Additional Resources
Open Science in Transportation: Challenges and Opportunities in a COVID-19 Era, National Transportation Library, TRB Annual Meeting presentation, January 2021.
NCHRP Research Report 936: Guide to Ensuring Access to the Publications and Data of Federally Funded Transportation Research, NCHRP, 2020.
This report is a guide to help state DOT research programs and others comply with U.S. DOT requirements for the publication and communication of scientific knowledge. The report is centered on issues of data management and open data access.
USGS Data Management Training Modules
These six interactive modules from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are designed to help researchers, data stewards, managers and the public gain an understanding of the value of data management in science and provide best practices to perform good data management within their organization.
Module Topics:
- Value of Data Management, 2013.
Recording | Slides [PDF]
- Science Data Lifecycle, 2015.
Recording | Slides [PDF]
- Planning for Data Management, 2013.
Recording | Slides [PDF]
- Planning for Data Management: Part 2, 2015.
Recording | Slides [PDF]
Using the DMPTool to create data management plans.
- Best Practices for Preparing Science Data to Share, 2013.
Recording | Slides [PDF]
- Metadata for Research Data, 2015.
Recording | Slides [PDF]