eScience Resources
Resources and tools to help with your eScience initiatives
eScience Portal for New England Librarians
A collaborative project devoted to educating science and medical librarians on e-Science, the portal was initiated at the University of Massachusetts Medical School through funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu/index
Journal of eScience Librarianship
An open access, peer-reviewed journal that advances the theory and practice of librarianship with a special focus on services related to data-driven research in the physical, biological, and medical sciences. http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/
National Institute of Health Data Sharing Guidance
Provides the National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy statement on data sharing and additional information on the implementation of this policy. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_guidance.htm
National Science Foundation Data Sharing Policies
The NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of researh results. http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp
Clinical and Translational Research Support
The Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
The CCTS is one of 61 centers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) and is a member of the Texas CTSA Consortium. The CCTS provides research support for faculty, trainees, and staff of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTSHC-H) and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Many of their services are free, others are offered at cost. http://ccts.uth.tmc.edu/
Data Management Tools
California Digital Library DMP Information
The University of California Curation Center's (UC3) guide to developing data managment plans (DMPs), including information on using DMPTool (see below.) http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/dmp/index.html
DMP Online
Data Managment Planning tool developed by the Digital Curation Centre to enable you to build and edit DMPs according to the requirements stipulated by the major UK funders. https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/
DMPTool
A group of major research institutions has partnered to create a flexible online tool to help researchers generate data management plans. This effort is in direct response to demands from funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that researchers plan for managing their research data. https://dmp.cdlib.org/about/dmp_about
University of Houston Data Management Toolkit
This guide will provide information about creating DMPs as well as groups and services on campus that can assist with your data management needs. Please contact Michele Reilly, UH Head of Digital Service at mreilly@uh.edu, if you need help with Data Management Best Practices, Metadata Schema Generation, Data Curation / Archiving Workflow, and Data Sharing Resources. http://info.lib.uh.edu/services/data-management-support