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h1. Handbooks and guides for data management
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h2. Data Management Plan and policies
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DCC's "Develop a Data Management and Sharing Plan":http://www.dcc.ac.uk/webfm_send/486
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"DMPOnline":https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/ : useful for projects, less so to create an institutional data management plan.
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DCC's "Policy tools and guidance":http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/policy-tools-and-guidance
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h2. Data Asset Framework
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The Data Asset Framework (formerly the Data Audit Framework) provides organisations with the means to identify, locate, describe and assess how they are managing their research data assets.
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We will further investigate how this framework can help us in the task of defining the research data management strategy for C4DM.
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"Digital Asset Framework Methodology":https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/207/DataAssetFramework_Methodology.pdf
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"Digital Asset Framework Guide":https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/206/DataAssetFramework_Guide.pdf
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They also have an interesting on-line tool that is meant to help planning and conducting of data curation projects:
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"DAF on-line tool":http://www.data-audit.eu/tool2/
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h2. "Edinburgh University Data Library":http://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/ -  Research Data Management Handbook
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A short but comprehensive guide on how to prepare a research data management plan. "Download":http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/data-library/EUDL_RDM_Handbook.pdf
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h2. "UK Data Archive":http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
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Guide to managing and sharing research data, on the lines of the Edinburgh's handbook "Download":http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/media/2894/managingsharing.pdf
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h2. "DCC Digital Curation Center":http://www.dcc.ac.uk/, Digital Curation Manual
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A more comprehensive guide to digital curation. Less practical, more theoretical and focused mainly on libraries. Divided in several chapters, some of interest. "Download":http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-reference-manual
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h2. Creating an institutional repository: LEADIRS Workbook
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A guide on how to create an institutional repository by MIT Libraries, includes a chapter about technologies (see DAM section in this wiki). "Download":http://www.dspace.org/images/stories/leadirs.pdf
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h2. JISCInfonet Digital Repositories infokit
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Another practical guide on how to plan a digital content repository. "Download":http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/repositories/digital-repositories-infokit.pdf
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h2. How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications (from DCC)
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A "guide":http://www.dcc.ac.uk/webfm_send/52 on how to cite datasets in publications. It is interesting as a guide regarding what metadata are required when citing (and thus required in a repository). The last part of the document is dedicated specifically to data management system administrators. It provides some interesting insights on versioning.
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h2. Policies:
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"Repository policies toolkit":http://www.opendoar.org/tools/en/policies.php
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"DCC list of resources for creating policies":http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/policy-tools-and-guidance
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h2. Understanding metadata
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Excellent introduction to metadata concepts and definitions. "Download":http://www.niso.org/publications/press/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf