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DMPTool Service Update: February 2013

March 20, 2013 Author: Perry WillettCategories:

 

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Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities

  • We held two project meetings in February to discuss the grants we received from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and IMLS. A blogpost at the DMPTool blog describes the meetings, and links to reports and other information:
    (https://blogs.library.ucla.edu/dmptool/2013/03/07/kickoff-meetings-for-newly-funded-dmptool-projects/).
  • DMTool has set up Facebook and Twitter accounts; consider following to stay informed. Facebook: (http://on.fb.me/YLvVD0) and Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDMPTool.
  • On Thursday February 28 at 1:29 PM (PT), there was a general UCOP (UC Office of the President) network outage which impacted connectivity for CDL operations and services including the DMPTool. At 2:33 PM, we received word from the UCOP systems office that the UCOP network was coming back online. A second interruption occurred around 3 PM, although that outage was resolved within a few minutes.This outage did not have any effect on data management plans already created. Please contact us at uc3@ucop.edu with any questions or concerns about this network outage.

Contributing Organizations

There are now more than 80 partner institutions that have either configured their campus single-signon or customized the DMPTool for their users. There are participating organizations in 34 states and the District of Columbia; California leads all states with 18 participating organizations. A map of all participating organizations is available here: http://bit.ly/L85sKj.

DMPTool Service Description

The Data Management Plan Tool (DMPTool) provides an easy to use interface that:

  • Helps users create ready-to-use data management plans for specific funding agencies
  • Meets funder requirements for data management plans
  • Provides step-by-step instructions and guidance for how to manage data
  • Provides information about resources and services available at your institution to help fulfill the data management requirements of your grant

DMPTool Service Managers

  • Perry Willett perry.willett@ucop.edu
  • Carly Strasser carly.strasser@ucop.edu

Please send any questions or general correspondence to uc3@ucop.edu. Note that campus library contacts have been embedded in the DMPTool and campus users will be directed to a local library contact.

DMPTool Training Materials, Guides, FAQs and Webinars

Help Guide: (https://dmp.cdlib.org/help/guide)

Service Monitoring and Availability

Check CDL’s system status page at http://www.cdlib.org/contact/system.html.