species-Occurrence Data, version 1.0. Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 27 pp. ISBN: 87-92020-06-2
• A. Green, S. Macdonald, R. Rice. 2009. Policy-making for Research Data in Repositories: A Guide [PDF]. Disk UK Data Share Project. Accessed July 12, 2012.
• Data Release Use Case Team. USGS Confluence.

Describe / Metadata

Describe / Metadata > Metadata

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.

Describe / Metadata > Data Citation

• Ball, A. & Duke, M. (2011). How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications. DCC How-to Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre.
• ESIP Federation Interagency Data Stewardship/Citations/Provider Guidelines. Accessed June 11, 2012.
• DataCite - International Data Citation. (2011). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data [PDF]. Version 2.2. Accessed June 11, 2012
• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.
• Hakala, J. Persistent identifiers - an overview. Accessed June 11, 2012.

Describe / Metadata > Access Controls and Copyrights

• Chatfield, T., Selbach, R. February, 2011. Data Management for Data Stewards. Data Management Training Workshop. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
• USGS. USGS Manual. SM 1100.6 - Use of Copyrighted Material in USGS Information Products. Accessed on July 16, 2012.
• USGS. USGS Manual. 318.1 - Freedom of Information Act. Accessed on July 16, 2012.
• USGS. USGS Manual. 319.1 - Privacy Act Program. Accessed on July 16, 2012.
• USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Information Quality Guidelines. Accessed on July 16, 2012.

Describe / Metadata > Data Dictionaries and Thesauri

• DOI. 2008. Data Quality Management Guide [.doc file]. Accessed July 12, 2012.
• USGS Core Science Analytics and Synthesis - Biocomplexity Thesaurus. Accessed July 12, 2012.
• Northwest Environmental Data-Network. Best Practices for Data Dictionary Definitions and Usage [PDF]. Accessed July 12, 2012.
• Craven, T. University of Western Ontario. Thesaurus Construction: Welcome to the Introductory Tutorial on Thesaurus Construction

Manage Quality

Manage Quality

• DataONE education modules. Accessed June 13, 2012.
• D. Edwards, in Ecological Data: Design, Management and Processing, WK Michener and JW Brunt, Eds. (Blackwell, New York, 2000), pp. 70-91.
• R. B. Cook, R. J. Olson, P. Kanciruk, L. A. Hook, Best practices for preparing ecological datasets to share and archive. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 82, 138-141 (2001).
• A. D. Chapman, "Principles of Data Quality: Report for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility" (Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, 2004).

Back Up & Secure

Back Up & Secure

• DataONE education modules Accessed June 13, 2012.
• UK Data Archive. 2011. Managing and Sharing Data: Best Practice for Researchers [PDF]. Accessed July 11, 2012.
• USGS Bureau Windows Technical Support Security. [Internal Access Only] Accessed July 11, 2012.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Data Services. Data Storage and Backup. Accessed October 30, 2012.
• UK Data Archive. Create & Manage Data, Storing Your Data. Accessed October 30, 2012.