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Data Management at CMU

Data 101
Great resource for data utilization by Hannah Gunderman our Research Data Management Consultant.
Research Data Management
The Data Management Services Group (DMSG) is a collaboration among the CMU Libraries, Computing Services, Office of Sponsored Projects, and other stakeholders. The DMSG was initiated in response to mandates from grant funding agencies (e.g. NSF, NIH) that require researchers to incorporate data managment. Also links to data management planning and the DMP Tool which helps you create data managment plans.
Research Data Management Consultant
Hannah Gunderman
+1 412 268 7258

Free Self Paced Courses for Data Management

MANTRA Research Data Management Training
Free online course designed for researchers or others who manage digital data as part of a research project.
Data Management Course (University of Minnesota)
Detailed videos and in-class workshop activities will help you prepare for the specific and long-term needs of managing your research data.

Data Sharing and Management Snafu in 3 Acts

Watch this and you'll understand why there should be a plan and standards for managing and sharing data.

Why Manage Data?

Meet funding body grant requirements.
Ensure research integrity and replication.
Ensure research data and records are accurate, complete, authentic and reliable
Increase your research efficiency
Save time and resources in the long run
Enhance data security and minimize the risk of data loss
Prevent duplication of effort by enabling others to use your data
Comply with practices conducted in industry and commerce

Additional Resources

There are so many resources and guides out there! Just Google "data management plan." Here are a few that were most useful:

Data Road Map
The Network of the National Library of Medicine aims to support data sharing and open science, and foster the development of professionals in data science. This resource supports advancing data science, open science & biomedical informatics through aggregate data resources, programs and services across NNLM.
DATAOne: Primer on Data Management: What you always wanted to know*
Best Practices for Preparing Environmental Data Sets to Share and Archive

EPP Librarians

Julie Chen and Sue Collins

Contact Info
Julie Chen, Librarian
Sorrells Engineering & Science Library, Wean Hall
412-268-6116

Sue Collins, Senior Librarian
Hunt Library
412-268-5019