All our services are free to UW-Madison faculty, researchers, staff, and graduate students.

Data management plan help

• We can help draft a plan to meet requirements from NSF and other funders.
• We can also review your plan and suggest improvements.

Consultations

• Data workflow and process improvement in your department, research unit, or laboratory.
• File-format and metadata standards that fit your research and your community.
• Digital preservation and archival concepts, to help you avoid losing your work.
• Advice on data sharing and reuse rights, to maximize your influence and credit.
• Database design advice and data modeling suggestions to get the most from your data.

Training and education

• We will train your trainers in data-management best practices.
• We also train you and your lab, customizing our approach to what you want to accomplish.
• We come to research-methods courses to train the next generation of researchers.
• We bring our expertise to your symposium, brown-bag, or meeting.

Referrals

• Storage and backup solutions, on campus and off.
• Data-security experts, particularly in the Office of Campus Information Security.

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