Exploring Freely Available Data Tools to Support Open Data and Open Science

ABSTRACT

Librarians support researchers by promoting open science and open data practices. This article explores five freely available tools that support and facilitate open science practices. Open Science Framework provides a platform for project management, data sharing, and data storage. OpenRefine cleans and formats data. DMPTool has templates for data management and sharing plans that comply with funder mandates. The NIH Common Data Elements is a repository for standardized data elements, and finally, the NLM Scrubber is a tool for de-identifying clinical text data. Information professionals can add these tools to their repertoire and share them with researchers at their institution.

KEYWORDS:

• Data management
• open data
• open science

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), under Cooperative Agreement UG4L013724, UG4L013736, and UG4LM012345. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.