DataUp is a web application and Excel add-in designed to assist scientists with managing, archiving, and sharing their data effectively. Key features include best practice checks, metadata generation, citation creation, and direct posting to repositories, addressing common challenges such as poor data documentation and a lack of awareness about data preservation. The project also aims to engage developers and build a community around data stewardship best practices.

1. DataUp:
Helping
manage &
archive data
Carly Strasser, PhD
From Flickr by kaniths
California Digital Library
@carlystrasser
AGU 2012

2. Digital data
+
Complex
workflows
From Calisphere via San Jose Public Library

3. The Fallout
Data
Reuse
Data
Sharing
Data
Management

4. Hurdles to
From Flickr by iowa_spirit_walker
Data
Stewardship
Cost
Confusion about standards
Disparate datasets
Lack of training
Fear of lost rights or benefits
No incentives

5. ?
The Fallout
Data
Reuse
Data
Sharing
Data
Management

6. Intercept researchers
where they already work

8. Facilitate
Archiving
Data
management & Data Reuse &
Sharing Reproducibility
organization
Publishing

9. Open Source
Tool Add-in & Web
Application
Earth,
environmental,
?
ecological
researchers

10. Add-in
• Software you download & install
• Appears as “ribbon” in Excel
• Works for Windows Excel 2007+
Web-based application
• Website that does something
with user’s files
• Any platform
• But… new user interface

11. What will
DataUp do?
What do
scientists need?

12. ~200 scientists
• No data preservation
– Unaware of archives
– Resistant to sharing
• Poor data documentation
• 90% use Excel + other programs

13. Requirements
DataUp Features
1. Best practices check
2. Generate metadata
3. Generate identifier +
citation
4. Post data to repository
From Flickr by Thewmatt

14. DataUp Web App

15. Web App: dataup.org

16. Web App: dataup.org

17. Web App: Best Practices Check

18. Web App: Metadata

19. Web App: Citation

20. Web App: Posting to repository

21. DataUp Add-In

22. Add-in: Ribbon

23. Add-in:
Metadata tab

24. From Flickr by Mai Le

25. Data Repository for
Anyone | Anywhere

26. Main site: dataup.cdlib.org

27. Main site: dataup.cdlib.org

28. Code site: bitbucket.org/dataup/main

30. Establish
Partnerships
From animationresources.org
Engage Developers
Build Community

31. Website dataup.cdlib.org
Twitter feed @DataUpCDL
Facebook facebook.com/DataUpCDL
Code site bitbucket.org/dataup/main
My website carlystrasser.net
Email me carlystrasser@gmail.com
Tweet me @carlystrasser
My slides slideshare.net/carlystrasser
CDL Blog datapub.cdlib.org