5 Conclusion and Further Reading

The goal of this primer was to provide a concise overview of the NIH’s Data Management and Sharing Policy, and offer general guidance on resources that will help you to fulfill Policy requirements. However, it is important to emphasize that every project is unique, and if you have specific questions about how to navigate the DMSP in the context of your own work, we encourage you to contact CRDDS for a consultation. CRDDS staff are available at regularly scheduled consult hours during the academic year (see the CRDDS Events Page for more information), and by appointment (please email crdds@colorado.edu).

In addition to consultations, CRDDS regularly provides workshops and educational offerings related to data management (including workshops on some of the tools and best practices mentioned above), which you can also find on the CRDDS Events page.

5.1 References

The following resources and references were mentioned earlier; they are reprinted below.

Basic Policy Guidelines

• NIH’s new Data Management and Sharing Policy (DMSP) Overview
  • NIH Data Management Planning
  • NIH Data Management Best Practices
  • NIH Data Sharing and Archiving Expectations

Data Storage

• OIT Guide to data storage at CU Boulder
  • CU Boulder PetaLibrary
  • Large File Transfer
• Back-ups and the 3-2-1 Rule

Data Management Best Practices

• Documentation and Metadata
  • Basic metadata guidance
  • Standards based metadata
  • Readme-style metadata
  • CU Scholar Readme Template
• File Management Best Practices

Data Management Tools and Resources

• Command line tutorial
• Git and GitHub tutorial
• Open Science Framework

Data Repositories and Publishing

• FAIR Data Principles
• Catalog of repositories provided by NIH
• CU Scholar
  • CU Scholar submission guidelines
  • CU Scholar data set policy (scroll to bottom)
  • Sample CU Scholar Dataset 1
  • Sample CU Scholar Dataset 2
• Data Publishing and Privacy for Human Subjects
  • UK Anonymization Network
  • ICPSR Restricted Use Data Policy

5.2 Additional resources and further reading

The resources below were not previously mentioned in the primer, but are worth consulting if you are looking for additional guidance or context.

• As you navigate the NIH DMS Plan requirements, this glossary of relevant terms can come in handy.
• This Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving is written for a social science audience, but presents data management fundamentals that are of broader interest, and which are relevant to the NIH DMSP.